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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.
It was the most remarkable press conference I have attended. It started out as the standard, once-a-year pre-Le Mans Porsche press briefing, and ended with Porsche motor sport boss Frank…
Only 30 or so years ago, the Le Mans pits were cramped beyond belief, quite grubby… and light years from the spacious working hubs they have since become. But by…
On May 31 five more motor racing luminaries were inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame joining the likes of Enzo Ferrari, Ayrton Senna, John Surtees and James Hunt.…
It has the biggest build-up of them all. Pushing the hyper-machines through 24 hours of full-steam racing requires it. As well as the cars, it tests the drivers to…
Inevitably, being mid-June, there’s plenty from Le Mans in this week’s round-up from the Archive. José Froilán González went without sleep and food during the epic in 1954, but still managed…
Recorded at his home in America, watch Dan Gurney accept his award for winning the US category of the 2016 Hall of Fame, as voted for by you. The other…
Sunday June 7, 1998. The day three-time Le Mans winner Allan McNish won the greatest race of them all for Porsche on just his second visit to Le Mans. The team of…
The best photos from the 2016 Le Mans Test, where Audi set the headline time ahead of the twice-round-the-clock classic on June 18-19. Lucas Di Grassi claimed the bragging rights,…
Toyota’s bad luck at Le Mans may have reached a new height this year, but the bar hasn’t been raised too many notches. Go back 22 years and you’ll find…
It was the most remarkable press conference I have attended. It started out as the standard, once-a-year pre-Le Mans Porsche press briefing, and ended with Porsche motor sport boss Frank…
Only 30 or so years ago, the Le Mans pits were cramped beyond belief, quite grubby… and light years from the spacious working hubs they have since become. But by…
On May 31 five more motor racing luminaries were inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame joining the likes of Enzo Ferrari, Ayrton Senna, John Surtees and James Hunt.…
It has the biggest build-up of them all. Pushing the hyper-machines through 24 hours of full-steam racing requires it. As well as the cars, it tests the drivers to…
Inevitably, being mid-June, there’s plenty from Le Mans in this week’s round-up from the Archive. José Froilán González went without sleep and food during the epic in 1954, but still managed…
Recorded at his home in America, watch Dan Gurney accept his award for winning the US category of the 2016 Hall of Fame, as voted for by you. The other…
Sunday June 7, 1998. The day three-time Le Mans winner Allan McNish won the greatest race of them all for Porsche on just his second visit to Le Mans. The team of…
The best photos from the 2016 Le Mans Test, where Audi set the headline time ahead of the twice-round-the-clock classic on June 18-19. Lucas Di Grassi claimed the bragging rights,…