Competition car
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442-0- Ex-24 Hours of Le Mans 1977 Arnoux/Pironi/Fréquelin
- Competed in the 1975 endurance racing season and with top drivers
- Heart-stirring original condition, sold directly by the constructor
- The first A 442 built, witness to an extraordinary adventure
 
Le Mans, 10 June 1978, 4 PM: the start of the greatest endurance race in the world! Four black and yellow prototypes set off, in the colours of Renault Alpine.

24 hours later, the constructor’s pits were filled with joy: the A 442 B driven by Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud was the first to cross the finish line, after covering more than 5000km for the first time since 1971.

The Porsche 936 driven by Jacky Ickx, “Monsieur Le Mans”, was unable to fend it off, while another A 442, entrusted to Jean Ragnotti, Guy Fréquelin and José Dolhem, finished fourth.
The car we are presenting, which was a reserve car that year, was part of this incredible adventure as the first A 442 built, pa...