Thirteen years ago Porsche’s new 956 cars swept to a 1-2-3 result at Le Mans on their debut. No manufacturer has come anywhere near crowning that achievement… until now. McLaren Cars of Woking won the 1995 edition of Le Mans outright, claimed the top four positions in the Grand Touring category and, for good measure, placed four cars in the top five positions.

JJ Lehto/Yannick Dalmas/Masanori Sekiya won the race in an F1 GTR by a single lap from Bob Wollek/Mario Andretti/Éric Hélary in the WSC category Courage Porsche. Third was the Harrods McLaren driven by Andy Wallace/Derek Bell/Justin Bell, and they were followed at a distance by two more F1s, those of Ray Bellm/Maurizio Sala/Mark Blundell and Fabien Giroix/Olivier Grouillard/Jean-Denis Delétraz.

The Harrods-backed McLaren of the Bells and Wallace could have won, but for clutch issues