Porsche leads Ferrari after six hours
Nick Tandy was at the head of the field aboard the #75 Porsche 963 as the race reached quarter-distance, 1.7s ahead of the #51 Ferrari 499P of Alessandro Pier Guidi, shortly before making a pitstop. Following the safety car intervention that lasted one hour 25 minutes, the strategies in the Hypercar class diverged, as a […]
JOTA Porsche suffers spectacular crash while leading Le Mans
The #38 JOTA Porsche 963 was comfortably leading the race when Yifei Ye went too wide at the Porsche Curves, hitting the tyre barriers side-on. While the impact was relatively small, it stripped off the entire rear bodywork of the Porsche, exposing its entire V8 twin-turbo engine. Yifei was able to bring the car he […]
Jimmie Johnson describes «incredible» first stint at Le Mans
Mike Rockenfeller began the race behind the wheel of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. They started at the front of the GTE-Am field, and avoided all of the early chaos that has plagued the 24-hour endurance race. Johnson, 47, got his chance after Rockenfeller. The veteran NASCAR driver has some sports car racing […]
Ferrari leads Le Mans 24 Hours as rain brings out safety car
The #50 Ferrari 499P of Antonio Fuoco was circulating nearly 20 seconds clear of the chasing pack when the safety car was called due to heavy rain at the Porsche Curves just before the end of the third hour. Fuoco’s team-mate Nicklas Nielsen had moved the #50 into the effective lead by pitting early in […]
Pain for Cadillac in crash-filled early stages at Le Mans
There was drama on the opening lap for the American manufacturer, which has three of its new V-Series.Rs contending for overall honours at Le Mans this year, when Jack Aitken crashed the #311 Action Express car at the first chicane. Then, midway through the second hour, Sebastien Bourdais in the #3 Caddy was involved in […]
Toyota leads Ferrari after first hour
It was the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Sebastien Buemi that held the advantage over the #51 Ferrari of James Calado at the end of a first hour of action at the Circuit de la Sarthe interrupted by a safety car period following a crash for the Action Express Racing-entered Cadillac. Jack Aitken appeared to […]
Peugeot top-five at Le Mans would be like win, says Vergne
The former Toro Rosso driver insisted that a finish in the top five in the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship is a realistic target for the French manufacturer, even though it ended up slowest in qualifying of the five major car makers racing in the Hypercar class at Le Mans. “If we don’t […]
Joining Le Mans NASCAR entry felt like «mistake» at first
Button is part of Hendrick Motorsports’ all-star line-up for the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 innovative car for this year’s 24 Hours alongside seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and 2010 Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller. Both Button and the Hendrick team believe the qualifying pace of the car, when it was four seconds faster than the […]
Ferrari paces Le Mans 24 Hours warm-up ahead of centenary
Calado topped the timesheets after the chequered flag fell with a lap of 3m30.113s at the wheel of the #51 499P Le Mans Hypercar he shares with Alessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi. That was enough to beat the pole-sitting #50 car, in which Nielsen set a best effort of 3m32.959s, by a comfortable 2.8 […]