South Korea’s forgotten project Genesis will hope to surpass
Genesis, you might think, will become the first South Korean manufacturer to compete at the Le Mans 24 Hours when its forthcoming LMDh takes to the grid in 2026. But you’d be wrong. Thirty years before the Hyundai brand’s intended arrival there was another campaign at Circuit de la Sarthe by a car maker from […]
Qualifying format tweaks planned for 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours
The Le Mans 24 Hours qualifying format will be revamped in 2025, event organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest has announced. Entrants in the top Hypercar class will be split from the LMP2 and LMGT3 categories in the session that determines the cars that will reach the Hyperpole shootout. Previously all cars qualified at once […]
Is Wehrlein, not Vettel, a contender for Porsche Le Mans seat after surprise test?
Pascal Wehrlein could be in the running for a factory drive with Porsche in next year’s Le Mans 24 Hours after a surprise appearance in last week’s Daytona test. While Porsche Penske Motorsport has already announced the driver pairings for its two factory 963 LMDh cars in the 2025 World Endurance Championship, there will be […]
ACO announces changes at Circuit de la Sarthe for the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours
The Le Mans 24 Hours organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest has announced a series of changes to improve the fan experience at its event in 2025. This has been done «in response to the growing popularity» of the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband round having acted on «precious feedback from loyal fans», according to the […]
McNish returns to the cockpit of unraced Porsche LMP2000, 25 years after car’s only test
Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Allan McNish has returned to the cockpit of the unraced Porsche LMP2000 25 years after he took part in the car’s solitary test. McNish, who retired from racing after taking the World Endurance Championship title with Audi in 2013, drove the LMP2000 at Porsche’s proving ground at its Weissach […]
Vanthoor claims Kubica pushed him off on purpose in race-ending Le Mans clash
BMW driver Dries Vanthoor believes AF Corse Ferrari rival Robert Kubica deliberately pushed him off the track while trying to lap him during the night at last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours. Vanthoor has expressed his disappointment at what he believes was a lack of respect from the one-time Formula 1 race winner after he […]
Gasly lays out Le Mans victory ambitions after 2024 race visit with Alpine
Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly said it ‘didn’t feel right’ to attend the Le Mans 24 Hours in casual clothing as he revealed his ambition to compete in the sportscar epic. Gasly and Alpine F1 team-mate Esteban Ocon were in attendance at last week’s 92nd running of the French endurance classic, where the Renault-owned squad […]
How AF Corse sacrificed potential LMP2 Le Mans victory to ensure Pro-Am spoils
Throughout the build-up to the Le Mans 24 Hours there was discussion about whether a Pro-Am LMP2 entry could win the class outright — and AF Corse nearly managed just that. The Pro-Am crews must feature a bronze-graded amateur driver, while the regular LMP2 entries only need to run a silver alongside two golds or […]
Rules extension boosts McLaren’s outright Le Mans ambitions
McLaren’s ambitions to repeat its 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours victory remain on track and have been given a boost by the extension of the current prototype regulations until 2029. Zak Brown, boss of McLaren Racing, has stated that an entry into either the Hypercar or GTP classes of the respective World Endurance Championship and […]