Le Mans’ ‘worst piece of driving’: Toyota’s bitter defeat to BMW
Then as now, sports car racing was booming. There was no World Endurance Championship, but the manufacturers were flocking to take on the challenge of the Le Mans 24 Hours…
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.
Then as now, sports car racing was booming. There was no World Endurance Championship, but the manufacturers were flocking to take on the challenge of the Le Mans 24 Hours…
McLaren’s F1 was never expected to race, let alone win the Le Mans 24 Hours, but there’s more a fair share of unpredictability, luck and mystery around the memorable 1995 race
In Le Mans 100-year history, Porsche stand alone as its most successful manufacturer – but its greatest victory remains up for debate
Spurred on by the boost in car sales that winning Le Mans brought, Jaguar leapt into the 1950s fray, taking on an increasingly competitive field and winning again and again, with its futuristic C-types and D-types
In 100 years of the Le Mans 24 Hours, few stories have proved as compelling as that of the Bentley Boys. Andrew Frankel tells the story of a largely amateur group of war veterans who took on the world’s greatest race with courage, determination and against the odds
The first Le Mans 24 Hours was held a century ago in 1923, with much of the early success going to French teams who dominated the grid. It would be a short-lived period of superiority, however…
It’s been 88-years since Lagonda defied the odds, beating Alfa Romeo to earn its first Le Mans victory: a worthy triumph often overlooked in the race’s long history
Rules of engagement How did we decide which moments should make the list? The brief was never about statistic; we wanted instead to focus on key moments that came to…
The moments that helped define Le Mans’ legend: we’ve been through triumphs and tragedies from numbers 100 to 90. Here, as chosen by our panel of experts, are the top…
Dario Franchitti had a deal in principle to drive Porsche’s all-conquering 919 in the 2015 WEC campaign before a horror IndyCar crash forced him into retirement. The Scotsman relives a world of ‘what-ifs?’ in Motor Sport’s latest Centenary Stories podcast episode
With an influx of new Hypercar manufacturers, it would appear that the good times are rolling for WEC – but not all is well within the paddock. Last year’s Le…
Kévin Estre is enjoying himself. He and his Porsche team-mates have been in control of the race for almost nine hours, everything running smoothly through the desert night. Then, suddenly,…
Relief all round on the grippy subject of motor sport tyre supply this month after confirmation that the Avon brand has been saved by a newly created company that flips…
The story of Jean Rondeau, the last garagista to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, is a tale of grit, determination and against-the-odds endeavour that propelled the Frenchman from near-obscurity…
Robert Kubica was set to be Ferrari’s next star F1 driver until he suffered a devastating accident in 2011. Now, 13 years on, the Pole is finally for the Scuderia — in a WEC Hypercar. He tells James Elson how he never gave up on the dream
WEC looks to be hitting its stride in 2024 – but some Hypercar teams are far from happy with the way its Balance of Performance system is playing out
Mick Schumacher’s career stalled after two difficult years – now he’s set to complete a circle started by his father by making his Le Mans Hypercar debut this weekend
The Porsche 917 made waves on its debut, eventually marking itself out as a sports car icon – is it your ‘Race car of the Century’?
Dario Franchitti had a deal in principle to drive Porsche’s all-conquering 919 in the 2015 WEC campaign before a horror IndyCar crash forced him into retirement. The Scotsman relives a world of ‘what-ifs?’ in Motor Sport’s latest Centenary Stories podcast episode
With an influx of new Hypercar manufacturers, it would appear that the good times are rolling for WEC – but not all is well within the paddock. Last year’s Le…
Kévin Estre is enjoying himself. He and his Porsche team-mates have been in control of the race for almost nine hours, everything running smoothly through the desert night. Then, suddenly,…
Relief all round on the grippy subject of motor sport tyre supply this month after confirmation that the Avon brand has been saved by a newly created company that flips…
The story of Jean Rondeau, the last garagista to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, is a tale of grit, determination and against-the-odds endeavour that propelled the Frenchman from near-obscurity…
Robert Kubica was set to be Ferrari’s next star F1 driver until he suffered a devastating accident in 2011. Now, 13 years on, the Pole is finally for the Scuderia — in a WEC Hypercar. He tells James Elson how he never gave up on the dream
WEC looks to be hitting its stride in 2024 – but some Hypercar teams are far from happy with the way its Balance of Performance system is playing out
Mick Schumacher’s career stalled after two difficult years – now he’s set to complete a circle started by his father by making his Le Mans Hypercar debut this weekend