100 years of Le Mans
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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.
Le Mans 24 Hours: 100 years at the limit
Top 100 Le Mans moments
Latest on Le Mans – past and present
McLaren revives its F1 GTR ethos with the track-only MCL-HY GTR
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Peugeot’s 2009 Le Mans revenge remains France’s modern benchmark at La Sarthe
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…
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2026 Le Mans 24 Hours full entry list
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Three restored Ascari Le Mans cars are for sale — former Stig Ben Collins drove them
After 25 years I was reunited with the Ascari A410, the sports prototype that last contested the Le Mans 24 hours in 2002. The Ascari bridged the gap between Group C racing…
Ferdinand Habsburg: the WEC’s royal with nothing to lose in Alpine’s Le Mans farewell season
Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
Robert Kubica on his Le Mans victory, his comeback from injury and why 2026 feels different
Robert Kubica loves the Le Mans 24 Hours. And he reckons he’s going to love it all the more this time around. He’s going back as the reigning champion and…
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McLaren revives its F1 GTR ethos with the track-only MCL-HY GTR
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…
Peugeot’s 2009 Le Mans revenge remains France’s modern benchmark at La Sarthe
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…
How the Le Mans 24 Hours works – 10 essentials to get you up to speed
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
2026 Le Mans 24 Hours full entry list
Here’s the full entry list for the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours, the 94th running of the French endurance classic
Three restored Ascari Le Mans cars are for sale — former Stig Ben Collins drove them
After 25 years I was reunited with the Ascari A410, the sports prototype that last contested the Le Mans 24 hours in 2002. The Ascari bridged the gap between Group C racing…
Ferdinand Habsburg: the WEC’s royal with nothing to lose in Alpine’s Le Mans farewell season
Ferrari’s bid for four straight Le Mans wins faces a tougher field and stricter BoP rules
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
Robert Kubica on his Le Mans victory, his comeback from injury and why 2026 feels different
Robert Kubica loves the Le Mans 24 Hours. And he reckons he’s going to love it all the more this time around. He’s going back as the reigning champion and…