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Race of the century: who will win Le Mans in 2023?
If Toyota wasn’t already favourite to make it six Le Mans 24 Hours victories in a row in June, it was after the first two rounds of the 2023 World…
100 years of Le Mans
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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.
Le Mans 24 Hours: 100 years at the limit
Top 100 Le Mans moments
Latest on Le Mans – past and present
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An evening with Tom Kristensen
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Le Mans 24 Hours we have teamed up with Classic & Sports Finance to bring you an evening with Tom Kristensen at IET…
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Le Mans: 100 historic moments
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…
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Top 10 Le Mans moments: Porsche’s first win to controversial 1966 finish
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…
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Top Le Mans moments 20-11: from deflating tyre drama to tragic 1955 race
20 – 2011 Lotterer holds breath as tyre deflates It was a sensational climax. Audi prevailed over Peugeot by a scant 13.854sec in a fitting end to a battle that…
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Top Le Mans moments 30-21: Audi makes its debut and Ford beats Ferrari
30 – 1999 Audi takes its bow Flying Mercedes stole the headlines, BMW scored its one and only Le Mans victory and Toyota’s handsome GT-One once again fell short. But…
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Top Le Mans moments 40-31: from postwar restart to Aston defeating Ferrari
40 – 1949 Fresh start in the wake of world war The airfield next to the circuit had been used by the British before the fall of France and, extensively,…
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Top Le Mans moments 50-41: from Bentley’s begrudging entry to Porsche’s perfect ad
50 – 1923 W.O. Bentley sees the light It’s hard to calculate exactly how much Bentley did for Le Mans during its formative years. Had the British team never arrived…
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Top Le Mans moments 60-51: Alonso wins after quadruple sprint & Newman shines
60 – 2018 Alonso’s star quintuple stint Footage of the safety car restarts proved how much Fernando Alonso wanted a Le Mans victory on his CV. He was nigh on…
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Race of the century: who will win Le Mans in 2023?
If Toyota wasn’t already favourite to make it six Le Mans 24 Hours victories in a row in June, it was after the first two rounds of the 2023 World…
Archive
An evening with Tom Kristensen
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Le Mans 24 Hours we have teamed up with Classic & Sports Finance to bring you an evening with Tom Kristensen at IET…
Archive
Le Mans: 100 historic moments
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…
Archive
Top 10 Le Mans moments: Porsche’s first win to controversial 1966 finish
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…
Archive
Top Le Mans moments 20-11: from deflating tyre drama to tragic 1955 race
20 – 2011 Lotterer holds breath as tyre deflates It was a sensational climax. Audi prevailed over Peugeot by a scant 13.854sec in a fitting end to a battle that…
Archive
Top Le Mans moments 30-21: Audi makes its debut and Ford beats Ferrari
30 – 1999 Audi takes its bow Flying Mercedes stole the headlines, BMW scored its one and only Le Mans victory and Toyota’s handsome GT-One once again fell short. But…
Archive
Top Le Mans moments 40-31: from postwar restart to Aston defeating Ferrari
40 – 1949 Fresh start in the wake of world war The airfield next to the circuit had been used by the British before the fall of France and, extensively,…
Archive
Top Le Mans moments 50-41: from Bentley’s begrudging entry to Porsche’s perfect ad
50 – 1923 W.O. Bentley sees the light It’s hard to calculate exactly how much Bentley did for Le Mans during its formative years. Had the British team never arrived…
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Top Le Mans moments 60-51: Alonso wins after quadruple sprint & Newman shines
60 – 2018 Alonso’s star quintuple stint Footage of the safety car restarts proved how much Fernando Alonso wanted a Le Mans victory on his CV. He was nigh on…