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The Latest Breaking News from Le Mans

Ferrari is offering a multi-million dollar, Le Mans winning race car that you can’t keep

There is a catch involved with the prancing horse’s latest limited edition car.

The Street

The 499P Modificata Turns Ferrari's Le Mans Winner Into 858-HP Track Day Hero

Since it doesn't have to apply to the rules, this track car is more powerful than the version racing in international competition.

Motor1

McLaren "excited" by new F1 junior Bortoleto

The team announced recently that the Brazilian – who turned 19 last weekend – had joined the programme, which is overseen by five-time Le Mans winner and former F1 driver Emanuele Pirro.

Autosport

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How to be an ace engineer: Experienced designer Andrew Thorby

Andrew Thorby didn’t heed the best advice he says he was ever given in a motorsport career that has spanned over four decades designing and engineering cars across the spectrum of single-seaters and sportscars.

Autosport

How Lamborghini took the long road to Le Mans

As Lamborghini celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, it’s gearing up to take on the ultimate challenge for a sportscar manufacturer: a bid for outright honours at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The attack on the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship with a new LMDh prototype run by…

Autosport

Aston Martin to return to Le Mans 24 Hours in 2025 with Valkyrie LMH

The winner of Le Mans in 1959 has firmed up the plans outlined by Autosport last month to revive the Valkyrie LMH project mothballed early in 2020 for twin assaults on the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Autosport

Inside the adaptations needed to realise NASCAR's Le Mans return

“Strange and exciting.” Those are the words that came into FIA chief technical and safety officer Xavier Mestelan Pinon’s mind when he was told about the Garage 56 entry for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. And for good reason. The car that filled the grid slot reserved – but…

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How Japan’s underdog LMP1 helped start Toyota WEC juggernaut

Earlier this month, Toyota wrapped up this year’s World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ crown with another convincing display on home turf at Fuji. It marks the fifth time in a row, and sixth in total, it has come away with the silverware, including the occasions when a teams’ title was awarded…

Autosport

McLaren signs Le Mans winner Hirakawa as F1 reserve driver

Hirakawa will become part of McLaren's driver development programme, supporting the Woking team in its simulator as well as conducting a testing programme with its 2021 MCL35M car.

Motorsport

Honda motorsport restructuring opens door to WEC/Le Mans bid

In a move revealed on Thursday, Honda Performance Development, the motorsport arm of American Honda Motor Co., based out of Santa Clarita in California, will join Japan’s Honda Racing Corporation to become HRC US.

Motorsport

Honda motorsport restructuring opens door to WEC, Le Mans bid

It was announced on Thursday that Honda Performance Development, the motorsport arm of American Honda Motor Co. based out of Santa Clarita in California, will join Japan’s Honda Racing Corporation to become HRC US.

Autosport

Keating explains decision to bow out of WEC, join United in IMSA

It was announced late last month that Keating will join United for a full season in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, sharing the squad’s ORECA 07 with a yet-to-be-named second driver and enduro racer Alex Quinn, as the team switches its focus following the WEC’s decision to scrap the LMP2 class…

Motorsport

See Bentley Continental GT Le Mans Drag Race Flying Spur In Luxury Showdown

Both have twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W12 engines.

Motor1

Menezes announces Peugeot WEC exit after Bahrain finale

The Californian 28-year-old announced on his Instagram page that he will depart the French manufacturer's 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar programme after November's Bahrain finale.

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Ferrari's WEC deficit to Toyota no greater at Fuji than Monza

It made the claim despite its two 499P Le Mans Hypercars trailing home in fourth and fifth positions, a lap down on the Toyota GR010 HYBRIDs that blocked out the top two positions.

Autosport

Fuji marks Porsche's best chance of WEC podium return in 2023 - Makowiecki

Porsche has struggled to challenge Le Mans Hypercar manufacturers Toyota and Ferrari on its return to the top echelon of sportscar racing this year, managing only one podium with its 963 LMDh.

Motor1

Second-Gen Ford GT Was Built Because Mustang Couldn't Win Le Mans

Ford wanted to compete in the iconic race with the global, sixth-generation Mustang.

Motor1

Porsche Scratch-Built Model Collection Features 917s, 908s, Tiny Steve McQueen

Lothar Wunsche created the 1:5 scale models, including a replica of the 908 camera car used for the movie Le Mans.

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Rockenfeller hopes for more after career-best NASCAR Cup finish

The two-time Le Mans class winner and former DTM champion was a last-minute fill-in to drive Legacy Motor Club’s No. 42 Chevrolet two weeks ago at the Indy Road Course and again this past Sunday at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International.

Motorsport

Jenson Button to race IMSA GTP Porsche 963 at Petit Le Mans

It means the 2009 Formula 1 world champion will team up once more, this time at IMSA's season-closing Road Atlanta endurance event, with his Garage 56 NASCAR Le Mans project team-mate Mike Rockenfeller, against whom he raced in NASCAR Cup at Indianapolis last weekend.

Motorsport

Charles Leclerc targets Le Mans 24 Hours assault with brother

The Ferrari driver's interest in the endurance classic was piqued this year, when he attended the event to see the Prancing Horse's Hypercar squad triumph.

Autosport

Leclerc targets Le Mans 24 Hours assault with brother

The Ferrari driver’s interest in the endurance classic was piqued this year, when he attended the event to see the Prancing Horse’s Hypercar squad triumph.

Motorsport

Shank admits IMSA future plans “coming down to the last minute”

The factory Acura team’s current deal ends after this season’s Petit Le Mans in October and its future with the brand was put in question following the manipulation of tire data in the season-opening Daytona 24 Hours, which it won.

Autosport

Roger Dorchy obituary: 250mph Le Mans top-speed record holder dies aged 78

Yet his place in the history of the French enduro was sealed when he hit more than 250mph on the Mulsanne Straight at the wheel of a Peugeot-powered WM Group C car during the race in 1988.

Motorsport

Le Mans results finalised following six-car technical investigation

A bulletin has been issued by the technical delegates from WEC organisers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest confirming the compliance of the six cars from which components were taken at post-race scrutineering after the centenary running of Le Mans on 10-11 June.

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