The Latest Breaking News from Le Mans

It’s not every week that Autosport staffers find themselves (metaphorically!) ripping up magazine pages and starting again on a Monday press day. But the confirmation of Aston Martin’s return to the top class of endurance racing and (let’s be honest, pretty cool) images of the Valkyrie LMH were too good…

Ferrari returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours was arguably the biggest motorsport story of 2021, while the famous Italian marque’s victory in the French classic will probably stand as this year’s feel-good moment. This week’s Aston Martin announcement should be viewed in a similar way.

The automaker is working on entries in both the WEC and IMSA championships.

It took Lola five attempts to win the International Formula 3000 championship in 1989. But its 1987 T87/50 was the first to truly make an impression on the rung below Formula 1 and finished runner-up in the standings with Luis Perez Sala. It therefore was an important machine both for…

The World Endurance Championship's two-month summer break ended with its annual trip to Fuji, where Toyota continued an unbeaten stretch dating back to 2016 with a 1-2 finish. But the Japanese marque didn't have it as easy as the result on paper suggested, as Porsche emerged as GR010 HYBRID's closest…

It seems like a long time ago now, such has been Toyota’s recent domination of the event. But prior to its breakthrough in the 2018 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours, mention of the Japanese manufacturer was often followed by reference to its ‘curse’.

Given his status as a three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours, with a remarkable record of 10 outright podiums at the event, you’d have imagined that Rinaldo Capello would choose the French circuit as his favourite track. But a long-forgotten test at Imola, which ‘Dindo’ believes was instrumental…

The 2009 Formula 1 world champion will join regular drivers Tijmen van der Helm and Mike Rockenfeller for the 10-hour Road Atlanta endurance event.

By comparison with his earlier career in touring cars that yielded titles in four consecutive seasons, the four World Endurance Championship GTE Pro wins Andy Priaulx scored as part of the Ford GT programme appear small fry. Yet the Guernseyman regards his first three-and-a-bit years of his ongoing relationship with…

With just three races to go until the NASCAR Cup playoffs, the 82-lap race around the Indianapolis road course will be action-packed with high drama and even higher stakes for those not yet locked in.

HJC has unveiled a new design for its popular RPHA 1 race helmet: the Quartararo Le Mans Special, designed to commemorate the MotoGP’s 1,000th time at Le Mans.