Le Mans News
My first Le Mans
By Oliver Gavin It was a dark and stormy race… The 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans was certainly a baptism of fire. In fact, the extended periods of torrential…
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
Great Read
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JW Automotive: The team that tamed the Porsche 917
There had been no job advertised, but he applied for one anyway. At the time John Horsman was an engineering student at Cambridge and often spent his weekends photographing motor…
Opinion
Le Mans News
The greatest show on earth
The countdown is on. As I write, there are just 45 days to go until the 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours rolls into action at the fabled Circuit de la Sarthe…
Opinion
Le Mans News
The Journey to Le Mans
Here’s a Motor Sport exclusive: the trailer for a new documentary about Le Mans from Fantelli Productions. More specifically, it’s about Jota Sport, the small British team that won the…
Le Mans News
Still in love with Le Mans
“I love this place,” he grins as we look out over the pits towards the huge grandstand. “I’ve been coming here since 1970 and it’s still such an exhilarating place…
Archive
Renault-Alpine’s 1978 Le Mans 24 Hours win: All for one
Judging by how far the man holding the microphone-on-a-stick jumps back as the car fires up, our fervent hope that this Le Mans-winner’s turbo V6 might not bust today’s noise…
Great Read
Archive
Lance Macklin: Cowboy, sailor, racer, inventor… and ‘chippie’
”All my life I’ve wanted to run a chippie”. So said Lance Macklin to his young second wife Gill, and thus began a new chapter in the life of a…
Great Read
Archive
Le Mans monster: the Jaguar D-type cast
Sir Stirling Moss: Works driver, 1954 Those who drove the D-type in period have mixed feelings about the car. And perhaps because he drove it during its development phase —…
Great Read
Archive
The race that clinched Graham Hill’s triple crown: Henri Pescarolo on Le Mans ’72
Pescarolo Sport had garage number one at Le Mans this year, pole position in one of the world’s most recognisable pitlanes. The French team enjoyed this honour thanks to its…
Le Mans News
My first Le Mans
By Oliver Gavin It was a dark and stormy race… The 2001 24 Hours of Le Mans was certainly a baptism of fire. In fact, the extended periods of torrential…
Great Read
Archive
JW Automotive: The team that tamed the Porsche 917
There had been no job advertised, but he applied for one anyway. At the time John Horsman was an engineering student at Cambridge and often spent his weekends photographing motor…
Opinion
Le Mans News
The greatest show on earth
The countdown is on. As I write, there are just 45 days to go until the 83rd Le Mans 24 Hours rolls into action at the fabled Circuit de la Sarthe…
Opinion
Le Mans News
The Journey to Le Mans
Here’s a Motor Sport exclusive: the trailer for a new documentary about Le Mans from Fantelli Productions. More specifically, it’s about Jota Sport, the small British team that won the…
Le Mans News
Still in love with Le Mans
“I love this place,” he grins as we look out over the pits towards the huge grandstand. “I’ve been coming here since 1970 and it’s still such an exhilarating place…
Archive
Renault-Alpine’s 1978 Le Mans 24 Hours win: All for one
Judging by how far the man holding the microphone-on-a-stick jumps back as the car fires up, our fervent hope that this Le Mans-winner’s turbo V6 might not bust today’s noise…
Great Read
Archive
Lance Macklin: Cowboy, sailor, racer, inventor… and ‘chippie’
”All my life I’ve wanted to run a chippie”. So said Lance Macklin to his young second wife Gill, and thus began a new chapter in the life of a…
Great Read
Archive
Le Mans monster: the Jaguar D-type cast
Sir Stirling Moss: Works driver, 1954 Those who drove the D-type in period have mixed feelings about the car. And perhaps because he drove it during its development phase —…
Great Read
Archive
The race that clinched Graham Hill’s triple crown: Henri Pescarolo on Le Mans ’72
Pescarolo Sport had garage number one at Le Mans this year, pole position in one of the world’s most recognisable pitlanes. The French team enjoyed this honour thanks to its…
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