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17 June 2008 -
Gulf victorious at Le Mans
Gulf is celebrating Aston Martin Racing's superb GT1 victory at Le Mans.
On the 40th anniversary of its first win at Le Mans, the Gulf car won an incredibly hard-fought victory in LMGT1 with the Aston Martin Racing DBR9, number 009, driven by David Brabham, Darren Turner and Antonio Garcia.
In front of the assembled ranks of Gulf affiliates from all over the world, the blue and orange factory Aston Martin race cars successfully defended their GT1 title at Le Mans. In doing so, they created another memorable chapter in Gulf’s long and glorious motorsport history, something that David Brabham was quick to mention in his victory interview on the winners podium.
The Le Mans 24 Hours forms the opening portion of Gulf Oil International’s 2008 Global Convention and its theme, “Winning Then, Winning Now, Winning in the Future” could almost be the story of the weekend.
“It is an incredible weekend for Gulf,” comments Gulf Vice President International, Alain Dujean. “On Friday we commemorated the 40th anniversary of Gulf’s first and Pedro Rodriguez’s sole win here in 1968, with a beautiful tribute from the Scuderia Rodriguez (the family and friends of Pedro) as they handed on their “racing colours” to Aston Martin Racing. Now we have this fantastic result to celebrate with our racing partners.”
