Le Mans race-ending Cadillac failure is a “dagger in the heart” – Sebastien Bourdais
Sebastien Bourdais has branded his retirement from the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours a “dagger in the heart”, after the #38 Cadillac was taken out of the race by a power steering failure. Over the first half of the race, the #38 V-Series.R shared by Bourdais, Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber firmly was one of […]
Toyota beats BMW, Cadillac for first win in four years
Toyota outgunned LMDh rivals BMW and Cadillac with its radically overhauled TR010 Hybrid to score an emphatic victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway claimed the top spot in the #7 Toyota at the end of a tense if low-drama race, with the sister car driven by […]
BMW in lead as Porsche crash triggers safety car
BMW held the overall lead in the Le Mans 24 Hours at the start of the 19th hour, as a crash for a Porsche GT3 car brought out the safety car. Suffering from a likely steering wheel issue, reigning DTM champion Ayhancan Guven went straight into the barriers at the exit of the first Mulsanne […]
#12 Cadillac out front as Toyota and BMW battle over second
The #12 Cadillac pulled out a healthy lead at the two-thirds mark in the Le Mans 24 Hours, while Toyota and BMW engaged in a close scrap for second position. The two Jota-run factory Cadillacs moved to the front of the field in the 14th hour, as they leapfrogged the erstwhile-leading #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid […]
Toyota takes lead from 15th on the grid
The #8 Toyota leads the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours one hour into the race, despite starting from a lowly 15th position. Kevin Magnussen’s polesitting #15 BMW collapsed to eighth in the first hour; the Dane lost out to Will Stevens’ #12 Cadillac before even the first corner of the race before Rene Rast passed […]
Safety car blows race wide open
The safety car has blown the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours wide open, with no fewer than 14 cars gathered in the lead after the eighth hour of racing. Up until now, the race had turned into a four-way battle between the #8 Toyota, the #20 BMW, and the #12 and #38 Cadillac, whose driver […]
Toyota extends advantage over BMW in the evening
Toyota continues to lead the Le Mans 24 Hours at the end of the fourth hour, cementing its advantage over BMW and Cadillac in the Hypercar class. After an undercut catapulted the #8 Toyota TR010 at the head of the pack in the opening hour, Sebastien Buemi quickly pulled away from the chasing pack, building […]
Jack Doohan on his first Le Mans, driving LMP2 cars, and life away from F1
AutoHebdo: Jack, how are you feeling ahead of your first Le Mans? Jack Doohan: “Feeling good. It’s been an exciting process and period so far. The team has done an exceptional job, also both my co-drivers. So it’s been a very enjoyable experience, and I’m excited now for it to actually start. There’s been a […]
Hypercar manufacturers free to develop bespoke hybrid systems as WEC outlines 2030 rules
Manufacturers will remain free to develop their own chassis and hybrid systems when the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar category moves towards the LMDh rulebook for 2030. New regulations being put in place for after the end of the homologation period of the current cars will outlaw the four-wheel-drive currently allowed under the Le Mans Hypercar rules […]