Le Mans News

After a dramatic and incident-packed Le Mans 24 Hours, the Nasamax DM139-Judd crossed the line in 17th of the 26 finishers with Robbie Stirling at the wheel, but notched up two notable firsts along the way.

Adam Sharpe successfully completed his debut in the gruelling Le Mans 24 Hours SUnday, the 19 year old from Taunton, Somerset, joining team-mates Neil Cunningham and Steve Hyde in bringing the Morgan Works Racing Aero GT car to the finish.

Gavin Pickering's 2004 Le Mans 24 Hours ended in retirement when his Epsilon Sport Courage C65 engine cried enough at approximately 2.10am.

A Porsche 911 GT3 has now won the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans every year since its introduction in 1999.

For Chris Dyson and his Racing For Holland teammates, the 24 Hours of Le Mans proved to be a drama in three acts, with a promising beginning, substantial challenges in the middle act and in conclusion a strong effort that largely overcame the earlier setbacks and made Dyson the highest-placed Ame

Allan McNish missed out on winning his second Le Mans 24 Hours when the Scotsman endured a miserable weekend in this year's race.

In what has become a stunning Porsche battle for the LM GT title at the 24 Heures Du Mans, Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing currently sits in third, two laps out of the class lead despite dominating the opening half of the race.

Orbit Racing's 2004 Le Mans 24 Hour partnership with British American Motorsport (BAM) didn't come to the conclusion that either of the parties had hoped for when a gearbox failure put the #87 Porsche 911 GT3-RSR out of the race as dawn broke at La Sarthe.

The 72nd Le Mans 24 Hours continued to provide an intriguing spectacle as it moved firmly into its second half and dawn broke over those who had made it through the night at La Sarthe.

The lead has changed at Le Mans, with the #88 Audi UK Team Veloqx entry, which had headed the field throughout the night, succumbing to the chasing Team Goh R8 while it underwent a cure for handling problems.

By Andrew Cotton Sunday morning is traditionally the time when the Le Mans 24 hours result becomes a little clearer. Barring the truly cruel and unexpected circumstances, it is the dawn run that separates those who are likely to make it to the flag and those who will not.

Seiji Ara withstood the best that Johnny Herbert and Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx could throw at him during a wonderfully tense finish to the 72nd Le Mans 24 Hours as Tom Kristensen earned his record equalling sixth overall victory at La Sarthe.

The Corvette Racing team came from behind - well behind - to win a dramatic GTS class battle in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the #64 crew of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen catching and passing the pace-setting Ferrari to head up a 1-2 result that, at one point, seemed far from p

Three hours into the 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the #81 The Racers Group Porsche was running in 10th position in the GT class, after starting the race 14th in class and looking to continue its steady progress up the order.

Allan McNish will not take any further part in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours after suffering a concussion in his crash at the Porsche Curves two hours into the race.

By Andrew Cotton. Johnny Herbert emerged from the eight hours of qualifying for this year's Le Mans 24-hours with his first ever pole position in the French endurance classic.

On the eve of the 72nd running of the Le Mans 24 hour race in France, leading motorsports website Crash.net has launched its very own Le Mans 24 hour racing bid.

The 'green fuel' Nasamax team had something to prove in Thursday's final qualifying sessions for the Le Mans 24 Hours, having suffered gear ratio problems and a misfire in the two Wednesday sessions.

A sensational lap of 3min 49.438secs from Prodrive's Czech driver Tomas Enge saw him claim Le Mans GTS pole position for the third consecutive year and set a new GTS pole record.

The little 'works' Zytek 04S proved that its showing in the opening round of the new Le Mans Endurance Series at Monza was no fluke by taking the fight to the four customer Audis as the battle for pole position at the Le Mans 24 Hours warmed up nicely on Thursday evening.

Motorsport engineering specialist Zytek has developed a new gearshift system for motor racing applications, and is aiming to use it to take the fight to pre-race favourites Audi at this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours.

Johnny Herbert blew the field away in the opening qualifying session for this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours, setting a lap of 3min 34.907secs to lead his nearest rival - the Team Goh Audi - by just over two seconds.

Having seen a potential 1-2-3-4 result thwarted by Jan Lammers' Racing for Holland Dome in the opening two-hour session at Le Mans, Audi duly completed its rout by sweeping the top four times in Wednesday night practice.

RML managing director Ray Mallock will return to Le Mans as a driver for the first time since 1989, having taken the opportunity to get reacquainted with the Roger Bennington-owned Aston Martin Nimrod that his company helped to fettle.