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The 10 greatest LMP1 races ranked

As the LMP1 class prepares to bow out of top-line sportscar racing at the World Endurance Championship season finale in Bahrain this weekend, Autosport looks back over the past two decades to pick out 10 of its best contests

This weekend's final round of the World Endurance Championship in Bahrain will bring down the curtain on one of endurance racing's most exciting eras.

The LMP1 category has been in a steady decline since the departure of Porsche in 2017 left Toyota as its only manufacturer, while privateer numbers have gradually dwindled to the point where Toyota's two cars will run unopposed in Bahrain.

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Author Gary Watkins

Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.