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You were there: At the heart of the action in 1966
Press guest with extra privileges: Being Ford’s guest at Le Mans in 1966 is already pretty lucky, but Robert Ames also became a film extra while Grand Prix was being shot…
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
Lamborghini unveils Le Mans LMDh Hypercar – All entries, rules and specs
New-generation LMDh cars can race at Le Mans and Daytona; in WEC and IMSA series. Here’s the latest on the rules, specs and team entries, including confirmed and rumoured manufacturers
Sports Car News
V6 hybrid power for Peugeot’s 2022 Le Mans Hypercar
Peugeot’s new Le Mans hypercar will use a twin-turbo, 2.6-litre V6 engine when it returns to the World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2022, the company has announced. The 671bhp petrol…
Sports Car News
Earl Bamber: From driving instructor to Le Mans champion and team owner
Earl Bamber still remembers the moment he realised he would be driving at Le Mans for the first time. “It was just after Daytona 24 Hours – we’d actually had…
Le Mans News
Audi to quit Formula E and return to Le Mans
Audi is developing a new sports car to once again challenge for overall victory at Le Mans, after announcing that it will leave the Formula E championship at the end…
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Porsche opens up its archive for new exhibition
How would you fancy a 919 Le Mans racer that you could take to the shops? Or a 911 capable of tackling the Safari Rally? What about a futuristic take…
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Limited edition McLaren Senna GTR LM evokes the spirit of Le Mans ’95
As tribute to the five McLaren F1 GTR that finished first, third, fourth, fifth and 13th at Le Mans in 1995, Woking’s finest has developed five Senna GTR LMs in…
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No Le Mans for Murray’s new T50s racer
Gordon Murray has abandoned plans to return to Le Mans with his T50 supercar, saying that current regulations prevent the lightweight V12-powered machine from entering. The announcement follows the launch…
Le Mans News
‘Scandalous’ sale of the Graham Hill & Henri Pescarolo 1972 Le Mans-winning Matra
It was the first French car to win Le Mans since 1950, making Graham Hill the only driver in history to secure motor racing’s unofficial Triple Crown. It was also…
Archive
You were there: At the heart of the action in 1966
Press guest with extra privileges: Being Ford’s guest at Le Mans in 1966 is already pretty lucky, but Robert Ames also became a film extra while Grand Prix was being shot…
Sports Car News
Lamborghini unveils Le Mans LMDh Hypercar – All entries, rules and specs
New-generation LMDh cars can race at Le Mans and Daytona; in WEC and IMSA series. Here’s the latest on the rules, specs and team entries, including confirmed and rumoured manufacturers
Sports Car News
V6 hybrid power for Peugeot’s 2022 Le Mans Hypercar
Peugeot’s new Le Mans hypercar will use a twin-turbo, 2.6-litre V6 engine when it returns to the World Endurance Championship (WEC) in 2022, the company has announced. The 671bhp petrol…
Sports Car News
Earl Bamber: From driving instructor to Le Mans champion and team owner
Earl Bamber still remembers the moment he realised he would be driving at Le Mans for the first time. “It was just after Daytona 24 Hours – we’d actually had…
Le Mans News
Audi to quit Formula E and return to Le Mans
Audi is developing a new sports car to once again challenge for overall victory at Le Mans, after announcing that it will leave the Formula E championship at the end…
Archive
Porsche opens up its archive for new exhibition
How would you fancy a 919 Le Mans racer that you could take to the shops? Or a 911 capable of tackling the Safari Rally? What about a futuristic take…
Archive
Limited edition McLaren Senna GTR LM evokes the spirit of Le Mans ’95
As tribute to the five McLaren F1 GTR that finished first, third, fourth, fifth and 13th at Le Mans in 1995, Woking’s finest has developed five Senna GTR LMs in…
Archive
No Le Mans for Murray’s new T50s racer
Gordon Murray has abandoned plans to return to Le Mans with his T50 supercar, saying that current regulations prevent the lightweight V12-powered machine from entering. The announcement follows the launch…
Le Mans News
‘Scandalous’ sale of the Graham Hill & Henri Pescarolo 1972 Le Mans-winning Matra
It was the first French car to win Le Mans since 1950, making Graham Hill the only driver in history to secure motor racing’s unofficial Triple Crown. It was also…