News in brief, September 2005
(see also page 101) Former Le Mans winner Jurgen Barth has retired from Porsche after 42 years. The 57-year-old followed his father Edgar into the Stuttgart sportscar manufacturer, joining as…
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IN THE LEAD of the Austrian 1,000 kms. is car No. 28, the Martini Porsche 917 of Marko and Larrousse. In the later stages, when the Frenchman was driving, a rear tyre punctured causing the Porsche to spin into a barrier. It subsequently retired. Chasing it in our photograph are the de Adamich/Pescarolo Alfa (No. 1), the Hezemans/Vaccarella Alfa (No. 3) and the rest of the field.