At the Le Mans 24 Hour race this year a little bit of history was made when Earl Bamber and Brendon Hartley became the first New Zealanders to finish on the podium for forty three years.
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Bamber along with Nico Hulkenberg and Nick Tandy won the 2015 race in the Porsche 919 Hybrid. Brendon Hartley finished in second place, also in a Porsche 919 Hybrid with Mark Webber and Timo Bernhard.[/Column][Column]
The last New Zealander to finish Le Mans on the podium was Club President Howden Ganley in 1972 driving a Matra MS670 into second place behind the other Matra of Graham Hill and Henri Pescarolo……………………………………………[/Column][/Row]