Le Mans News

Everyone who loves motor sport will be pleased that the Le Mans 24 Hours is taking place this year. Can you explain some of the key challenges you faced in…

1. LMP1 bows out The Le Mans 24 Hours (Sept 19-20), waves goodbye to the twin-hybrid LMP1 rocket ships that made the race — and the World Endurance Championship —…

Just over three and a half miles of public road. A flat-out blast lasting not much more than a minute. A place where the fastest cars reached 200mph and beyond.…

After initially being hopeful of staging the event with a limited capacity crowd, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has confirmed that the 2020 edition of the Le Mans 24…

As McLaren and Gulf Oil reunite, we take a look back at the best Gulf liveries from motor sport history

Not many international racing siblings hail from the small, rural ranches of New Zealand, but the Bambers have made quite an impression both in Asia and much further abroad in…

Details of how spectators will be able to attend the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours in September have been announced, as organisers look to maintain the event's unique atmosphere amid…

It's known as the biggest British motor race in France, and that looks set to continue this year, with news that spectators will be allowed at the postponed 2020 Le…

  June 6, 1998, Le Mans Le Mans 24 Hours Before the outlandish prototypes took centre stage, GT1 machinery starred at La Sarthe following an influx of manufacturers including Porsche,…

Hans Mezger, who led the development of the Le Mans-winning Porsche 917, has died at the age of 90. Also responsible for the 911 boxer engine and McLaren’s triple world…

McLaren arrived at Le Mans in 1995 with no prior experience of the race. The F1 GTR left with an overall win. Here is how it happened from those that were there

After 371 laps of online racing, Rebellion Williams Esports finished one-three in the Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual after 24 hours of intense action from 200 drivers around the world.…

“I came out if the esses and I must have hit a puddle I couldn’t see - it wasn’t the same the lap before and the car went virtually sideways,”…

The most successful manufacturer at Le Mans, Porsche is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first overall victory in the race. Here's the story of each of its winning cars

Hans Mezger, the Porsche engineer who masterminded the 911's flat six, the 917 and its engine, as well as the TAG McLaren F1 turbo, has died, aged 90

In the July 2020 edition of Motor Sport, a collection of Lancia's Martini-liveried racers are front and centre. Martini's involvement in motor sport has produced some of the most striking,…

Glickenhaus confirms that it will enter two cars in the new Le Mans Hypercar category for the 2021 World Endurance Championship, including Le Mans