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The factory Ford Le Mans GT team for the 2019 seasonFord Four years ago, Ford roared back to Le Mans with its factory GT program, intent on marking the golden anniversary of sending Ferrari to bed without their supper. They did so in fine style, winning the 2016 event and standing on the podium where so many greats have stood before. Ford will close another great chapter at Le Mans for the factory team, choosing to bow out of the race after the 2019 soirée. To mark the occasion, Ford has revealed a special series of “Celebration Liveries” for the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs ahead of the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. Each of the four factory Ford GTs will bear a livery that celebrates the success of the manufacturer at Le Mans, both in the present day and during the 1960s when they kicked Ferrari around like an unloved rag doll. The #66 Ford GT raced by Mücke, Pla and Johnson has a black livery that echoes the Ford GT40 of Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon, the one that won Le Mans in 1966. The Ford GT40 piloted by Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt to victory at Le Mans in ‘67 is evoked in the #67 livery, a whip which will be handled by the trio of Priaulx, Tincknell and Bomarito. Marking more recent history is the #68 car, racing in the same colours as when it won Le Mans in 2016. At the wheel this year are Müller, Hand and Bourdais. With all this success, why not add a fourth car? The #69 Ford GT of Dixon, Briscoe and Westbrook takes its design cues from the Ford GT40 that came second to the black car during Ford’s 1-2-3 finish in 1966. An outfit called Keating Motorsports is fielding what’s referred to as a customer team this year as well. It’ll bear #85 and race in the GTE Am class. It’ll use the same livery design as the four factory Fords but in the colours of its title sponsor, Wynn’s. The Ford GTs will be on track in their new celebration liveries this Sunday (June 2nd) for the official Le Mans Test. Fans will be able to follow the 24-hour race on June 15 to 16 from inside the cockpit of the factory Ford GTs via
Origin: Ford wraps the race GT in new Le Mans liveries for its final season

Porsche won a lot of hearts when it came out with a GT2 RS with a late 1970s 935-style body for rich people to go racing in. But the company’s not stopping there, and now it’s gone and made us even more jealous with these awesome retro liveries. Seven of Porsche’s classic liveries are available, with some of the biggest players making an appearance. The red-and-yellow Momo/Penthouse car was originally driven to victory by Momo wheels founder Gianpiero Moretti, while the black-and-gold car is a tribute to the Skye Sands car driven to victory multiple times in the ’70s and ’80s by Aussie driver Rusty French. The other black livery with the orange, red and pink stripe originally appeared on Interscope racing cars, flying the famous ’00’ number. In stark contrast to the subtle blue-on-white colours of the Sachs racing livery, Kremer also drove a psychedelic teal-coloured 935 with a yellow, red and purple stripe by Vaillant. Kremer was famous for evolving its race cars when Porsche refused to, building a K1, K2, K3 and even a K4 variant with almost 800 horsepower. Although most of them are pretty great, the standout winner here is obviously the Martini, for being one of the most authentic implementations of a classic livery on a new vehicle ever, and following the theme of the true Moby Dick Le Mans car. We’re going to have to disqualify the blue-and-orange Gulf livery as well as the red-and-white Salzburg livery, because they never originally appeared on a real Porsche 935 race car, only the 917 of 1970. Sorry, Porsche, those are the rules; next time include the Apple Computers and Jaegermeister liveries
Origin: Porsche unveils retro race-inspired liveries for its gorgeous GT2RS