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How to nail the perfect Hypercar lap at Le Mans
There's nowhere like Le Mans – let Motor Sport take you round the La Sarthe circuit that hosts the world's greatest race
Le Mans 2025: The ultimate guide to the world's greatest race
Whether you're making the pilgrimage to France or watching the race from home, here's everything you need to know about the Le Mans 24 Hours
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a race like no other – and it takes a special type of driver to succeed there.
Laser-like focus, huge stamina and an ability to driver at the limit for hours on end, naturally.
And it’s not just one pilot per car, with three racers per machine meaning the best are those that know how to work together.
Now these heroes are racing in a new golden age of sports cars, with 13 manufacturers fighting it out in packed HyperCar and GT fields.
The field thunders into the first turn at the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours
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Will Ferrari make it three overall wins in a row, or will Toyota strike back finally prove it can take it to the big guns?
Porsche will want to reassert it self as Le Mans, while Cadillac is looking to be put the Stars & Stripes back on the top step.
Below we’ve produced the ultimate guide to the world biggest race, giving you the full picture.
From the Hypercar front-runners, the format explained, the great event’s history and more – we’ve got you covered.
How the Le Mans 24 Hours works – 10 essentials to get you up to speed
From double stints to BoP – Ten points key to understanding how the Le Mans 24 Hours race works.
What is a Le Mans Hypercar? Entries, rules and specs for the sports car category
What is a Le Mans Hypercar? And which cars are racing under these rules? All the information on the front-runners for the 2025 season and beyond
2025 Le Mans 24 Hours full entry list
Here’s the full entry list for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours, the 93rd running of the French endurance classic
How to watch the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours: live stream and TV schedule
2025 Le Mans 24 Hours viewing guide including TV and live streaming schedule, and the different ways to watch
A flying lap around Le Mans – take a tour of the iconic La Sarthe track
There’s nowhere like Le Mans – let Motor Sport take you round the La Sarthe circuit that hosts the world’s greatest race
The Mulsanne Straight: motor sport’s greatest blast
The signature of the world’s greatest race track was held in both reverence and fear by those who faced it. Even cut in three, the Mulsanne Straight still defines Le Mans today. Gary Watkins gets straight to the point.
Le Mans 24 Hours’ thrilling qualifying and hyperpole — how it works
The hyperpole shootout decides the polesitter for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Here’s how the two-day qualifying format works.
How to win Le Mans: ‘It’s easy! Just put petrol in’
After 19 Le Mans 24 Hour races, designer Peter Stevens knows a thing or two about what it takes to win. He looks back at his previous exploits at La Sarthe
Is Balance of Performance ‘fixed’? Le Mans argument rages on
Balance of Performance is one of the most controversial rule sets in racing – but the recent success of WEC’s Hypercar class has been based upon it. Is it ‘fixed’, and will it predetermine the Le Mans winner?
Le Mans 24 Hours safety car procedure: a full guide
The Le Mans 24 Hours uses just a single safety car, after new procedures in 2023 resulted in chaos and confusion
Le Mans Hyperpole qualifying day – what are La Sarthe’s greatest laps
The Le Mans 24 Hours Hyperpole day always promises to be a dramatic affair – we chart some of La Sarthe’s greatest one-lap wonders
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The last Aston Martin to lead Le Mans was powered by Pink Floyd
From an idea dreamt up in a pub to the lead of the Le Mans 24 Hours: 40 years since an Aston Martin-powered car last headed the field of the endurance classic, its driver Tiff Needell remembers the incredible tale
100 years of Le Mans
Le Mans' Hyperpole qualifying day – what are La Sarthe's greatest laps?
The 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours Hyperpole day promises to be a dramatic affair – we chart some of La Sarthe's greatest one-lap wonders
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How to watch the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours: live stream and TV schedule
2025 Le Mans 24 Hours viewing guide including TV and live streaming schedule, and the different ways to watch
Sports Car News
Is Balance of Performance 'fixed'? Le Mans argument rages on
Balance of Performance is one of the most controversial rule sets in racing – but the recent success of WEC's Hypercar class has been based upon it. Is it 'fixed', and will it predetermine the Le Mans winner?
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British Ferrari star Calado: ‘WEC title is bigger than Le Mans’
Ferrari's No51 Hypercar arrives at Le Mans leading the World Endurance Championship. But wouldn't another 24 Hour race victory offer more glory than the title win? 'Not for me', says driver James Calado
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2025 Le Mans 24 Hours full entry list
Here's the full entry list for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours, the 93rd running of the French endurance classic
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Le Mans 24 Hours qualifying and hyperpole — how it works
The hyperpole shootout decides the polesitter for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Here’s how the two-day qualifying format works
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How the Le Mans 24 Hours works - 10 essentials to get you up to speed
Ten points key to understanding how the Le Mans 24 Hours race works
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Le Mans 24 Hours safety car procedure: a full guide
The Le Mans 24 Hours uses just a single safety car, after new procedures in 2023 resulted in chaos and confusion
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‘I couldn’t believe what I’d just got to do’
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…
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Why Porsche 917 terrified Attwood: ‘I knew it was going to be a problem the moment I saw it’
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…