#6 Porsche leads as first safety car shakes up order
Porsche heads a shaken up order in the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours at the halfway stage, with the #6 PPM 963 in the hands of Laurens Vanthoor leading after a battle against Ferrari. At the start of the seventh hour, the customer #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P with Yifei Ye jumped into the lead […]
Ferrari in control with Porsche best of the rest
Ferrari was in control of the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours as the race reached one-quarter distance, with its trio of 499P LMHs enjoying a net top-three lockout. Cadillac driver Sebastien Bourdais’ pre-race frustration surrounding Ferrari’s pace proved correct in the opening six hours of the race as the Prancing Horse machines worked their way […]
Nick Tandy isn’t focused on the Triple Crown — He just wants to win Le Mans
Nick Tandy knows he’s standing on the precipice of history. With wins at Daytona and Sebring this year, he’s in the unique position — alongside fellow Porsche Penske Motorsport drivers Felipe Nasr and Laurens Vanthoor — to be the first to win the triple crown of endurance racing within the space of a calendar year. But, […]
Roger Penske and his white whale that is Le Mans
Call me Roger. No, this isn’t the start of an epic tale of a man and his white whale (if you recognize the nod to Moby Dick). This is more a look at a man and his mostly white-clad race car taking on, again, the chase to a prestigious trophy win and honors. Roger Penske […]
What we’ve learned from Le Mans 24 Hours 2025 so far
Ferrari is still favourite to make it three in a row Ferrari has long been keen to shake off the favourite’s label — before and after it arrived in Le Mans this time around. It has only been willing to admit that it is “one of the favourites”. But even though it could manage no […]
“Handcuffed” by BoP, Peugeot drivers feel hopeless for Le Mans 24 Hours
World Endurance Championship competitors aren’t normally allowed to talk about the Balance of Performance, which aims at creating a level playing field, but ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Peugeot Hypercar squad is having a hard time thinking of anything else. “It’s got your hands tied, and you’re handcuffed,” is the way Paul […]
“Handcuffed” by BoP, Peugeot drivers feel hopeless for Le Mans 24 Hours
World Endurance Championship competitors aren’t normally allowed to talk about the Balance of Performance, which aims at creating a level playing field, but ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Peugeot Hypercar squad is having a hard time thinking of anything else. “It’s got your hands tied, and you’re handcuffed,” is the way Paul […]
The complexities behind Porsche’s 963 hypercar braking system
Stopping an LMDh car is just as hard as getting it going. Sure, they’ve got four brakes, but these cars are hybrids, which means you also have regenerative braking. Plus adjustments for engine braking. This makes everything infinitely more complicated for teams, drivers, and suppliers, and frankly, a lot more interesting. Conceptually, the LMDh braking […]
Why Cadillac’s Alex Lynn «waited 12 months» for 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours qualifying
Cadillac driver Alex Lynn has heralded his pole position for this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours as extra special after being narrowly beaten into second 12 months ago. Lynn, who headed a Jota Caddy 1-2 on the completion of the new Le Mans qualifying format, revealed that his thoughts were drawn back to last year […]