Mazda 787B - Wikipedia The Mazda 787 and its derivative 787B are Group C sports prototype racing cars that were developed by Japanese automobile manufacturer Mazda for use in the World Sportscar Championship, All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1990 to 1991
How Mazda won 24 Hours of Le Mans Thirty years ago, at 4 pm on Sunday June 23, 1991, as Johnny Herbert flew down the Mulsanne Straight in his orange Mazda 787B, he received crackly news over the team radio Herbert and his Mazdaspeed teammates—Mazda’s motorsports subsidiary—had won the brutal 24 Hours of Le Mans, endurance racing’s most famous event
MAZDA 787B ・ WINNING DRIVERS TEAM｜30TH ANNIVERSARY OF LE . . . The Mazda 787B, with the car number 55 and chassis number 787B-002, completed 362 laps (approx 4,923 km) of the 13 6 km-long Circuit de la Sarthe at the 59th 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1991, becoming the first Japanese car to win the race
Mazda 787B That Won Le Mans in 1991 Returned This Year . . . Thirty-two years ago, Mazda's orange and green 787B screamed its way to an underdog victory that has become a defining moment for the brand It was the first Japanese manufacturer to win the
The History of the Mazda 787B – A Le Mans Legend Following the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans, Mazda retired the winning car (787B-002) but continued to race the two other 787Bs (001 and the new 003) The Mazda team would go on to finish fourth in the Japanese championship and fifth in the World Championship
Mazda 787Bs giant-killing 91 Le Mans win: None of us . . . In 1991, the small Mazda car firm somehow slayed the giants of Mercedes, Jaguar, Peugeot with its iconic 787B to win Le Mans – the car's designer, Nigel Stroud, remembers the journey 30 years ago, Mazda took on the most unlikely wins in Le Mans history, with Johnny Herbert, Bertrand Gachot and Volker Weidler at the wheel