In 1980 Le Mans local Jean Rondeau was making his mark at the 24 Hours, as the first driver-constructor to win the race. After several victories in the GTP class, Rondeau with Jean-Pierre Jaussaud finally took the overall victory at Le Mans. Along with two prototype cars, Rondeau entered the GTP car was driven Belgian endurance racers, brothers Jean-Michel and Philippe Martin who had won the 1979 Spa 24 Hours in a Ford Capri. With no sports-car experience they approached Englishman Gordon Spice as a co-driver. The GTP car was the same as M379B prototype with additional ballast to make it up to the minimum weight required for the GTP class. The Belgian equipage had a very reliable race coming in third, nine laps behind their team-mates and winning the GTP class from the Dorchy/Fréquelin WM eleven laps further back.
| Season | Series | Event |
| 1980 | Le Mans | 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| Drivers | No. | Entrant |
| Gordon Spice / Philippe Martin / Jean-Michel Martin | 17 | Jean Rondeau |
| Class | Position | Note |
| GTP | 3 | 1st in GTP |
| Scale | Manufacturer | Collection |
| 1:43 | Spark | |
| Cat. No. | Quality | Rarity |
| S8456 | 
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