GTE drivers «gutted» class will no longer be part of Le Mans
GTE cars have featured in the World Endurance Championship since its rebirth in 2012 but, from next year, will be replaced by the new LMGT3 class. The GTE Pro division was already axed for 2023 amid dwindling numbers, leaving only the GTE Am division that will also disappear at the end of this season. Despite […]
Toyota concept validates Le Mans hydrogen push, says ACO
The Japanese manufacturer pulled the covers off its GR H2 Racing Concept at Le Mans on Friday during the ACO’s annual press conference, with Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda set to complete a demonstration lap before the 24 Hours begins at 4pm local time today. Toyota is the first manufacturer to formally lodge an interest in […]
Acura IMSA stars’ simultaneous Le Mans returns a «coincidence»
Braun, the Meyer Shank Racing driver in the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s GTP division, has joined LMP2 squad Algarve Pro Racing to make his first Le Mans appearance since he finished second in the GT2 class in 2007. Braun will line up ninth in the pro-am ORECA 07 he shares with James Allen and bronze George […]
Top 10 Le Mans drivers
This is one of the big ones. Many drivers have made their names in the Le Mans 24 Hours and some are synonymous with the event. More than 350 have stood on the outright Le Mans podium, so selecting the top 10 from the event’s first century was one of the most challenging tasks we’ve […]
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi scores class win in Road to Le Mans race
GT convert Rossi contested the two Road to Le Mans support races that form part of the Le Mans Cup championship in a Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 that he shared with Jerome Policand — who admitted he originally thought the chance to partner the Italian was a joke. Rossi briefly led the opening race […]
Vanwall Hypercar suffering loss of power in Le Mans heat
The solo Vanwall Vandervell 680 was 15th-fastest of the 16 cars in the Hypercar field for the World Endurance Championship blue riband, ahead of only the Jota Porsche 963 LMDh that failed to set a lap due to hybrid issues. Tom Dillmann set the car’s best lap of 3m29.745s, which put it some 4.5 seconds […]
Corvette serves Le Mans practice penalty, unaffected for race
Keating had put the sole Chevrolet Corvette C8.R on pole by 1.5 seconds during the Hyperpole session on Thursday. The car he shares with Nicky Catsburg and Nico Varrone is among the favourites to take the class spoils — and currently leads the GTE Am World Endurance Championship standings. However, in the night-time session following […]
Ford Mustang GT3 revealed at Le Mans ahead of 2024 debut
Based on the seventh-generation, road-going muscle car, the Ford Mustang GT3 was finally revealed to the world on Friday ahead of the centenary edition of the French endurance classic. Ford had previously only released some shots of the car in pure carbon fibre form in March from a test session at Sebring, which followed a […]
Hard work nullified by Le Mans 24 Hours rule changes
Leupen expressed his frustration at both the Balance of Performance changes made to the Hypercar class in the run-up to last weekend’s Test Day, made without the consent of the manufacturers, and the decision to bring back tyre warmers for Le Mans only. Toyota was the worst-hit of the Hypercar manufacturers by the BoP adjustments, […]