Le Mans News

Nevada born TJ Bell will drive the British sportscar marque Ascari at this years 24 Hours of Le Mans, joining Briton Ben Collins and South African Werner Lupberger as the team looks to take on the might of the German and American manufacturers.

MG Sport and Racing will be out in force at Silverstone on Monday when - in a real treat for motorsport fans - the MG Lola EX257 Le Mans car will put in some demonstration laps of the circuit.

The Morgan Motor Company is celebrating its return to the race track at Le Mans with special commemorative editions of its classic Plus 8 and 4/4 sports cars.

Complete results from the May 5th test day at the 8.62-mile Le Mans circuit in France: Preliminaries [Sunday, May 5]:

Team Ascari's 'grand tour' of the sports car racing classics continues as the Banbury, Oxfordshire, team heads to Le Mans this weekend for the obligatory test day.

Team Ascari has today announced that Britain's Ben Collins will drive with South African Werner Lupberger at this years 24 Hours of Le Mans as the British sportscar marque makes its final preparations for the weekends preliminary practice sessions in France.

For American Le Mans Series driver Kevin Buckler, the chance to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans is a dream come true.

Briton Guy Smith begins his duties as official test driver for Team Bentley next week, when he joins three-day endurance test at the Paul Ricard circuit in the south of France.

KnightHawk Racing has commissioned an all-new graphic design for it's MG Lola 675 LMP, and this new design will debut on the team's prototype at the Le Mans Practice Session.

Eric van de Poele was counting his blessings last night, after surviving what Bentley team manager Richard Lloyd called "the highest speed accident anyone can witness".

The LMP 675 class at this year's 70th running of the Le Mans 24-Hours will feature three of the rapid MG Lola EX257 sportscars.

Audi's driver line-up for the 2002 Le Mans 24 Hours has been completed, as expected, by the addition of three German speaking drivers to drive its third R8 prototype.

Le Mans 24 Hours organiser, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest [ACO], has confirmed receipt of 96 entries for this year's 70th running of the round-the-clock marathon on 15-16 June.

Exactly 40 years after Morgan's last competitive entry at Le Mans, when Christopher Lawrence, now Chief Development Engineer at Morgan Motor Company, drove a Morgan Plus 4 through the chequered flag to win the 2.0-litre class, a Morgan is set to return to the world's most prestigious race.

Intersport Racing has announced that it has purchased a new MG Lola EX257 to contest the entire 2002 American Le Mans Series schedule in the LMP 675 class.

MG Sport and Racing Limited have today announced Mark Blundell as Ambassador for the MG XPOWER programme at their 2002 motorsport reveal at Longbridge.

British sportscar brand Aston Martin could be joining the ranks of Le Mans starters in the near future, following the unveiling of plans to take the company to the top of its market.

The first 'customer' MG Lola EX257 sportscar has been purchased by American-based KnightHawk Racing - who will use the car in the LMP675 class of the 2002 American Le Mans series, and hope to take it to Le Mans in June for the 24-Hours.

Prototype race car constructor Courage has undergone a corporate reorganization and is focusing on an ambitious three-year program that will see the car on the track for major endurance races, including the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Vic Lee Racing (VLR) is set to expand its motorsport operation with a move into Sportscar racing next year and plans to link up with Reynard for the teams' debut are moving ahead in preparation for the 2002 season.

The MG Lola EX257 Le Mans sports car, fresh from its debut at Le Mans 2001, will wow spectators at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, held between Friday July 6 to Sunday July 8, 2001.

The Gemini gearbox could be crowned king of the long distance runners after a highly successful Le Mans 24 hours race with the Roc Auto team.

MGs return to the 24 Heures du Mans race, 36 years since MG last competed at this historic event, impressed on its first outing.

The second-placed Audi of Laurent Aiello lost further ground on its race-leading sister car when it made an emergency stop for a new gearbox in the eleventh hour of the Le Mans marathon.