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Iron Lynx to run particular Mercedes Silver Arrows livery at Le Mans 2025
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Iron Lynx to run particular Mercedes Silver Arrows livery at Le Mans 2025

Motorsports May 13, 2025
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Mercedes World Endurance Championship squad Iron Lynx will run a particular livery at this 12 months’s Le Mans 24 Hours to rejoice the German marque’s victory of the well-known enduro in 1989.

The client crew will deck its three Mercedes GT3s within the standard Silver Arrows scheme that was used when the producer claimed a dominant 1-2 at Circuit de la Sarthe 36 years in the past.

That is being finished to rejoice Mercedes ending its 26-year absence from Le Mans, because it has made its WEC debut in 2025 after Iron Lynx ditched Lamborghini for the producer this 12 months.

“We’re completely honoured to accomplice with Mercedes-AMG for this wonderful initiative,” stated Andrea Piccini, CEO of Iron Lynx.

“All of us grew up watching the Silver Arrows compete and dreamed about their excellent drivers and nice races.

“To now be a part of this legacy is nothing in need of wonderful and is a milestone to recollect for our crew.”

Iron Lynx Silver Arrow livery

Picture by: Mercedes AMG

The 1989 race was a monumental event for Mercedes, who in partnership with Sauber entered the illustrious C9 that additionally gained that 12 months’s World Sportscar Championship.

Aboard the Le Mans-winning #63 C9 have been Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter and Stanley Dickens, who completed 5 laps up on the #61 Sauber-Mercedes shared by Mauro Baldi, Kenny Acheson and Gianfranco Brancatelli.

“For Mercedes-AMG, the beginning of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a big second – 26 years after the model with the star final competed,” stated Christoph Sagemueller, head of Mercedes-AMG Motorsport.

“In 1989, Mercedes celebrated a significant success with a one-two victory. We’re paying tribute to the legendary Sauber-Mercedes C9 and this triumph from again then in a really particular means.

“The three Mercedes-AMG LMGT3s signify the current in Buyer Racing, however with their particular Silver Arrow design impressed by the previous, additionally they pay tribute to a bit of historical past. I’m delighted that we’re capable of proceed this historical past at Le Mans.”

Mercedes was rather more sporadic at Le Mans after 1989 although, as its ill-fated 1999 race was its third and most up-to-date assault of the enduro since then.

The manufacturing facility squad entered three CLRs within the LMGTP class, but its #4 automotive was withdrawn after a crash within the Saturday morning warm-up.

Its #5 and #6 vehicles made the race, but just a few hours into the occasion Peter Dumbreck aboard the previous went airborne simply earlier than the Indianapolis nook and landed within the bushes.

Though he was unhurt, the embarrassing second was caught by the tv cameras, so Mercedes instantly withdrew its third entry.

Le Mans will happen on the 14-15 June this 12 months, with Iron Lynx coming into the race and not using a level within the opening three rounds of the 2025 WEC marketing campaign.

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