The 1981 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 49th Grand Prix of Endurance and the last the last season of Group 6 racing. Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell won the race, and Ickx became the first driver to achieve five outright victories. They drove Porsche 936 in the `81 specification for Porsche System works team. The car was fitted with the 2.65-litre turbo engine from the abandoned Indianapolis project. Converted to run on petrol instead of methanol, it still generated 620 bhp at a canter and blasted the car down the Mulsanne straight at 355 kp/h. The race was interrupted by two serious accidents on the Mulsanne Straight killing French driver Jean-Louis Lafosse and a track marshal. These events saw the first deployment at Le Mans of the pace-car system to slow the race, as repairs and medical attention were carried out.
| Season | Series | Event |
| 1981 | Le Mans | 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| Drivers | No. | Entrant |
| Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell | 11 | Porsche System |
| Class | Position | Note |
| Gr.6 S+2.0 | 1 | |
| Scale | Manufacturer | Collection |
| 1:43 | Spark | Hachette Japan Le Mans Collection |
| Cat. No. | Quality | Rarity |
| HACHLM15 | 
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