Close 2nd

Ebbro 1/43 Porsche 908L Le Mans 1969
Hans Herrmann / Gerard Larrousse

A lot of Ebbro Porsches have been released in the past year, and they still plan to build more Porsches in the future. I love Ebbro's rendition of these Old School Porsche Machines. The detail on these cars are incredible. The 908L is longer than the usual sports prototype. This car is a replica of Hans Hermann's 1969 Le Mans Machine. Though he only managed to get 2nd place, he came back the following year to win the prestigious Le Mans race driving the famous red and white Porsche 917K.





In 1966 Hans Hermann returned to Porsche for a comeback in the World Sportscar Championship, as Porsche started a serious effort there. Following several podium finishes with the still underpowered 2 Liter Porsche 906 and later models, he won the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona in a 907 as well as the Sebring 12 Hours again, now together with Swiss Jo Siffert. The overall win of the 1000km Nürburgring always eluded him, even though Herrmann had taken part in each of these races at the Nürburgring since they were introduced in 1953, and had finished second three times in a row from 1968 to 1970, behind team mates Jo Siffert and/or Vic Elford.

Herrmann missed the win in the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans with a Porsche 908 by only 120 Meters, but it was him who finally scored the long-awaited first overall victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours for Porsche in 1970. In heavy rain, he and his team mate Richard Attwood survived with their red and white Porsche 917K #23 as the best of only 7 finishers.