Sports Car News
2023 Le Mans 24 Hours – Who’s in it, how to watch, race schedule
Anticipation is building for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, running on its 100th anniversary – here’s all the crucial details of who’s in it and how to watch
Sports Car News
What is a Le Mans Hypercar? Entries, rules and specs for the sports car category
What is a Le Mans Hypercar? And which entries are under these rules? All the information on the front-runners for the 2023 season
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Top 10 Le Mans moments: Porsche’s first win to controversial 1966 finish
The moments that helped define Le Mans’ legend: we’ve been through triumphs and tragedies from numbers 100 to 90. Here, as chosen by our panel of experts, are the top…
Le Mans News
WEC’s first female victor Lilou Wadoux: ‘I can win Le Mans’
Lilou Wadoux has already made history this year by becoming WEC’s first female winner at Spa – can she do the same at Le Mans?
100 years of Le Mans
Toyota’s long and despairing road to Le Mans victory
Toyota has dominated Le Mans and endurance racing for the past five years, but it had more than its fair share of heartache and disappointment on its way to the top
Le Mans News
Rain predicted for 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours – weather forecast for this weekend’s race
Full weather forecast for a weekend of racing at the 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours, including the Saturday start and Sunday’s chequered flag, with rain expected during the race
Le Mans News
2023 Le Mans 24 Hours full entry list
Here is the full entry list for the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans, complete with every driver from the Hypercar, LMP2, LMGTE-AM and Garage 56
Inside this month’s issue
British Grand Prix
The rivalries
Hamilton vs Alonso, Scheckter vs Surtees and…James Hunt vs Murray Walker
Also featuring:
24-hour hero Driving the Bentley that made Le Mans history
Record Breakers LSR legend Richard Noble salutes his friend Craig Breedlove
Virtual to reality How e-sports is racing into the real world
Oliver Jarvis We meet racing’s most underrated driver
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Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton: rivals reunited
Sixteen years after they first got stuck into each other, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton …
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Jackie Stewart : The Motor Sport interview
I’s been 50 years since Jackie Stewart’s last – and to many greatest – season.…
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Murray Walker and James Hunt: F1 commentating’s odd couple
Although it’s 25 years since the television coverage of world championship grand prix races in…
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Veloce: the biggest racing name in multi-billion pound Esports industry
In March, Veloce Racing took its first Extreme E victory at the Desert X-Prix in…
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The Bentley that finished Le Mans – with a single driver
Most of us are aware of what is regarded as the greatest ever feat of…
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Oliver Jarvis: Underrated, understated but highly motivated
Racing drivers tend to be a selfish breed. Actually, it’s common in most sports: to…
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Le Mans News
‘It’s not enough to be fast’: Ferrari sets Le Mans pace, but prepares for a fight
Two Ferraris will head the pack at the start of this year’s 2023 Le Mans 24 Hour race. Its drivers claim they’ll be happy to just finish… but are still thinking how to defeat Toyota for the win
Le Mans News
Your ultimate Le Mans guide: a century of the world’s greatest race
The very best of 100 years at Le Mans: our three special issues are the perfect accompaniment to this weekend’s 24 Hour race
100 years of Le Mans
Porsche’s Le Mans comeback: how it built winning 919 ‘from nothing’
There are few names more steeped in Le Mans lore than Porsche, with the company firmly cemented at the top of the charts for overall wins. Yet in the first…
F1
Merc’s F1 upgrades might be deceptive – can Ferrari catch it in Canada?
Mercedes’ upgrades allowed it to pull clear as best of the rest in Spain, but can Ferrari show its true colours in Canada?
100 years of Le Mans
‘We have no words’ – Ferrari takes first Le Mans pole for 50 years
Antonio Fuoco claimed a historic Le Mans pole for Ferrari with a brilliant lap to see off the Toyota challenge
100 years of Le Mans
Garage 56 – the eclectic history of Le Mans’ experimental class
The experimental Garage 56 category offers innovative technology and ideas a home at Le Mans, the world’s biggest endurance race – we chart its history
F1
Merc’s F1 upgrades might be deceptive – can Ferrari catch it in Canada?
Mercedes’ upgrades allowed it to pull clear as best of the rest in Spain, but can Ferrari show its true colours in Canada?
F1
Lauda vs Marko: how Verstappen extended grand old F1 rivalry
Max Verstappen’s 40th F1 win in Barcelona was the latest landmark in a long history of rivalry and friendship between Helmut Marko and the late Niki Lauda and Dietrich Mateschitz
MotoGP
Bezzecchi’s MotoGP crew chief: ‘My best teacher was Jeremy Burgess!’
Matteo Flamigni was Valentino Rossi’s data engineer for almost two decades. When the nine-time world champion retired at the end of 2021 Flamigni started his “second life” in MotoGP, as…
MotoGP
MotoGP surprise: sprint races are slower than GP races
Anyone would expect riders to be quicker in MotoGP’s brand-new quick-fire sprint races, but in fact they’re slower. Here’s why…
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Oliver Jarvis: Underrated, understated but highly motivated
Racing drivers tend to be a selfish breed. Actually, it’s common in most sports: to be the best, at your best in any given field, takes total focus and dedication,…
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Chip Ganassi: The Motor Sport Interview
Floyd Ganassi Jr, better known as ‘Chip’, is quite simply one of the most successful team owners in the sport. He came to motor racing as a driver and raced…
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(Virtual) Lunch with… Ivan Capelli
On paper, it had the potential to be one of the most romantic of all motor racing fairy tales: the schoolboy who was given an unexpected opportunity to sit at the…
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Suffering for his art
Send Us Your Images If you have any images that might be suitable for You Were There, send them to: Motor Sport, 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE, or email:…
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View from the Watkins Glen crowd at 1972 US GP: You Were There
Send Us Your Images If you have any images that might be suitable for You Were There, send them to: Motor Sport, 18-20 Rosemont Road, London, NW3 6NE, or email:…
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1961 Kanonloppet: Sweden’s first F1 race
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Le Mans News
Bentley’s stunning 2003 Le Mans win: ‘Audi said it would never work’
Bentley’s 2003 Le Mans victory was the result of a crack independent team operating within an automotive behemoth – its mastermind Brian Gush remembers the story
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F1
McLaren MP4/8 – the underrated 1993 F1 car Senna still ‘loved’
McLaren chassis designer Matthew Jeffreys remembers the MP4/8, the car in which Ayrton Senna valiantly took five wins against adversity in 1993 – including his last F1 victory
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Brian Henton on Alan Jones (& others): My Greatest Rival
This might sound big-headed but when it came to my rivals I always believed I was as good as, if not better, than all of them. You have to have…
Podcasts
Hear the stories behind the careers of motor sport’s greats and catch up on our latest podcast series: Engineering the Greats, which includes Adrian Newey, Patrick Head and Gordon Murray amongst the guests
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Best F1 team 2022
Red Bull had the greatest success but was it the strongest F1 team of 2022? Allan McNish and Lawrence Barretto join Chris Medland for a podcast with some surprising verdicts
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Best F1 race 2022
Which of this year’s 22 grands prix stands out as the best? Jolyon Palmer and Jack Nicholls join Chris Medland to pick the race that combined drama, excitement and overtaking
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Best F1 driver 2022
Was anyone better than Max Verstappen this year? IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean and Motor Sport’s Damien Smith join Chris Medland as they weigh up the best driver of the 2022 Formula 1 season in our review podcast
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Best F1 overtake 2022
Williams reserve driver Jack Aitken and F1 commentator Alex Jacques join Chris Medland as they try to decide on the best overtake of the 2022 grand prix season in our review podcast
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: 2023 F1 season preview with Mark Hughes & Johnny Herbert
Motor Sport’s expert panel explore the big questions ahead of the first grand prix of 2023 — stream our Formula 1 season preview podcast now
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Best F1 team 2022
Red Bull had the greatest success but was it the strongest F1 team of 2022? Allan McNish and Lawrence Barretto join Chris Medland for a podcast with some surprising verdicts
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Best F1 race 2022
Which of this year’s 22 grands prix stands out as the best? Jolyon Palmer and Jack Nicholls join Chris Medland to pick the race that combined drama, excitement and overtaking
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Best F1 driver 2022
Was anyone better than Max Verstappen this year? IndyCar driver Romain Grosjean and Motor Sport’s Damien Smith join Chris Medland as they weigh up the best driver of the 2022 Formula 1 season in our review podcast
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Podcast: Best F1 overtake 2022
Williams reserve driver Jack Aitken and F1 commentator Alex Jacques join Chris Medland as they try to decide on the best overtake of the 2022 grand prix season in our review podcast