Le Mans’ ‘worst piece of driving’: Toyota’s bitter defeat to BMW
Then as now, sports car racing was booming. There was no World Endurance Championship, but the manufacturers were flocking to take on the challenge of the Le Mans 24 Hours…
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Le Mans celebrates a century of innovation, daring and brilliance at this weekend’s running of the 24 Hour event.
As modern Hypercars battle to join the greats of decades past, we look back at the moments that made an endurance test into the world’s greatest race, and ahead to who will come out on top in 2023.
Then as now, sports car racing was booming. There was no World Endurance Championship, but the manufacturers were flocking to take on the challenge of the Le Mans 24 Hours…
McLaren’s F1 was never expected to race, let alone win the Le Mans 24 Hours, but there’s more a fair share of unpredictability, luck and mystery around the memorable 1995 race
In Le Mans 100-year history, Porsche stand alone as its most successful manufacturer – but its greatest victory remains up for debate
Spurred on by the boost in car sales that winning Le Mans brought, Jaguar leapt into the 1950s fray, taking on an increasingly competitive field and winning again and again, with its futuristic C-types and D-types
In 100 years of the Le Mans 24 Hours, few stories have proved as compelling as that of the Bentley Boys. Andrew Frankel tells the story of a largely amateur group of war veterans who took on the world’s greatest race with courage, determination and against the odds
The first Le Mans 24 Hours was held a century ago in 1923, with much of the early success going to French teams who dominated the grid. It would be a short-lived period of superiority, however…
It’s been 88-years since Lagonda defied the odds, beating Alfa Romeo to earn its first Le Mans victory: a worthy triumph often overlooked in the race’s long history
Rules of engagement How did we decide which moments should make the list? The brief was never about statistic; we wanted instead to focus on key moments that came to…
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…
FERRARI Ferrari 499P Either factory entry will fancy snatching that Le Mans hat-trick for Ferrari, but the yellow AF Corse 499P has an equal chance of being in contention too.…
The Balance of Performance probably won’t decide who wins the Le Mans 24 Hours. But it could determine who doesn’t. In the two years since the mass influx of manufacturers…
1. Ferrari goes for the hat-trick Ferrari will complete a Le Mans 24 Hours hat-trick if it lifts the trophy this year. And the 499P Le Mans Hypercar will remain…
007 Harry Tincknell, 33 (GB) The two-time class winner will be making his 12th attempt at the Le Mans 24 Hours, but only his third in the top class. A…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YI14mpiF6Lg In one regard – and it’s one that really shouldn’t be dismissed – Aston Martin is guaranteed a sure-fire hit even before its new Valkyrie racing car has turned…
Porsche remains dominant in North America’s IMSA sports car series, following another win for Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr at Long Beach. But Ferrari has a stranglehold on the World…
McLaren will enter the Le Mans Hypercar class for the very first time in 2027 – and is gunning to win motor sport’s ‘Triple Crown’ all in one year
A Ford GT40 MkII which managed 12 laps at the famous 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours has become been auctioned for a record amount
The Le Mans 24 Hours is like no other race. There is something about this more-than-100-year-old enduro that drags one back to give it another go, even after disaster or…
FERRARI Ferrari 499P Either factory entry will fancy snatching that Le Mans hat-trick for Ferrari, but the yellow AF Corse 499P has an equal chance of being in contention too.…
The Balance of Performance probably won’t decide who wins the Le Mans 24 Hours. But it could determine who doesn’t. In the two years since the mass influx of manufacturers…
1. Ferrari goes for the hat-trick Ferrari will complete a Le Mans 24 Hours hat-trick if it lifts the trophy this year. And the 499P Le Mans Hypercar will remain…
007 Harry Tincknell, 33 (GB) The two-time class winner will be making his 12th attempt at the Le Mans 24 Hours, but only his third in the top class. A…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YI14mpiF6Lg In one regard – and it’s one that really shouldn’t be dismissed – Aston Martin is guaranteed a sure-fire hit even before its new Valkyrie racing car has turned…
Porsche remains dominant in North America’s IMSA sports car series, following another win for Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr at Long Beach. But Ferrari has a stranglehold on the World…
McLaren will enter the Le Mans Hypercar class for the very first time in 2027 – and is gunning to win motor sport’s ‘Triple Crown’ all in one year
A Ford GT40 MkII which managed 12 laps at the famous 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours has become been auctioned for a record amount