It was a case of so close, yet ultimately so far for Simon Pagenaud in the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours - the Frenchman's first finish in four starts in the La Sarthe round-the-clock classic - and just 13.8 seconds away from victory...
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The #3 Peugeot 908 was the first of the Lion's four-strong challenge to depart the fray in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours - and here Pedro Lamy, the driver behind the wheel at the time, muses just what went so badly wrong...
Scuderia Toro Rosso rookie Jaime Alguersuari has revealed that having to make his F1 debut in the Hungarian Grand Prix without any prior seat time under his belt due to the in-season testing ban was like 'going to the slaughterhouse'
Nelsinho Piquet is not the only F1 driver whose career has been 'destroyed' by disgraced former Renault F1 managing director Flavio Briatore, S?bastien Bourdais has revealed - as the Frenchman admitted the famously irascible Italian was 'a big problem' for him throughout his time in the top fligh
Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has hit back at accusations that he informed S?bastien Bourdais that he no longer had a drive with a team by text message - and explained that the Frenchman's performances had simply failed to meet expectations.
S?bastien Bourdais has revealed that he was informed he had been sacked by Scuderia Toro Rosso by text message - accusing his former employers of a lack of 'style' after being evicted from the Red Bull 'junior' concern's revolving ejector seat.