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"  PARIS, FRANCE - Back in June, I traveled to Le Mans and chatted with Bentley Motorsports head Brian Gush about the future of the British brand&amp;#039;s motorsports efforts as race cars from Audi, Chevrolet, Ferrari, and Porsche roared past at the legendary circuit. Today at the Paris Motor Show-- a full decade following the Continental GT concept&amp;#039;s debut in Paris-- Bentley made good on a promise to re-enter the racing world. Using a W12-powered Continental GT Speed as a starting point, the program will see Bentley&amp;#039;s first return to racing since their sixth victory at Le Mans in 2003. Clad with extensive aerodynamic bodywork and various Union Jack flags, the new racer concept has been FIA approved and intends to test in 2013 and be eligible for competitions including, of course, 24 hour endurance races. If anything, the return of the &amp;quot;Flying B&amp;quot; aims to mix up GT racing classes with more variety, but more importantly for the brand, it also promises to trickle down valuable race-inspired knowledge into production cars-- a surefire way to improve the breed. Related: Bentley Mulls Return to Motorsport "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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