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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.
LEVEGH’S 23 HOURS OF LE MANS JUNE 1997 No one has ever managed to win Le Mans single-handedly, but in the early ’50s one man nearly did. Pierre Levegh, who…
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Jean Rondeau did not always play by the rules; anyone who had the nerve to test pukka Le Mans cars on the public roads was bound to be a little…
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…
Richard Attwood strides into the pub, dapper as ever just days after his 85th birthday, and greets me with an enormous grin. The pub is significant, not for what, but…
LEVEGH’S 23 HOURS OF LE MANS JUNE 1997 No one has ever managed to win Le Mans single-handedly, but in the early ’50s one man nearly did. Pierre Levegh, who…
Great Read
Jean Rondeau did not always play by the rules; anyone who had the nerve to test pukka Le Mans cars on the public roads was bound to be a little…
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…