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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.
The privateer Rebellion team wins Le Mans. Better still, a second division LMP2 Ligier or ORECA lands the big one. Let’s take it a step further: a GT Ferrari, Aston…
To buy the lead image click here. The news on Friday that Bentley are possibly going long-distance racing in a purpose-built prototype left me spending the weekend mulling over the cars’ previous participations at…
Which was the last Aston Martin to lead Le Mans? I always thought it was Project DP212, the DB4GT-based prototype whose slippery shape combined with the right foot of Graham…
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Enzo Ferrari thought him a Milanese chancer, a fair-weather lightweight who sold Alfa Romeos in frivolous Paris before ducking the war in prosperous New York. Now, here he was, a…
A new documentary’s been doing the rounds at film festivals over the last couple of months – the story of Steve McQueen’s obsession with motor racing and the making of…
Le Mans 24 Hours, June 10-11 1967 The theorists said it was a pairing ill conceived for the delicate art of endurance driving, because Dan Gurney and A J Foyt were racers…
By Darren Turner We had high hopes for Le Mans this year. We knew from last year that we had a strong package and if it hadn’t been for a…
As you may have read, Rob Widdows was at Le Mans over the weekend. When he came back, these videos landed in our inbox and we suddenly got very jealous…
It’s 50 years since Ford celebrated its maiden Le Mans victory. As the factory prepares to return to the race for the first time since 1969, we look back at…
The privateer Rebellion team wins Le Mans. Better still, a second division LMP2 Ligier or ORECA lands the big one. Let’s take it a step further: a GT Ferrari, Aston…
To buy the lead image click here. The news on Friday that Bentley are possibly going long-distance racing in a purpose-built prototype left me spending the weekend mulling over the cars’ previous participations at…
Which was the last Aston Martin to lead Le Mans? I always thought it was Project DP212, the DB4GT-based prototype whose slippery shape combined with the right foot of Graham…
Great Read
Enzo Ferrari thought him a Milanese chancer, a fair-weather lightweight who sold Alfa Romeos in frivolous Paris before ducking the war in prosperous New York. Now, here he was, a…
A new documentary’s been doing the rounds at film festivals over the last couple of months – the story of Steve McQueen’s obsession with motor racing and the making of…
Le Mans 24 Hours, June 10-11 1967 The theorists said it was a pairing ill conceived for the delicate art of endurance driving, because Dan Gurney and A J Foyt were racers…
By Darren Turner We had high hopes for Le Mans this year. We knew from last year that we had a strong package and if it hadn’t been for a…
As you may have read, Rob Widdows was at Le Mans over the weekend. When he came back, these videos landed in our inbox and we suddenly got very jealous…
