Cadillac’s Lynn fastest in qualifying as #7 Toyota is out
Alex Lynn set the fastest time in qualifying for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours, with his Cadillac clocking a 3m22.847s that was four hundredths quicker than Dries Vanthoor’s BMW. In hot evening temperatures at 31C, the first lap times of the session showed Ferrari’s strength with Yifei Ye setting the pace in 3m23.994s with […]
Ferrari ‘clearly faster’ than Toyota at Le Mans
Ferrari had the fastest car at the Le Mans 24 Hours test day with an advantage that may be difficult to overcome, Toyota drivers reckon. Brendon Hartley gave Toyota the quickest time on Sunday with a 3m26.246s lap in the afternoon session, just over half a second faster than the #51 Ferrari then driven by […]
The former F1 drivers contesting the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours
The line-up of drivers taking part in the Le Mans 24 Hours has always highlighted the link between Formula 1 and endurance racing. Many former F1 drivers have found a new lease of life in the WEC, while others, such as Fernando Alonso and Nico Hulkenberg, have taken a short detour around Circuit de la […]
Here are all the former F1 drivers on the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours Hypercar grid
The lineup of drivers taking part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans has always highlighted the link between Formula 1 and endurance racing. Many former F1 drivers have found a new lease of life in the WEC, while others, such as Fernando Alonso and Nico Hulkenberg, have taken a short detour around La Sarthe […]
Is Cadillac walking into a trap of its own making while chasing victory at Le Mans?
With four LMDh prototypes on the grid, Cadillac will be the most represented manufacturer in the Hypercar class at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans. Porsche also has four 963s entered, but one of them is fielded by the customer team Proton, while the American force is operating as a unified front at the […]
Everything we learned at the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours test day
What did we learn from the Le Mans Test Day? What pointers has it given us to the big race ahead? That’s always the million dollar question when the cars hit the majestic Circuit de la Sarthe for the first time each year. Not a lot is quite often the answer. This time around we […]
BMW believes no one was sandbagging on Le Mans test day
BMW wrapped up a clean and well-executed day of testing, with its fastest LMDh prototype posting the eighth-best time, 1.374s off Toyota’s benchmark. Within the German camp, just as others across the paddock, there was little interest in chasing lap times or playing games. Operating under the Team WRT banner and managed by Vincent Vosse, […]
Why the Iron Dames debuted a new white livery for Le Mans
For the 93rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Iron Dames are arriving with a special livery that breaks with tradition: the iconic pink has been swapped for white. The No. 95 Porsche 911 GT3 R driven by Michelle Gatting, Rahel Frey, and Célia Martin will take on the Circuit de la […]
“We don’t have the performance”
Last on the timesheets after the first day of running at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, Loïc Duval did not mince his words when discussing the expected performance of the Peugeot 9X8 on the Circuit de la Sarthe. Peugeot ended the Le Mans Test Day with their cars in distant 19th and 21st […]