Le Mans

The contract runs several years

After months of rumor, Mark Webber and Porsche have announced that the Red Bull Formula 1 driver will leave the sport next season to join Porsche's World Endurance Championship effort. Neither side announced the duration of the contract beyond...

Toyota finishes second in very wet race

The 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans was marred by tragedy just minutes into the race when Danish driver Allan Simonsen in the #95 GTE-AM Aston Martin was killed in a single-car incident when he spun into the barriers. But the race went on, and Audi #2 dr...

Oh, and NASCAR and WRC too

This weekend is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and that is all you really need to know. Audi's Loïc Duval set a blazing qualifying time on Thursday night that because of a wet track on Friday was more than enough to give him the pole position f...

It is being specced against LMP2 cars

Nissan has revealed its ZEOD RC, which stands for Zero Emission On Demand Racing Car, that will take the experimental Garage 56 spot in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. The design comes from Ben Bowlby, the man behind the Deltawing, and in many ways ...

There are still two sessions to go

Audi is poised to have another very successful year at Le Mans. The #2 Audi R18 e-tron Quattro driven by Loïc Duval, Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish set a qualifying time of 3:22.349 with Duval behind the wheel. That is nearly 1.5 second...

It has three cars in GTE Pro and two cars in GTE Am

Aston Martin is expecting a very good performance in the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, and it should with five Vantage GTEs split between the two GT classes. It is Aston Martin's largest factory effort ever in the race. At the Le Mans test on June...

It is still on schedule to begin competing for 2014 season

Porsche has finally revealed a car that it has been teasing for over a year. The 2014 Porsche LMP1 has finally hit Porsche's test track in Weissach at the hands of Porsche factory driver Timo Bernhard. Unfortunately, while we have now seen the...

Toyota in fourth and sixth

Audi led 24 Hours of Le Mans testing on Sunday, June 9, with its cars grabbing the top three positions. Toyota was relegated to fourth and sixth place in the overall standings. Their fastest laps were four seconds per lap behind Audi. The #24 ...

It is ready for Le Mans in two weeks

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is just two weeks away, and the teams will be at the track this weekend for a pre-race test. Audi is touting the latest safety features installed on the 2013 R18 E-tron Quattro including a digital rearview camera and LED ma...

Team has high hopes for the race

Signatech is sending two its Alpine A450 cars to the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday, June 9, to prepare for the brand's Le Mans return for the first time since 1978. Tristan Gommendy, Nelson Panciatici, and Pierre Ragues will drive the cars w...