Even with only two hours to go to the end of the most gruelling endurance test in the motor racing calendar the outcome can be by no means certain. Ever-changing weather conditions harass the drivers. Speeds approaching 200 miles an hour create terrifying hazards. Sustained high speed motoring uncovers the weaknesses in both man and machine.
Raymond Baxter describes the scene towards the climax of the thirty-seventh Le Mans.
Presented by the French Television Service