The BMW board in Munich will reconvene to discuss the future of the LMP1 project to enter the Le Mans.Currently BMW is contemplating on the future of their LMP1 car. The executives at BMW are thinking how to further enter the Le Mans racing championship. Sources claim BMW has been working in recent months very […]
Fifty years have passed since the GT40 won Le Mans for the first time, locking out the podium in the first of four consecutive wins between 1966 and 1969.This year, the GT is coming back to the track. And far from being a simple tribute act, Ford is taking its racing programme seriously. So when its […]
r IndyCar star Juan Pablo Montoya has described his first taste of the WEC championship-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid as “a helluva toy”.Driving the same car which Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard drove to world championship glory on Saturday evening, Montoya lapped in a respectable 1m43.174s on his first acquaintance on Sunday morning […]
Grandson of two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi, 19-year-old Pietro is aiming to become the first in the family to win the Le Mans 24 Hours.The Fittipaldi family can boast wins in F1, NASCAR, the Indy 500 and the 24 Hours of Daytona, leaving the iconic Le Mans endurance classic as the biggest accolade missing […]
It was the first time an American car won Le Mans, and when the Ford GT 40 won it did it in a grand 1-2-3 sweep. That was 1966, and fifty years later once again Ford is throwing its helmet into the ring. And to make the 2016 running of Le Mans even more exciting […]
Frederic Sausset, 46, lost all four of his limbs to a bacterial infection in 2012. In the hospital bed, trying to come to terms with the grief and how vastly his world had changed, Sausset imagined competing in the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. It was a dream he knew sounded foolish, […]
Months after Nissan competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race for the first time in 16 years, another automaker that has hinted on its own potential comeback might be a reality. BMW is making these waves, so says marketing boss Ian Robertson, who admitted to Autocar that the company’s return to the […]
Team Penske IndyCar star Juan Pablo Montoya will take part in an end-of-season WEC test as Porsche tries candidates for its 919 LMP1 Hybrid.Montoya is the latest to be signed for the test which is scheduled for the day after the final round of the championship at Bahrain on November 21. The 40-year-old was a […]
The 10-hour Petit Le Mans IMSA season finale at Road Atlanta was loaded with drama and waterlogged with rain from the start to its premature finish. When it was over after 7h51m, a shock winner took the overall win as the No. 911 Porsche North America Porsche 911 RSR vanquished the field and led a […]
The 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship draws to a close this weekend, but it finishes in style with the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on Saturday, October 3.The 10 hour race will decide the driver, team and manufacturer championships in all four classes, and extremely close points standings heading into the event promise a thrilling […]
Porsche is aiming to return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2016 with this year’s winning lineup of Nico Hulkenberg, Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber in its third entry.LMP1 team principal Andreas Seidl confirmed that the German manufacturer will “definitely run three cars” in the top class at Le Mans again and that talks […]
French Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi has died, nine months after suffering severe head injuries in a crash at the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.The 25-year-old had been in a coma since crashing his Marussia car into a recovery vehicle in wet conditions in Suzuka last October. His family said: “Jules fought right to the very […]
The former Grey’s Anatomy TV star affectionately named ‘McDreamy’ for his rugged good looks, Patrick Dempsey, fulfilled a life-long achievement on the weekend when he raced his Porsche 911 to second place (in his category) at the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hour race in France. The 49-year-old American actor, who often chats with another Porsche […]
History was made at the 83rd running of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race, with current Formula One star Nico Hulkenberg taking the honours for Porsche. In the German marque’s first outright win at Le Mans, Hulkenberg in the #19 entry was joined by Kiwi Earl Bamber and Briton Nick Tandy, all […]
Porsche has clinched its first outright win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1998 with the no. 19 car of Nick Tandy, Earl Bamber and Nico Hulkenberg following an enthralling fight with Audi at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The no. 19 car took control of the race at the halfway point in […]
Now there are four. Audi, Porsche and Toyota are reasonably known quantities for the 83rd 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 13-14 , but into the manufacturer-dominated 2015 LMP1 Hybrid pack, Nissan slips the wildest of wild car(d)s, in the stubby shape of the GTR-LM Nismo. This group, from which the outright winner will […]
Ford is set to confirm it will return to front-line global motorsport competition later this week. The blue oval has notified media that it plans to make a “major Ford Performance news announcement” in Europe on Friday, headed by the company’s top-hitting executives including Executive Chairman, Bill Ford, President and CEO Mark Fields and global […]
Four factory-backed operations will square off at next weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hour classic.Since 1923 the battle man and machine has launched against the elements in the French city of Le Mans has transformed into an important commercial tool for car makers. This year Nissan, after a long absence, has joined incumbents in the top LMP1 […]
Nico Hulkenberg says he has no real expectations of a big result ahead of his Le Mans 24 Hours debut next weekend with Porsche.The Force India Formula 1 driver, who raced the 919 Hybrid alongside teammates Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy for the first time last month in the second round of the WEC at […]
Nissan is bidding in the combination of a front-engine with a front-wheel drive. Front-wheel drive is very common in road cars, but highly uncommon in pure-bred racing cars. The GT-R LM NISMO is front-wheel drive. It is also front-engined. This is a unique combination for a top-class Le Mans racer. Nissan believes this combination is […]
More time for the actor to race in WEC and at Le Mans. The bad news for fans of actor Patrick Dempsey: His character, Dr. Derek Shepherd on the long-running TV series Grey’s Anatomy, was killed off in Thursday night’s episode, when his character’s car was hit by a truck. The good news for fans […]
Karun Chandhok will compete in his fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours this year after announcing that he will partner Nathanael Berthon and Mark Patterson at Murphy Prototypes. The Indian racer, who took part in 11 grands prix between 2010-11, will undertake a third straight Le Mans for the popular Irish team in a Nissan-powered […]
JUST three weeks after tackling round one of the South African Single-Seater season at Zwartkops Raceway, the Formula Ford Duratec competitors head to Killarney for round two of the 2015 championship. The Western Cape round takes place on Saturday, April 11, and will see these open-wheel racers pick up the battles from round one. […]
More than a dozen cars from the career of five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell will star at the 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed The 2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed will commemorate the 40th anniversary of Derek Bell’s first Le Mans 24 Hours victory by showcasing some of his most famous racing cars. Bell’s first […]
Nissan has withdrawn from the opening two rounds of the World Endurance Championship to concentrate on its 24 Hours of Le Mans campaign. The Japanese manufacturer has made the decision to scratch its radical front-wheel-drive GT-R LM Nismo from the Silverstone and Spa WEC races after a troubled start to its development program, which included […]
Nissan’s radical GT-R LM NISMO has been described as both “exciting” and “brave” by its opposition in this year’s World Endurance Championship.The technical bosses of the Audi, Porsche and Toyota LMP1 programmes have all now expressed an opinion on the front-engined, front-wheel-drive Nissan. “We were excited to see three very different concepts last season and […]
Mazda will take centre stage at the world’s most prestigious motoring festival, celebrating its Challenger Spirit with both the racing legends of its illustrious sporting past and the stylish cars of its current range at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this year. Throughout its history Mazda has defied convention with its out-of-the-box and innovative approach […]
Viewed by many as the most daunting racing event in the world now, the LeMans 24 Hour race has always brought the best in the automotive world.The most impacting feature of the LeMans racing are the technological breakthroughs that empower car companies to produce some rather impressive racing solution with viable applications in day-to-day driving […]
Sam Brabham is in with the chance of a lifetime, to win a seat on the grid at the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours as the third driver for Team SARD-Morand, following confirmation of his selection for the RaceTo24 online reactive reality competition. The 20 year-old third generation driver was picked from over 100 applicants […]
Nico Hulkenberg concluded his first test in Porsche’s 919 Hybrid on Thursday, after getting considerable mileage in the LMP1 car alongside other factory drivers this week in Spain.The German Formula One driver was joined by Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Porsche works GT pilots Michael Christensen, Fred Makowiecki and Nick Tandy for the three-day test […]
While the final round of the 2014 Asian Le Mans Series Championshipwes held yesterday, Sunday 7th December, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest is going to take over the running of the Asian Le Mans-type Endurance championship in 2015. The Asian Le Mans Series has been held for two years and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, creator […]
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi wants to race with nephew Christian and grandson Pietro after making his comeback in last weekend’s Interlagos World Endurance Championship round.The 67-year-old has vowed to race again after ending a six-year absence from the cockpit to drive an AF Corse Ferrari in an event he promoted. “This isn’t […]
Porsche has signed the German for the third 919 Hybrid entry that it announced earlier this week, and will also field him in the Spa round of the World Endurance Championship in preparation.”Porsche and Le Mans – this combination probably attracts every race driver,” said Hulkenberg. “I’ve been a Porsche fan for a long time […]
Audi’s hopes of notching up a hat-trick of World Endurance Championship drivers‘ titles are now “unrealistic”, according to Andre Lotterer.The German, who with teammates Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler is the closest challenger to points leaders Sebastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson, believes that the Toyota duo “have the title in the bag” after scoring their fourth […]
The #2 Audi Sport Team Joest trio of Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer won the 2014 FIA World Endurance Champtionship at the Lone Star LeMans late Saturday night at the Circuit of The Americas. The trio, who won the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hour race earlier this year, crossed the finish line 53.016 […]
Manchester’s Oliver Webb extended his lead in the European Le Mans Series standing with a fourth consecutive podium at the penultimate round of the season at Circuit Paul Ricard in France. The 23-year-old, sharing his Signatech Alpine prototype with French pair Nelson Panciatici and Paul-Loup Chatin, started the race in fifth after a closely-fought qualifying […]
Porsche is gunning for a victory before the World Endurance Championship season ends after revising its targets following its strong start to 2014, according to star signing Mark Webber. The German manufacturer rejoined international sports prototype racing with the 919 Hybrid with the twin goals of proving the new LMP1 car was competitive and taking […]
Patrick Dempsey’s character in “Can’t Buy Me Love” spent all summer mowing lawns to save up for a telescope.Dempsey didn’t need the science instrument to set his sights on the object he really wanted: a Porsche 356.With his first paycheck from the 1980s teen flick, Dempsey didn’t go for any old beater, he went big […]
There are close battles in both GT classes of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship entering Saturday’s Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of The Americas. With only two races remaining, Corvette Racing’s Antonio Garcia has had his GT Le Mans (GTLM) lead trimmed to only six points, while five drivers representing three teams are tied […]
Arthur Pic and Andrea Roda will join Sébastien Loeb Racing for this weekend’s European Le Mans Series race at Le Castellet, it has been confirmed. Pic, who was the Formul’Academy Euro Series champion in 2008, is currently racing in GP2 this season for Campos Racing after a stint in Formula Renault 3.5, whilst Roda is this year […]