Sunday, 9am-midday A notional concept, rest. It doesn’t matter how many times you cover Le Mans, nor how well you appreciate the benefits of a break: your thirst for information…
Sunday, 12am-3am Canadian Tony Burgess was lucky to escape serious injury in a huge crash that cut his Lola coupé in half as the half-way point of the race loomed.…
Aston Martin Racing driver Allan Simonsen has died after crashing on the third lap of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Dane, 34, was leading the GTE-Am class in his…
According to the official Le Mans 24 Hours timetable, Friday is a time of rest – an opportunity for drivers to unwind or, in the case of some mechanics, to…
Nissan took the covers off its experimental ‘zero emissions’ racing car at Le Mans, as it gears up to break new ground by becoming the first electrically powered entrant, at…
Taken from the July 1988 issue of Motor Sport The one nightmare shared by Jaguar’s board members was the possibility of defeat at Le Mans. Last year the three entries…
5am, Thursday morning. I’ve locked the front door, duvet and pillow under one arm, travel bag in the other and stumble bleary-eyed to the car as I spot my next-door…
“Oh s**t,” says Allan McNish after a long pause. I had just explained how much track time I was getting for the Le Mans Legends race this year and how…
Taken from the July 1973 issue of Motor Sport By Andrew Marriott Last year’s victory by Matra was somewhat hollow thanks to the lack of opposition, notably from Ferrari, but…
Taken from the July 1965 issue of Motor Sport By Denis Jenkinson There were 51 starters in the Le Mans race, but to all intents and purposes it was a…
Taken from the July 1953 issue of Motor Sport The Le Mans 24 Hour race carries with it more tradition and history than any other event in the minds of…
Taken from the July 1949 issue of Motor Sport Before the war Le Mans was a household word in British motor racing circles, as well it might be, with British…
In the current issue of Motor Sport our editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck writes about why he considers the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours the greatest race to take place at La…
Jaguar was nicely low-key at Le Mans in 1953. It had panicked the year before and radically altered its cars at the last minute, paid a heavy price for it…
If the season so far had not provided all the evidence you need of Audi’s dominance of sports car racing, then the times from this weekend’s test day most certainly…
I enjoy all sports bar horse racing; I will never forgive it for regularly interrupting what little televised motor sport there was during my formative 1970s; the parade ring, the…
