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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
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
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Alpine looks to trounce Peugeot in French fight on Le Mans debut
Alpine’s Hypercar makes its Le Mans debut this weekend, 46 years after its last victory. Its motor sport boss, Bruno Famin, says the team is harnessing history to beat Peugeot in a rare top-level battle between French teams
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2024 Le Mans 24 Hours full entry list
Here is the full entry list for the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, complete with every driver from the Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGT3 catgeories
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How to watch the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours: live stream and TV schedule
It’s set to be a classic: here’s how to watch the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours live stream and TV coverage, plus the full schedule — don’t miss a single minute
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The 2000s: when racing became a marathon and a sprint by Allan McNish
My driving career spanned four decades, from junior karting in the 1980s through to my final season with Audi in 2013. The first decade of the millennium was certainly a…
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Derek Bell, Centenary Stories
Le Mans legend Derek Bell commemorates 100 years of Motor Sport on this special edition podcast
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Jota targets 24-hour glory with Porsche Hypercar: Le Mans golden boys?
David and Goliath? It’s an old sporting cliché. But in biblical terms the parallel to plucky British privateer Jota taking on and attempting to beat the mighty manufacturers at the…
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It began at Donington…
Twenty-five years ago, Sam Hignett’s single-seater story petered out – and something more nourishing and sustainable began. A graduate of the Jim Russell Racing School at Donington under John Kirkpatrick,…
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Twenty-five years later…
The timing of BMW’s return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in pursuit of overall victory, a quarter of a century on from the V12 LMR’s triumph, is a timely…
Le Mans News
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
Le Mans News
Alpine looks to trounce Peugeot in French fight on Le Mans debut
Alpine’s Hypercar makes its Le Mans debut this weekend, 46 years after its last victory. Its motor sport boss, Bruno Famin, says the team is harnessing history to beat Peugeot in a rare top-level battle between French teams
Le Mans News
2024 Le Mans 24 Hours full entry list
Here is the full entry list for the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, complete with every driver from the Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGT3 catgeories
Le Mans News
How to watch the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours: live stream and TV schedule
It’s set to be a classic: here’s how to watch the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours live stream and TV coverage, plus the full schedule — don’t miss a single minute
Subscriber
Archive
The 2000s: when racing became a marathon and a sprint by Allan McNish
My driving career spanned four decades, from junior karting in the 1980s through to my final season with Audi in 2013. The first decade of the millennium was certainly a…
Motor Sport Podcast
Podcast: Derek Bell, Centenary Stories
Le Mans legend Derek Bell commemorates 100 years of Motor Sport on this special edition podcast
Subscriber
Archive
Jota targets 24-hour glory with Porsche Hypercar: Le Mans golden boys?
David and Goliath? It’s an old sporting cliché. But in biblical terms the parallel to plucky British privateer Jota taking on and attempting to beat the mighty manufacturers at the…
Subscriber
Archive
It began at Donington…
Twenty-five years ago, Sam Hignett’s single-seater story petered out – and something more nourishing and sustainable began. A graduate of the Jim Russell Racing School at Donington under John Kirkpatrick,…
Subscriber
Archive
Twenty-five years later…
The timing of BMW’s return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in pursuit of overall victory, a quarter of a century on from the V12 LMR’s triumph, is a timely…