Injured Doriane Pin withdraws from Le Mans 24 Hours
Pin had withdrawn from the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine’s second Spa-Francorchamps race last weekend after feeling some discomfort. The Frenchwoman has now posted a video on social media announcing that she will be unable to race at Le Mans, where she should have shared the Iron Dames’ #85 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2 […]
Football icon Zidane named Le Mans 24 Hours starter
Zidane, a World Cup victor with France who won three UEFA Champions League titles as a manager with Real Madrid, has been named as official starter for the double-points WEC round by race organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest. That means he will wave off the 62-car field of the French enduro at the 16:00 […]
Alpenglow prototype will help determine costs of hydrogen Le Mans project
Alpine stopped short of making a full commitment to the hydrogen ruleset that will be employed at the World Endurance Championship’s showpiece event from 2027 following the global reveal of its Alpenglow Hy4 — powered by a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine — at Spa earlier this month. However, Famin acknowledged that what Alpine has dubbed […]
All to know about Max Verstappen’s sim racing career amid Le Mans 24 Hours ambition
Verstappen shocked the F1 paddock when he dovetailed the Imola Grand Prix with a Nurburgring 24 Hours sim race — both of which he won. The Red Bull driver claimed the chequered flag at Imola just 15 minutes after Verstappen’s co-driver Chris Lulham sealed his team’s victory at the Nordschleife on iRacing, the simulator platform […]
BMW not concerned about Le Mans rookies in WEC Hypercar roster
BMW Motorsport boss Andreas Roos believes the credentials of event newcomers Raffaele Marciello, Marco Wittmann and Sheldon van der Linde will negate their lack of experience in the Le Mans 24 Hours on 15-16 June and says the WRT-run programme will have the “perfect combination”. Marciello and Wittmann have both won the Spa 24 Hours, […]
Le Mans organiser predicts multiple hydrogen manufacturers in 24 Hours by 2029
The race organiser is confident that there will be significant take-up of the rules it is putting in place for the carbon-neutral fuel. According to club president Pierre Fillon, there will be at least one hydrogen prototype on the grid for the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship in 2028 and “two or three […]
Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results
A tense 20-lap Moto3 grand prix kicked off Sunday’s race action at Le Mans, with poleman David Alonso narrowing Dani Holgado’s championship lead with his third win of the season. Tech3 GasGas rider Holgado leaped Alonso off the line at the start and ran in the lead for the opening eight laps, before Intact GP’s […]
Vettel outing at Le Mans still a future possibility despite 2024 absence
Vettel emerged as a late contender to drive Porsche Penske Motorsport’s third 963 LMDh at La Sarthe following a successful test at Aragon in March in which he completed around 600km. The German manufacturer delayed the announcement regarding its full Le Mans line-up, initially scheduled for the end of March, as it evaluated Vettel for […]
The GT3 drivers we want to see at Le Mans next
This year’s Le Mans 24 Hours is the first for which LMGT3 cars will be eligible. Where in the previous GTE era professional drivers allied to manufacturers other than Aston Martin, Corvette, Ferrari and Porsche were frozen out, this year five new marques have been added to the aforementioned quartet, opening up opportunities for new […]