Ford liveries for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans

This year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will serve as the finale for the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship ‘super season’. The race is also going to be – for the time being, at least – the last appearance of the works-backed Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team in France.

It’s entering four examples of the Ford GT in the GTE Pro class. To mark the end of a four-year WEC programme, each of the quartet has been given a special livery that commemorates the brand’s history at Le Mans.

#66 (driven by Stefan Mücke, Olivier Pla and Billy Johnson) pays homage to the black GT40 Mk. II of Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon which secured Ford’s first Le Mans triumph in 1966.

Ford GT #66 GTE Pro 2019 Side

#67 (driven by Andy Priaulx, Harry Tincknell and Jonathan Bomarito) recalls the ‘all American’ 1967 victory achieved by Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt in their GT40 Mk. IV.

Ford GT #67 GTE Pro 2019 Side

#68 (driven by Dirk Müller, Joey Hand and Sébastien Bourdais) breaks the pattern. Although Pedro Rodríguez and Lucien Bianchi did finish first in 1968 with a Gulf-sponsored GT40 Mk. I, this particular GT keeps the red, white and blue design that it wore when taking GTE Pro class honours in 2016.

Ford GT #68 GTE Pro 2019 Side

#69 (driven by Scott Dixon, Ryan Briscoe and Richard Westbrook) is another anomaly. 1969 saw an outright win for Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver, but the pair’s GT40 Mk. 1 was painted in Gulf’s famous blue and orange colour scheme too. Therefore, Ford has decided to recognise 1966’s second-placed GT40 Mk. II of Ken Miles and Denny Hulme instead.

Ford GT #69 GTE Pro 2019 Side

A fifth Ford GT is due to compete in the GTE Am class. Run by Keating Motorsports, the driver line-up for the #85 car is Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen and Felipe Fraga.

Ford GT #85 GTE Am 2019 Side

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