An exceptionally rare 1965 Ford GT Roadster prototype will be auctioned off in July and is expected to sell for between $7.5 million and $10 million. The car was built by Ford Advanced Vehicles in Slough, England and is chassis GT/109, one of just five Roadster models ever built, the only GT Roadster to compete […]
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Lanzante has announced it will produce seven versions of a limited-edition, McLaren-based model dubbed the LM 25. The new car will be created to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the McLaren F1 GTR winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995. The British company took to Instagram to announce the model although it provided […]
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans had been scheduled in for the weekend of June 13th, but has since been rescheduled to September 19th to 20th. However, a race will still happen on June 13, it will just be in the virtual world. The ‘24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual’ will gather together professional racing […]
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This year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans has been postponed from its original scheduled date of June 13-14 to September 19-20. The three-month delay comes in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Should this date remain unchanged, it will mean the current World Endurance Championship will run for almost 13 months having kicked off last […]
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The rumors were sadly true: Aston Martin has announced it would not go forward with the plan of racing the Valkyrie in the 2020/2021 season of FIA WEC. Initially, Aston Martin was supposed to enter the Valkyrie racer in the newly-announced Hypercar class which replaces LMP1 as the top category of sports car endurance racing. […]
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Aston Martin is reportedly going to announce the cancellation of its plans to race in FIA’s new Hypercar class with the Valkyrie. Racer reports that an official announcement is imminent, with an Aston Martin spokesman declining to comment. If Aston Martin does indeed pulls the Valkyrie out of the Hypercar class, it will leave Toyota […]
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There’s no shortage of wild Bugatti concept renderings on the web but we rarely come across one that is actually endorsed by the Molsheim-based hypercar manufacturer. Meet the Bugatti Vision Le Mans, a spectacular study for a Hypercar class endurance race car that could fight for the overall title at the world’s most famous 24-hour race. […]
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It’s been 53 years since an American car has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and James Glickenhaus says it’s time for that to change. As a result, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has unveiled the 007 Le Mans Hypercar. The company didn’t says much about the 007, but it costs $2.2 (£1.7 / €2) million […]
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Peugeot has announced that it will team up with Rebellion Racing for the company’s FIA WEC ‘Hypercar’ Programme in 2022 and shared an image of what the race car may look like. The announcement was made by Peugeot chief executive Jean-Philippe Imparato on Twitter. “Delighted to announce our partnership with @RebellionRacing for our participation with […]
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The new top tier of endurance racing finally has a name: the ‘Le Mans Hypercar’ (LMH). For roughly 18 months, the successor to the LMP1 class has been known as the ‘Hypercar’ class, although that name was tentative. Motorsport reports that a decision was made by the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris earlier […]
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