John charts noughty years of Le Mans

Another Guild member has debuted as a book author, and the first work solely written and photographed by John Brooks is an impressive one – Le Mans: The Official History 2000-09 publishes just in time for the 2025 running of the great race.

Published by Evro as the eighth volume of a decade-by-decade coverage of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the book is officially licensed by the ACO, organisers of the race. The book runs to more than 400 pages with around 40 dedicated to each year’s race, covered in great detail both in words and photos including full results. In total there are more than 500 photos all taken by John.

The ‘noughties’ was the decade of Audi, the marque winning eight of the 10 races with the related Bentley taking one of the others (the other won by Peugeot). Seven of the winning teams over this period included Danish driver Tom Kristensen and he supplies the forward for the book.

John, who serves on the Guild committee, has had a lifelong passion for the Le Mans 24 Hours, attending his first race in 1978 and working as an accredited photographer at the event between 1984 and 2019.

More details of John’s book and ordering facilities can be found here.