Le Mans race-ending Cadillac failure is a “dagger in the heart” – Sebastien Bourdais
Sebastien Bourdais has branded his retirement from the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours a “dagger in the heart”, after the #38 Cadillac was taken out of the race by a power steering failure. Over the first half of the race, the #38 V-Series.R shared by Bourdais, Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber firmly was one of […]
You helped me achieve this dream
Lewis Hamilton thanked Ferrari for helping him «achieve a dream» after taking his maiden grand prix win as a member of the Scuderia. Hamilton and Ferrari went on the offensive in F1’s tyre battle on a sweltering Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Unlike most other frontrunners, including poleman George Russell, Hamilton opted for a start of softs, with […]
Toyota beats BMW, Cadillac for first win in four years
Toyota outgunned LMDh rivals BMW and Cadillac with its radically overhauled TR010 Hybrid to score an emphatic victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway claimed the top spot in the #7 Toyota at the end of a tense if low-drama race, with the sister car driven by […]
BMW in lead as Porsche crash triggers safety car
BMW held the overall lead in the Le Mans 24 Hours at the start of the 19th hour, as a crash for a Porsche GT3 car brought out the safety car. Suffering from a likely steering wheel issue, reigning DTM champion Ayhancan Guven went straight into the barriers at the exit of the first Mulsanne […]
Alonso ‘exhausted’ by Aston Martin woes after qualifying last in Barcelona
Aston Martin’s abject performance in Barcelona comes as no surprise to Fernando Alonso as he qualified last for his home race — but having to keep explaining the team’s many woes is starting to wear on him. The world champion took 22nd, which ended a 42-race streak of outqualifying team-mate Lance Stroll, who was 21st […]
#12 Cadillac out front as Toyota and BMW battle over second
The #12 Cadillac pulled out a healthy lead at the two-thirds mark in the Le Mans 24 Hours, while Toyota and BMW engaged in a close scrap for second position. The two Jota-run factory Cadillacs moved to the front of the field in the 14th hour, as they leapfrogged the erstwhile-leading #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid […]
Toyota takes lead from 15th on the grid
The #8 Toyota leads the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours one hour into the race, despite starting from a lowly 15th position. Kevin Magnussen’s polesitting #15 BMW collapsed to eighth in the first hour; the Dane lost out to Will Stevens’ #12 Cadillac before even the first corner of the race before Rene Rast passed […]
Safety car blows race wide open
The safety car has blown the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours wide open, with no fewer than 14 cars gathered in the lead after the eighth hour of racing. Up until now, the race had turned into a four-way battle between the #8 Toyota, the #20 BMW, and the #12 and #38 Cadillac, whose driver […]
“I don’t fully understand it”
Red Bull locked out the third row of the grid for Sunday’s Formula 1 Barcelona Grand Prix. Max Verstappen appeared to be in contention for pole position after two sectors, but saw his grip disappear in the last part of the lap – an issue many drivers struggled with due to tyres overheating. “I think it […]