CHEZ NOUS by MIENchic — Ferrari F40 LM 1995 | FIRE | 24" x 36" Poster

ONE WORD. THE FIRE THAT REFUSED TO DIE.

1994. The F40 LM arrived as the last honest car. The last road car that could race. Twin-turbo V8. 720 horses. Michelotto mastery. Michel Ferté. Jürgen Lässig. Dominique Dupuy.

Eleventh on the grid. Ahead of prototypes. Running top ten. Then — gearbox. Heartbreak at hour seventeen.

The fire that didn't finish.

1995. The Pilot Aldix entry. #34. French blue. White. Red. The tricolor draped over Italian carbon fiber.

Michel Ferté returns. Olivier Thévenin. Carlos Palau. Three men. One car. One more chance.

The F40 LM wasn't the favorite. The McLaren F1 GTR was the favorite. The Venturi was the favorite. The WR LM was the favorite.

The F40 LM didn't care about favorites.

The race. Rain. Fog. Night. The #34 Pilot Aldix F40 LM running steady. Not the fastest. Not the flashiest.

The one that finished.

Hour after hour. The twin-turbo V8 growling through the Sarthe night. Blue-white-red cutting through the darkness like a flag in the wind.

Michel Ferté. The Frenchman who came back.

Olivier Thévenin. The Frenchman who believed.

Carlos Palau. The Spaniard who adopted the cause.

Three men. One car. Twenty-four hours.

When the checkered flag fell —

12th overall. 4th in GT1.

The only F40 LM to ever finish Le Mans.

The only F40 LM to see the checkered flag at the Sarthe.

The fire that didn't finish in '94?

It came back. It endured. It finished.

The last F40 LM to ever race at Le Mans.

The only one to cross the line.

The French colors on the Italian fire that refused to die.

FIRE REBORN.

Some fires burn out.

Some fires are extinguished.

The rarest few are reborn.

FIRE REBORN.

The 1994 fire didn't finish.

The 1995 fire endured.

CHEZ FERRARI. The Fire Returns.

MIENchic — What you see is yours to see.

Print Specs:

This poster has a partly glossy, partly matte finish and it'll add a touch of sophistication to any room.

• 10 mil (0.25 mm) thick
• Slightly glossy
• Fingerprint resistant
• Paper sourced from Japan

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