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    into the city, and after a sharp right-hand corner near the river Huisne Pontlieue bridge (a hairpin permanently removed from the circuit in 1929), before...
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  • teams 1945–1946 VC Mayennais 1947–1953 US La Chapelle-au-Riboul 1954 VC Pontlieue 1955–1959 Pédale Mancelle Professional teams 1952 Alcyon 1953 Individual...
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  • chased in a works Bentley. When that car was put into the sandbank at Pontlieue corner, it was the other works Bentley of Woolf Barnato and Glen Kidston...
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    the country roads from Mulsanne to Arnage and from the start-line to Pontlieue hairpin. For the spectators’ comfort and entertainment through the event...
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    aimed at. To ensure such a high output Renault bought the SUP factory at Pontlieue, to start another UE 2 assembly line there. On 1 April 1940 AMX had built...
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  • 8-11 December - French Republicans defeat French Royalists Battle of Pontlieue 10 December - French Royalists defeat French Republicans Battle of Le...
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    changes to the circuit in the race's history. A new section bypassing Pontlieue suburb was built starting with a long right turn after the pits, going...
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  • Léonard's Chenard-Walcker collided with a lorry coming away from the Pontlieue hairpin but was not badly damaged. The Sunbeams developed issues and were...
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  • the pits, Pontlieue hairpin and near Maison Blanche. The main road south, the Ligne Droit or Mulsanne Straight was tar-sealed. The Pontlieue hairpin and...
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    (Transferred from Saintes, 1960 - 1976) Laroche-Migennes (1965 - 1972) Le Mans-Pontlieue (1951 - 1970) Limoges (Since 1951) Longueau (1970 - 1977) Lyon-Perrache...
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