Porsche 907L - 24Hrs Le Mans 1968 Soler-Roig-Lins

The Porsche 907 (chassis 005 SE 8089) was driven by Alex Soler-Roig on the 24H of Le Mans in 1968. Its 8 cylinder boxer engine called Fuhrmann had a capacity of 2195 cc., yielding an output of 275 hp.

Tuned at Stuttgart’s factory race department, was entered in the 1968 edition of the classic race directly by the official team PORSCHE. Soler-Roig and the German driver Rudy Lins (1967 European Hill Climb Champion, Sport class, with a Porsche 906). For both drivers this was their first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, classifying the car during qualifying in the thirteenth position with a chrono of 3'52''6.

This immaculate white 907L had a brilliant race debut. After falling to the fifteenth position, Soler-Roig and Lins climbed up until the fighting for the second and third positions scratch, in a dramatic battle with the Porsche 907L of Rico Steinemann and Dieter Spoerry and the Alfa Romeo 33/2 of Ignacio Giunti and Nanni Galli.

Soler-Roig and Lins car took the lead of the Porsche squad, including the official 908´s 3 litters, but their joy was short. Indeed, a failure of a valve forced them to make a pit stop for more than one hour and a half, after which they regained the race at the end of the classification, trying to climb again. Unfortunately, a few laps later, around 2:30 am, Soler-Roig and Lins were forced to retire.