Safety concerns over «crazy» Rossi attention at Le Mans
MotoGP legend Rossi is making his Le Mans debut with WRT in the LMGT3 class, racing a BMW M4 GT3 after winning on his first foray at the Circuit de la Sarthe in last year’s Road To Le Mans support race. Crowds of fans attending the autograph session prompted concern, with Rossi’s team-mate Ahmad Al […]
Can Porsche win again at la Sarthe?
One year ago, when Porsche made its first bid for outright honours at the Le Mans 24 Hours in six years, it didn’t look like a potential winner. Not in the run-up to the centenary running of the French enduro nor during the race itself, although it would be wrong to say that the 963 […]
Lopez’s Toyota return at Le Mans «like I had never left»
Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical boss David Floury revealed that the Argentinian was «up to speed immediately» on his return to the cockpit of the Le Mans Hypercar at last weekend’s Le Mans Test Day for the first time since the 2023 World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain. «By the look of the lap times […]
Toyota concedes Le Mans is Porsche’s to lose after test 1-2
David Floury, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, claimed that the performance of the three-car Porsche Penske Motorsport squad over the six hours of running ahead of the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship means that they would have underperformed if they don’t win. “I think it’s clear: I would think if Porsche doesn’t […]
How to watch the Le Mans 24 Hours: Schedule,
The world’s most prestigious endurance race is back, as drivers will tackle 24 hours of Circuit de la Sarthe for the next round of the WEC campaign. Ferrari arrives as the defending winner having claimed its first Le Mans victory since 1964 at the centenary edition of the race, which later won the 2023 Autosport […]
Estre leads Porsche 1-2 on test day
Kevin Estre led the way in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh with a 3m26.907s set in the second of the two three-hour sessions on Sunday to head the times by just over two tenths from Felipe Nasr in the sister #4 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry. The Brazilian improved the #4’s best lap by Nick Tandy, […]
Kobayashi leads opening test session for Toyota
Kamui Kobayashi topped the times in the first of the two three-hour sessions of the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday with a 3m28.467s lap aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar. That gave him a margin of more than seven tenths over Porsche driver Kevin Estre, who ended up on a 3m29.205s […]
Why Toyota chose Lopez over Miyata to replace Conway at Le Mans
The decision to recall Lopez to the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar for the double-points World Endurance Championship round on 15/16 June was “a very simple one”, according to Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe director Rob Leupen. He explained that it was a straightforward move to bring the Argentinian back after Mike Conway broke […]
Toyota driver Conway ruled out of Le Mans, replaced by Lopez
The Briton, who triumphed at the French enduro in 2021, broke his ribs and collarbone in an incident on Thursday and will be unable to take up his place in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hybrid. Conway, 40, will be replaced in the line-up for Le Mans on 15/16 June alongside Kamui Kobayashi […]