In honor of the 78th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2010, the michelinracingusa.com staff offers 24 bits of Le Mans history, factoids and trivia. See www.michelinracingusa.com for updates, features and the complete list, plus Rick Dole photos.

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Michelin places tire engineers with each of its technical partner teams. Photo credit: Rick Dole for Michelin North America

Note 7 of 24: One Amazing Test Session

Michelin places a tire engineer with every one of its partner teams at Le Mans to gain technical measures, insights and performance data for use in developing tires for consumers. With a wide variety of cars running at the same time on the same track in the same conditions, Le Mans provides a tremendous amount of data and helps support one of Michelin’s top objectives in motorsports, “race to learn.”