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All great things have to start somewhere. It’s difficult to imagine now that the global success of GT3 racing began 14 years ago at Silverstone. Since that first event for…

Hans Mezger, who led the development of the Le Mans-winning Porsche 917, has died at the age of 90. Also responsible for the 911 boxer engine and McLaren’s triple world…

McLaren arrived at Le Mans in 1995 with no prior experience of the race. The F1 GTR left with an overall win. Here is how it happened from those that were there

There are very few engines that have become so indivisible from their creator that it’s hard to mention them without their names too. I guess you could include the Cosworth…

After 371 laps of online racing, Rebellion Williams Esports finished one-three in the Le Mans 24 Hours Virtual after 24 hours of intense action from 200 drivers around the world.…

“I came out if the esses and I must have hit a puddle I couldn’t see - it wasn’t the same the lap before and the car went virtually sideways,”…

The most successful manufacturer at Le Mans, Porsche is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first overall victory in the race. Here's the story of each of its winning cars

Hans Mezger, the Porsche engineer who masterminded the 911's flat six, the 917 and its engine, as well as the TAG McLaren F1 turbo, has died, aged 90

In the July 2020 edition of Motor Sport, a collection of Lancia's Martini-liveried racers are front and centre. Martini's involvement in motor sport has produced some of the most striking,…

Glickenhaus confirms that it will enter two cars in the new Le Mans Hypercar category for the 2021 World Endurance Championship, including Le Mans

Fifty years after the death of Bruce McLaren, we remember his remarkable accomplishments from a life cut tragically short

McLaren has unveiled a life-sized statue of its founder, Bruce McLaren, 50 years after he lost his life in a testing crash at Goodwood

With a rare, original TVR T400R GT2 coming up for sale, we look back on the little Blackpool firm that could, and its journey to the Le Mans 24 Hours

Formula 1 will not race until June at the earliest, with disruption to the Moto GP, Formula E, WEC and NASCAR calendars too. Here's how motor sport has been hit by coronavirus restrictions

Porsche set the standard in the Group C era, but it faced rare stern opposition at Silverstone in 1983. Brian Blair was there to see the Stuttgart marque prevail and…

Tom Walkinshaw was always one to leave a strong first impression. Love him or loathe him – and there were plenty on both sides of the divide – this was…

The rain came in biblical proportions. On March 21, 1959, Sebring was soaked, and it featured the US race debut for Colin Chapman’s first production car, the Type 14 Elite.…