Mirror of a world championship now over, the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1992 was an extremely dull edition with only 28 cars at the start, all made even more sad by persistent rain throughout the first half of the race. Yet, despite these non-ideal conditions, Mazda and Toyota tried with all means to counter the supremacy of the Peugeot 905s, forcing them to maintain a very high race pace. It was Dalmas / Warwick / Blundell's Peugeot that won, ahead of Raphanel / Sekiya / Acheson's Toyota TS010 and another Peugeot 905, driven by Baldi / Alliot / Jabouille. Peugeot had its first success at Le Mans (it would have repeated itself in 1993 and 2009); it was also the first victory of a V10 engine and the return to success of a French manufacturer since 1980.
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In the history of static modeling, Spark has truly revolutionized the market. The brand was created by Hugues Ripert, whose father André had been one of the main contenders of the artisanal modeling scene in the 70s and 80s. After working for Vitesse, Quartzo and Ixo, Ripert jr did not choose the diecast technique but opted for resin, with production in China but development and conception strictly in the European tradition. In practice the idea was to offer special models built in small series (what were later called "resincast"). The first Sparks were released in 2000, with a quality-price ratio unapproachable for most industrial and artisanal producers. Today Spark continues to churn out dozens of new products a year, having also expanded its production to other scales, such as 1:18 but also 1:64. There are numerous numbered and limited series for the various national distributors and for private customers such as teams, sponsors, drivers and so on.
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