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Derek Bell: Can Toyota provide Alonso the car to win Le Mans?

Fernando Alonso can win this month's Le Mans 24 Hours race on his debut with Toyota but the double Formula 1 world champion could still be in the wrong car, according to five-times winner Derek Bell. The 76-year-old, one of the greats of endurance racing and a double sportscar world champion, told Reuters that Le Mans was a race that chose its winners. 'He should win, and Toyota should win, but we've had that many times before,' Bell said at a Motorsport Hall of Fame event. 'I drove for Renault when we led by 16 laps at eight o'clock in the morning and by a quarter to nine, we were out. That's racing and it's tough as heck. But they (Toyota) have put everything into it and I just pray and...
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