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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
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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…
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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…
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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…
From Tom Kristensen’s unmatched record to the select group behind him, these are the nine drivers who have the most Le Mans 24 Hours wins in the race’s long history
The cars and drivers have assembled for the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours. Watch the live stream as they are checked in the city centre ahead of the first track session
1. Amon: bad-luck magnet It all started so well: with Lorenzo Bandini, the New Zealander took victory in the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours, his first start for Ferrari. But in…
Imagine that around Spaghetti Junction! For now, the roads of Birmingham are safe from this beast as it’s a track-only customer version of McLaren’s MCL-HY LMDh Hypercar that will compete…
5. Rondeau 1980 This great privateer triumph came after driver/constructor/patron Jean Rondeau, above left, had been knocking on the door through the ’70s. The Rondeau M379B had moved in front…
The Le Mans 24 Hours is no ordinary race: here’s how the drivers and crew compete over a full day and night of flat-out running
Here’s the full entry list for the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours, the 94th running of the French endurance classic
From the first race in 1923 to the battles of today, we count down the greatest moments in Le Mans history – with a new entry every day
From Tom Kristensen’s unmatched record to the select group behind him, these are the nine drivers who have the most Le Mans 24 Hours wins in the race’s long history
The cars and drivers have assembled for the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours. Watch the live stream as they are checked in the city centre ahead of the first track session
1. Amon: bad-luck magnet It all started so well: with Lorenzo Bandini, the New Zealander took victory in the 1967 Daytona 24 Hours, his first start for Ferrari. But in…
Imagine that around Spaghetti Junction! For now, the roads of Birmingham are safe from this beast as it’s a track-only customer version of McLaren’s MCL-HY LMDh Hypercar that will compete…
5. Rondeau 1980 This great privateer triumph came after driver/constructor/patron Jean Rondeau, above left, had been knocking on the door through the ’70s. The Rondeau M379B had moved in front…
The Le Mans 24 Hours is no ordinary race: here’s how the drivers and crew compete over a full day and night of flat-out running
Here’s the full entry list for the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours, the 94th running of the French endurance classic
