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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…
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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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
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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
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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
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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…
Archive
1994 Le Mans 24 Hours report: Porsche back on top step for 13th win
The Porsche factory was successful at Le Mans every year between 1981 and 1987, a run finally ended by Jaguar, and it has taken the Zuffenhausen company seven years to…
Great Read
Archive
Looking back with Paul Frere: writer, racer, Le Mans winner
Just occasionally, to keep a sense of perspective over the subject about which they are writing, motoring journalists try their hand at active motor racing. Some in recent years have…
Great Read
Archive
Lone Star: Phil Hill’s agony & ecstasy with Chaparral
Talk about going out in style! Not only did Phil Hill win the last professional race he entered — the BOAC 500 at Brands Hatch in 1967 — but as a…
Archive
The WM team at Le Mans: Straight Fighters
The rear wing was wound down and the boost wound up. Duct tape was strapped across almost every bodywork orifice and some brave soul was strapped into the cockpit. 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…
Archive
1994 Le Mans 24 Hours report: Porsche back on top step for 13th win
The Porsche factory was successful at Le Mans every year between 1981 and 1987, a run finally ended by Jaguar, and it has taken the Zuffenhausen company seven years to…
Great Read
Archive
Looking back with Paul Frere: writer, racer, Le Mans winner
Just occasionally, to keep a sense of perspective over the subject about which they are writing, motoring journalists try their hand at active motor racing. Some in recent years have…
Great Read
Archive
Lone Star: Phil Hill’s agony & ecstasy with Chaparral
Talk about going out in style! Not only did Phil Hill win the last professional race he entered — the BOAC 500 at Brands Hatch in 1967 — but as a…
Archive
The WM team at Le Mans: Straight Fighters
The rear wing was wound down and the boost wound up. Duct tape was strapped across almost every bodywork orifice and some brave soul was strapped into the cockpit. The…
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