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Is Lancia’s LC2 group C monster too wild to tame?
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dean Smith Well this was going to be a first. I’ve been track testing cars for this title for 28 years and can recall just one occasion on which…
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
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Sun sets on the WEC season at the Bahrain 8 Hours
Jota’s Porsche 963 No.38 – Motor Sport’s cover star in June – driven by Jenson Button, Philip Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen bows out of the WEC season at the Bahrain…
Great Read
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Lunch with… Henri Pescarolo – the original ‘Mr Le Mans’
I’m sitting outside a bistro in the warm Paris sunshine, enjoying a pre-lunch aperitif with Henri Pescarolo. Not for nothing is this man known as Monsieur Le Mans. He has…
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Dowe on Le Mans 1990…
At TWR USA, we were very sharp by 1990. We had finished first and second at the Daytona 24 Hours that year, thanks to some excellent engineers. In fact we…
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Carroll Shelby: The lost interview
Chatter, the clatter of plates and children screaming doesn’t amount to the ideal soundtrack when you’re trying to interview a legend. But that’s the background distraction I faced when I…
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Dan Gurney: The worst car I ever drove – Jaguar E2A Prototype
Dan Gurney is one of just a handful of drivers whose grand prix careers stretched from the fifties to the seventies. Certainly as far as Formula 1 was concerned, the…
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Martin Brundle: The worst car I ever drove – Jaguar XJR11
“I drove some bad grand prix cars,” says Martin Brundle, “but I don’t want to waste a whole article talking about the 1987 Zakspeed! Then there was that ’85 Tyrrell-Renault,…
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Ford Galaxie heads Aintree cavalcade as circuit marks two anniversaries
Racing cars returned to lap the full Aintree grand prix circuit in May as enthusiasts marked the 70th anniversary of its opening and the 60th of its final race. A…
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White-hot fight for 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours falls to Ferrari
An unprecedented nine cars on the lead lap at the finish. Just 14sec between the winner and runner-up. Just 1.1sec between third and fourth. Yes, it’s safe to say the…
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Is Lancia’s LC2 group C monster too wild to tame?
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dean Smith Well this was going to be a first. I’ve been track testing cars for this title for 28 years and can recall just one occasion on which…
Archive
Sun sets on the WEC season at the Bahrain 8 Hours
Jota’s Porsche 963 No.38 – Motor Sport’s cover star in June – driven by Jenson Button, Philip Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen bows out of the WEC season at the Bahrain…
Great Read
Archive
Lunch with… Henri Pescarolo – the original ‘Mr Le Mans’
I’m sitting outside a bistro in the warm Paris sunshine, enjoying a pre-lunch aperitif with Henri Pescarolo. Not for nothing is this man known as Monsieur Le Mans. He has…
Archive
Dowe on Le Mans 1990…
At TWR USA, we were very sharp by 1990. We had finished first and second at the Daytona 24 Hours that year, thanks to some excellent engineers. In fact we…
Archive
Carroll Shelby: The lost interview
Chatter, the clatter of plates and children screaming doesn’t amount to the ideal soundtrack when you’re trying to interview a legend. But that’s the background distraction I faced when I…
Archive
Dan Gurney: The worst car I ever drove – Jaguar E2A Prototype
Dan Gurney is one of just a handful of drivers whose grand prix careers stretched from the fifties to the seventies. Certainly as far as Formula 1 was concerned, the…
Archive
Martin Brundle: The worst car I ever drove – Jaguar XJR11
“I drove some bad grand prix cars,” says Martin Brundle, “but I don’t want to waste a whole article talking about the 1987 Zakspeed! Then there was that ’85 Tyrrell-Renault,…
Archive
Ford Galaxie heads Aintree cavalcade as circuit marks two anniversaries
Racing cars returned to lap the full Aintree grand prix circuit in May as enthusiasts marked the 70th anniversary of its opening and the 60th of its final race. A…
Archive
White-hot fight for 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours falls to Ferrari
An unprecedented nine cars on the lead lap at the finish. Just 14sec between the winner and runner-up. Just 1.1sec between third and fourth. Yes, it’s safe to say the…