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Everything we learned at the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours test day

What did we learn from the Le Mans Test Day? What pointers has it given us to the big race ahead? That’s always the million dollar question when the cars hit the majestic Circuit de la Sarthe for the first time each year.

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What was learned from the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours test day

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Pink is parked: Why the Iron Dames debuted a new white livery for Le Mans

For the 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Iron Dames are arriving with a special livery that breaks with tradition: the iconic pink has been swapped for white. The No. 95 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Michelle Gatting, Rahel Frey, and Célia Martin will take…

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Peugeot 'lacking performance' for Le Mans 24 Hours, says Duval

Peugeot Hypercar driver Loic Duval cut a dejected figure after the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours test day as the French marque finished towards the back on Sunday.

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BMW believes no one was sandbagging on Le Mans test day

BMW wrapped up a clean and well-executed day of testing, with its fastest LMDh prototype posting the eighth-best time, 1.374s off Toyota’s benchmark. Within the German camp, just as others across the paddock, there was little interest in chasing lap times or playing games.

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Aston Martin reveals track-day version of Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar

Aston Martin is billing a new track-day version of its Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar as near-identical to the race car.

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Aston Martin Valkyrie LM Gives Customers Their Own Le Mans Car

Just a week before its return to top-level racing at Le Mans, Aston Martin has revealed another version of its V-12-powered Valkyrie supercar. Called the Valkyrie LM, it's essentially just a customer variant of the Valkyrie that will race at the legendary 24-hour enduro, albeit with fewer regulatory restrictions.

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Toyota sees "very strong Ferrari" despite leading last open test before Le Mans

Toyota was quick to play down the significance of setting the fastest time with its #8 GR010 Hybrid during the 2025 Le Mans Test Day. Still, Toyota sees areas for improvement.

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Le Mans: Toyota Hypercar narrowly ahead of Ferrari on 2025 test day

Toyota topped the times at the Le Mans Test Day as track running ahead of next weekend’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship kicked off on Sunday.

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Toyota narrowly leads Ferrari in Hypercar as 2025 Le Mans test day ends

Toyota topped the times at the Le Mans Test Day as track running ahead of next weekend’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship kicked off on Sunday.

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Ferrari and Toyota are Le Mans favorites – but what about Porsche?

Last year, Porsche arrived at Le Mans as one of the favourites, riding the momentum of a strong start to its WEC campaign. But when it came down to it, the real fight was between Ferrari and Toyota. In 2025, the German manufacturer comes to La Sarthe in a very…

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Autosport Podcast: Chasing the endurance triple crown with Nick Tandy

Nick talks about his chances at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, the similarities between himself and team-mate Nasr's driving style that have helped him to succeed, and the integration of new team-mate Pascal Wehrlein from the Formula E side of Porsche.

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963 RSP Revealed: Meet Porsche's Street-Legal Le Mans Hypercar

For years, the difference between road car and race car was a bit more nebulous than it is now. Especially at places like Le Mans, it wasn’t until the 1960s that the paths for road cars and top-flight prototypes started to diverge. Now, the stuff you see at the pointy…

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Peugeot eyes new Le Mans Hypercar as part of long-term WEC focus

Peugeot has aspirations to build a new Le Mans Hypercar as part of a long-term commitment to the World Endurance Championship.

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Ferrari to start Le Mans 24 Hours lighter, more powerful

Ferrari will go the grid for the Le Mans 24 Hours lighter and with more power than last year as it bids for a hat-trick at the French enduro.

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Ferrari given BoP gains ahead of Le Mans 24 Hours

Ferrari will go the grid for the Le Mans 24 Hours lighter and with more power than last year as it bids for a hat-trick at the French enduro.

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Autosport magazine: Le Mans preview and Ferrari’s F1 woes

The Monaco GP, Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours. It’s that ridiculous time of year when the three biggest racing events in the world take place close together and all three feature in this month’s Autosport magazine, out today (5 June).

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McLaren Is Milking Its Le Mans History Again. But We're Here for It

Thirty years ago, McLaren won Le Mans on its debut, with JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas, and Masanori Sekiya piloting an F1 GTR to victory ahead of heavily favored protoypes. It helped seal the legend of the F1, and made McLaren the only constructor to win motorsport's triple crown, with victories at…

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Drugovich ready to ditch Le Mans for F1 debut as Stroll stand-in at Aston Martin

Felipe Drugovich has indicated his “priority has always been Formula 1” so would be willing to miss his Le Mans 24 Hours entry with Cadillac to fill in for the injured Lance Stroll at the Canadian Grand Prix.

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Felipe Drugovich ready to ditch Le Mans for F1 debut as Lance Stroll stand-in

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Porsche's Road-Going Le Mans Prototype Has a Name: 963 RSP

A month ago, Porsche teased a new road-going Le Mans prototype seemingly based on the 963 LMDh car in a video about a street-legal 917 the company built in the 1970s. Now, with the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans weeks away, it released another teaser and revealed its name: 963…

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Alpine Wants to Take on Ferrari With a 1,000-HP Hybrid Hypercar

Shortly after revealing its first crossover, the A390, Alpine hinted at something a bit more spectacular. Just like it's doing at Le Mans, Alpine wants to challenge the likes of Ferrari with a hybrid supercar.

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Who slept best last night: Zak Brown

Lando Norris says he’s given up alcohol and partying – but even if he did abstain from celebrating his Monaco Grand Prix victory, chances are he didn’t have a restful night. He outlined in the post-race press conference why he can’t be entirely at ease. Yes, the Monaco win was a…

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Glickenhaus Made Its Le Mans Car Street-Legal. And You Can Buy One

If building hypercars were easy, everyone would do it (though, lately, it seems like that's more true than ever). But Jim Glickenhaus loves a challenge. The former filmmaker and Ferrari collector turned entrepreneur launched Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus in 2004 with dreams of competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship. In…

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