The bizarre Hispano Suiza Carmen was showcased at the Circuit de la Sarthe just prior to the running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans over the weekend. First presented to the world at the Geneva Motor Show back in 2019, the Carmen is a supercar unlike any other and was accompanied on track by […]
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Toyota brought along a prototype of its upcoming GR Super Sport to the Le Mans 24 Hours over the weekend. The Japanese car manufacturer has been developing the vehicle for a number of years now and is getting it ready for the FIA’s Le Mans Hypercar class. It is based on the Toyota TS050 Hybrid […]
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Peugeot has (again) announced its return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 2022 with the Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) project developed together with partner Total. The French automaker will compete in the top tier LMH category, joining confirmed entries from Toyota, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, and ByKolles. Alpine also announced recently an entry into […]
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This year’s Le Mans 24 Hours will run behind closed doors following a jump in Covid-19 cases in France this month. The world’s most famous endurance race was initially scheduled for 13-14 June, but in March it was delayed until 19-20 September as the coronavirus quickly spread throughout Europe. As things started to improve in […]
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Michael Fassbender’s ‘Road to Le Mans’ journey took him from Porsche’s entry-level racing program to the Porsche Sports Cup Deutschland, and soon, the European Le Mans Series. Fassbender honed his skills using a 485 HP Porsche 911 GT3 Cup, but for Le Mans, he will need to become acquainted with Proton Competition’s No. 93 Porsche […]
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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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