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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.
Tom Kristensen had only a brief moment to catch his breath and brace himself as a charging and unsighted DTM pack bore down on his Audi A4, which was stranded…
LMP1 hits Pescarolo 01 The Pescarolo 01 was arguably the first accessible P1. Henri Pescarolo became a constructor for 2007, creating a car designed to be sold to customers…
2008: The greatest Le Mans heist Audi driver Tom Kristensen reckoned Peugeot had “given us a bit of a smacking” at the 2008 Sebring 12 Hours. Another victory a…
The Porsche factory team set the gold standard in the heart of the 1980s Group C era, but it’s also true that it could have throttled the life out of…
I have been lucky enough to track test a couple of Porsche 962s. The one you see pictured was Porsche’s own, a Le Mans winner and was driven at Weissach, the…
Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT) has joined forces with ORECA to design the prototype chassis for the Le Mans Hydrogen class prototype. The joint project will form the exclusive chassis…
The new generation of top-level sports cars promises a return to “pure racing”, with close competition, no need for fuel saving and more enjoyment for drivers, according to Toyota’s no8…
Toyota has unveiled its 2021 Le Mans Hypercar, the GR010 Hybrid, which is set to compete in this year’s World Endurance Championship , including the Le Mans 24 Hours. Ushering…
One has a storied past at Le Mans as the most successful manufacturer in the race’s history. The other is a confident American team that’s not afraid to speak its…
Tom Kristensen had only a brief moment to catch his breath and brace himself as a charging and unsighted DTM pack bore down on his Audi A4, which was stranded…
LMP1 hits Pescarolo 01 The Pescarolo 01 was arguably the first accessible P1. Henri Pescarolo became a constructor for 2007, creating a car designed to be sold to customers…
2008: The greatest Le Mans heist Audi driver Tom Kristensen reckoned Peugeot had “given us a bit of a smacking” at the 2008 Sebring 12 Hours. Another victory a…
The Porsche factory team set the gold standard in the heart of the 1980s Group C era, but it’s also true that it could have throttled the life out of…
I have been lucky enough to track test a couple of Porsche 962s. The one you see pictured was Porsche’s own, a Le Mans winner and was driven at Weissach, the…
Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT) has joined forces with ORECA to design the prototype chassis for the Le Mans Hydrogen class prototype. The joint project will form the exclusive chassis…
The new generation of top-level sports cars promises a return to “pure racing”, with close competition, no need for fuel saving and more enjoyment for drivers, according to Toyota’s no8…
Toyota has unveiled its 2021 Le Mans Hypercar, the GR010 Hybrid, which is set to compete in this year’s World Endurance Championship , including the Le Mans 24 Hours. Ushering…
