Le Mans

Will begin testing car later this year

Porsche has announced that Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas will be two of the drivers for its 2014 LMP1 car. The duo will begin testing the new prototype later this year. Porsche did not announce who the third driver for Le Mans will be.  ...

Car is racing in European Le Mans Series this season

Alpine returns to racing for the first time since 1978 at the European Le Mans Series race this Saturday at Silverstone. The Signatech-Alpine team has named the car the A450 to mark the brand's 50th anniversary since its first entry at Le Mans...

It will be the first season with a full challenge from Toyota

The World Endurance Championship begins next weekend with the 6 Hours of Silverstone, and Audi is anxious to defend its 2012 title. Its major competition will be from Toyota that only raced in six of eight races last season, but it won three of th...

Setting up for potential Le Mans class win

Alpine's return to Le Mans was met with excitement and a few groans when it was announced in March. It will be the first time in decades that the historic name will return to Le Mans, but the car that it will do it with is really last year'...

Paint celebrates 50 years of the 911.

Porsche has revealed the livery for the new 911 RSR that is among the first racecars based on Porsche’s new 991 chassis. The design of the livery is quite similar until you look at the car from the top. From the front and sides, it is ju...

Uses a darker blue than previous Alpine racers

Alpine left while it was on top. After over a decade of competition, it won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and did not return, until this year. The new LMP2 Alpine will race in the European Le Mans Series and at Le Mans for the 2013 season. ...

Could be on track as soon as May

DeltaWing Race Cars, the company that is now running the DeltaWing racing program, has just announced, and released the first image of, the rumored DeltaWing coupe. The car is on display at the 12 Hours of Sebring this weekend, and the team says t...

Cars will race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and ELMS

Alpine, and its parent Renault, announced today that the Alpine brand will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013. Obviously, there is no time for Alpine to develop its own car in time for the race in June; so the Signatech Team, which had prev...

Will be the Garage 56 entry

During a presentation last night to open the new Nismo workshop in Yokohama, Japan, Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn announced that Nissan has been granted the experimental Garage 56 slot in the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Nissan will race an electrified...

Two cars entered in 12 Hours of Sebring

Aston Martin has quite an ambitious racing season planned in the World Endurance Championship. It will enter four cars for the season – two in the GTE-Pro class and two in the GTE-Am class. The team has also been testing the 2013 Vantage GTE...