Le Mans News
Why Peugeot’s 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar has no rear wing
Peugeot has explained why its radical new Le Mans Hypercar, the 9X8, features no rear wing
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
Sports Car News
Images of 956-style Porsche LMDh car emerge
Various images – both officially and unofficially released – of Porsche’s new LMDh car have appeared, whilst the German marque has also announced its first two drivers in the category
Sports Car News
Kamui Kobayashi takes dual WEC driver / team principal role at Toyota
Kamui Kobayashi will take charge of Toyota’s Hypercar programme in a joint team principal/driver role from next year. The 35-year-old ex-F1 racer, who won at Le Mans this summer, will…
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Archive
Nissan’s R89C — the beast from the East
At the end of a year in which Honda of Japan have shone so brightly in Formula 1, let’s spool back some 30 years to the Group C World Sportscar…
Archive
BMW teases its Le Mans contender for 2023
In the latest round of BMW’s re-imagining of its classic kidney grille design, the Munich manufacturer has released a teaser image of its forthcoming LMDh prototype, which will return the…
Le Mans News
Ogier to pursue Le Mans ‘dream’ at Toyota Hypercar test
With Sébastien Ogier going part-time in WRC next year, he now has time to pursue his endurance “dream” – and is warming up with the WEC Rookie Test in November
Hall of Fame
2021 Hall of Fame: Le Mans nominees
Voting has now closed for the 2021 Motor Sport Hall of Fame To win at Le Mans you need to be quick, consistent and lucky. Our nominees for this year’s…
Archive
When V12s ruled Le Mans
The V12 had one last hurrah in sports car racing as the noughties drew to a close. Yet the powerplants that won the Le Mans 24 Hours four years on…
Archive
Jaguar’s Group C Porsche-killer
When Tony Southgate saw the engine around which he had to design a new Group C car, he did two things: utter a profanity under his breath and reach for…
Le Mans News
Why Peugeot’s 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar has no rear wing
Peugeot has explained why its radical new Le Mans Hypercar, the 9X8, features no rear wing
Sports Car News
Images of 956-style Porsche LMDh car emerge
Various images – both officially and unofficially released – of Porsche’s new LMDh car have appeared, whilst the German marque has also announced its first two drivers in the category
Sports Car News
Kamui Kobayashi takes dual WEC driver / team principal role at Toyota
Kamui Kobayashi will take charge of Toyota’s Hypercar programme in a joint team principal/driver role from next year. The 35-year-old ex-F1 racer, who won at Le Mans this summer, will…
Great Read
Archive
Nissan’s R89C — the beast from the East
At the end of a year in which Honda of Japan have shone so brightly in Formula 1, let’s spool back some 30 years to the Group C World Sportscar…
Archive
BMW teases its Le Mans contender for 2023
In the latest round of BMW’s re-imagining of its classic kidney grille design, the Munich manufacturer has released a teaser image of its forthcoming LMDh prototype, which will return the…
Le Mans News
Ogier to pursue Le Mans ‘dream’ at Toyota Hypercar test
With Sébastien Ogier going part-time in WRC next year, he now has time to pursue his endurance “dream” – and is warming up with the WEC Rookie Test in November
Hall of Fame
2021 Hall of Fame: Le Mans nominees
Voting has now closed for the 2021 Motor Sport Hall of Fame To win at Le Mans you need to be quick, consistent and lucky. Our nominees for this year’s…
Archive
When V12s ruled Le Mans
The V12 had one last hurrah in sports car racing as the noughties drew to a close. Yet the powerplants that won the Le Mans 24 Hours four years on…
Archive
Jaguar’s Group C Porsche-killer
When Tony Southgate saw the engine around which he had to design a new Group C car, he did two things: utter a profanity under his breath and reach for…