Silk Cut Jaguar won the Teams Championship and Jaguar driver Martin Brundle won the Drivers title. Jaguar's success at Le Mans marked the first time since 1980 that Porsche had not won Le Mans, and the first Le Mans victory for Jaguar since 1957.

2020年9月18日 · Jaguar's XJR9 Is a Bonkers British Racer and Le Mans Legend. Developed by TWR and wearing Silk Cut livery, these V-12 Jaguars are racing legends.

Chassis #186, carrying race number 22, would come home fourth, eternally captured in the hugely iconic image of three Silk Cut Jaguars crossing the line for victory. Today #186 is beautifully restored and remains the most original V12 TWR Jaguar in private hands.

2024年8月1日 · The second fastest Silk Cut Jaguar, driven by Martin Brundle, Andy Wallace and Danish driver John Nielsen, qualified in sixth place. In front of 30,000 spectators the 23 cars left the line with the two Sauber-Mercedes establishing an early lead.

2015年10月15日 · In 1988, the World Sports Prototype Championship XJR-9 was much more successful and scored six wins in eleven races, winning the Teams’ championship and Drivers’ title for Martin Brundle. Silk Cut sponsored XJR-9LM won the 1988 24h Le Mans. It was the first Le Mans victory for Jaguar since 1957.

The XJR-8 was a race car built by Jaguar for campaigning in the World Sportscar Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of Group C. It was used during the 1987 season.

Few cars from the 1980s’ Group C sportscar endurance racing era, indeed of any racing era, are recalled as fondly as the Silk Cut Jaguar. Under the inimitable stewardship of Tom Walkinshaw Racing, the effort ended long Porsche domination of top-level sportscar competition.

Designed for the Tamiya Jaguar XJR-9 kit (top image). These decals replicate the winning car from the 1988 24 hours of LeMans and it's two team cars. Tamiya's own kit decals do not match the TS37 purple paint that they came out with just for this car.

Returned to its original XJR-9 configuration upon retirement from competition following a big crash at Brands Hatch, chassis 688 displays a no-branding-allowed version of the Silk Cut livery. Jaguar’s fortunes in competition ebbed and flowed in the years when it …

The new Silk Cut TWR Jaguar XJR-8s achieved first-time victory upon their debut in the Jarama 360Kms race in Spain on March 22, 1987, co-driven by John Watson/Jan Lammers. The season was completed with Tom Walkinshaw Racing's Silk Cut Jaguars winning no fewer than eight of their ten World Championship-qualifying races.