Porsche’s 917 wasn’t a beacon of safety at the best of times, but its 1971 challenger stands as perhaps its most radical evolution. Stunning in its classic Martini Racing livery,…
The success of a track test depends on the car, the environment and its owner. The car was Porsche 917 chassis 22, painted to look like its Le Mans-winning sister…
Richard Attwood strides into the pub, dapper as ever just days after his 85th birthday, and greets me with an enormous grin. The pub is significant, not for what, but…
LEVEGH’S 23 HOURS OF LE MANS JUNE 1997 No one has ever managed to win Le Mans single-handedly, but in the early ’50s one man nearly did. Pierre Levegh, who…
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Jean Rondeau did not always play by the rules; anyone who had the nerve to test pukka Le Mans cars on the public roads was bound to be a little…
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We coasted up the pit lane, the Aston Martin DBR1 and I, engine now silent. Helmet in the passenger seat, I listened to the utter silence in my ears that…
The Le Mans 24 Hours is like no other race. There is something about this more-than-100-year-old enduro that drags one back to give it another go, even after disaster or…
FERRARI Ferrari 499P Either factory entry will fancy snatching that Le Mans hat-trick for Ferrari, but the yellow AF Corse 499P has an equal chance of being in contention too.…
The Balance of Performance probably won’t decide who wins the Le Mans 24 Hours. But it could determine who doesn’t. In the two years since the mass influx of manufacturers…
1. Ferrari goes for the hat-trick Ferrari will complete a Le Mans 24 Hours hat-trick if it lifts the trophy this year. And the 499P Le Mans Hypercar will remain…
007 Harry Tincknell, 33 (GB) The two-time class winner will be making his 12th attempt at the Le Mans 24 Hours, but only his third in the top class. A…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YI14mpiF6Lg In one regard – and it’s one that really shouldn’t be dismissed – Aston Martin is guaranteed a sure-fire hit even before its new Valkyrie racing car has turned…
Porsche remains dominant in North America’s IMSA sports car series, following another win for Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr at Long Beach. But Ferrari has a stranglehold on the World…
McLaren will enter the Le Mans Hypercar class for the very first time in 2027 – and is gunning to win motor sport's 'Triple Crown' all in one year
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The thing may have looked the part, but there was no way it could win the Le Mans 24 Hours. Not first time out anyway. The world's fastest street machine…
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So here it sits. McLaren M6A-1. Not McLaren’s first effort at building a sports car, nor even its first Can-Am car - that particular honour fell to the M1B -…
