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Le Mans 24 Hours special
It’s a universal touchstone, part of motor sport’s tapestry since 1923. Talk of Le Mans turns one’s mind not to…

It’s a universal touchstone, part of motor sport’s tapestry since 1923. Talk of Le Mans turns one’s mind not to…
Switching from Formula 1 to endurance racing requires drivers to embrace an alien culture based on honesty, integrity and a…
Audi scored another Le Mans victory in 2014, but faltered elsewhere. This season it’s armed with more power, more electrical…
With extra electro-power and a three-car entry, Stuttgart aims high for the 919’s second 24 Hours – even if it’s…
The earliest use I can find in print of the expression “Racing improves the breed” dates from 1835. It refers,…
Porsche, Toyota and Audi had already embellished the WEC with fascinating technological diversity… and then Nissan unveiled its radical new…
This son of a ’70s saloon hero has beaten his own path to a Le Mans factory seat. But it’s…
Enzo Ferrari thought him a Milanese chancer, a fair-weather lightweight who sold Alfa Romeos in frivolous Paris before ducking the…
It’s a result that sparked half a century of rumour and counter-rumour. Did the winning drivers receive illicit assistance? Luigi…
Torvill and Dean, Pinsent and Redgrave, Ickx and Bell… some partnerships in sport just work Writer Peter Higham It is…
Early evening is a good time to savour modern Goodwood. The crowd has dispersed so there are few distractions to…
Audi’s Marcel Fässler, Benoit Tréluyer and André Lotterer drew first blood in the 2015 World Endurance Championship, ending Audi’s four-race…
The paddock looked rammed, even if some of the grid sizes didn’t reflect as much, the mood was mostly convivial…
Slow in, fast out Oulton Park, March 28 & April 6: From 2CV to GT3, opposite ends of the performance…
Up for the Cup Despite grappling with a new machine, Julian Grimwade came away with the Motor Sport Trophy "There’s…
Filler up, Mister... A highly original Porsche proves that its beauty survives – deep beneath a layer of body filler…
The how, what, and why from the German MotoGP round at the Sachsenring Yamaha's glimmer of a grin // Márquez: king of the 'ring // Puig: 'no easy life here' // Zarco: 'it makes me sad' // The…
In 2007 the Paulistas had embraced Lewis Hamilton – a mixed-race tyro chasing the F1 championship in a mixed-race city – but one year on attitudes had changed. He was…
Myles Rowe has rocketed up the IndyCar ladder since being picked up by Roger Penske and Will Power – he talks to James Elson about what it takes for that final step up to the big time
The Nürburgring 24 Hours is an event like no other. And so, at this year’s race, we sent our intrepid photographer out among the crowds in the woods to capture…