Le Mans News

The ACEMCO Motorsport Ferrari 360 Modena has retired from the Le Mans 24 Hours after ten-and-a-half hours and a spell at the front of the closely-contested.GT class.

The Ferrari 550 Maranello GTS of Luc Alphand Aventures/Solution F has enjoyed a solid start to its Le Mans campaign, and the Care Racing-owned car has run steadily in the top three for most of the opening quarter of the round-the-clock event.

Despite a very promising second qualifying session and a good warm up, the gorgeous, but very new Pagani Zonda GR retired from the Le Mans 24 Hours after only 11 laps, the team's second early exit in two major 2003 endurances.

The 71st running of the 24 Heures du Mans began under sunny French skies at almost exactly 4pm local time with Bentley boys Rinaldo Capello and Johnny Herbert providing a memorable first lap demonstration run in the two dark green Speed 8's.

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest today revealed the formation of a four-race series next year, confirming the announcement made at the Le Mans trials in May.

Jamie Campbell-Walter has admitted responsibility after the accident that forced the Lister team to withdraw from the Le Mans 24-hours after an accident during the second day of qualifying on Thursday.

The British Lister Storm LMP 900 machine, which competed at Sebring earlier this year, was heavily damaged in an accident in the first qualifying practice session last night. Driver Jamie Campbell-Walter impacted the barriers after a long high-speed slide just after the Dunlop Bridge.

Team Bentley's two Speed 8 prototypes will start this weekend's Le Mans 24-hour race from the front row of the grid.

It's the most famous week leading up to the most famous race in sportscar racing, and Audi is out in force once again as it prepares to enter the 71st running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with three privateer teams - Team ADT Champion Racing, Audi Sport UK and Audi Sport Japan Team Goh.

US motorsport broadcaster SPEED Channel will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the eighth consecutive year in 2003, ready to bring viewers 17 hours of live coverage from the 71st running of the round-the-clock classic.

23 year-old Englishman Gavin Pickering has signed to Paris based sportscar team Welter Racing for the forthcoming Le Mans 24 Hours.

Alex Job Racing [AJR] and Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing have taken on a full time job to partner with new sponsors for the No. 93 Porsche GT3 RS that will compete at the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 14 and 15.

Former Le Mans 24-hour race winner and Formula One driver Johnny Dumfries made a return to the cockpit after an 11-year absence last Sunday at this years' Le Mans pre-race test session.

The General Motors Chevrolet Corvette Racing team enjoyed its outing at the pre-race test at Le Mans last weekend, running quickly and efficiently despite completing a programme designed to evaluate the effectiveness of new and revised parts.

The two Care Racing owned Ferrari 550 Maranellos campaigned by Veloqx Prodrive Racing showed a clean pair of heels to their competitors in the GTS class throughout the entire 8 hours of track time available at yesterday's official preliminary test session.

1. Kristensen, Capello, Smith Team Bentley #7 Bentley Speed 8 GTP 3m34.820 secs 2. Ara, Werner, Magnussen Audi Sport Japan Team Goh #5 Audi R8 900 3m38.385 secs

One of France's most famous sporting names, Luc Alphand, will be taking on a new challenge at this year's 24 Heures du Mans as he takes to the wheel of the Solution F Ferrari 550 Maranello to challenge for GTS class honours.

JML Team Panoz has arrived in Le Mans for this weekend's Preliminary Practice day with it sights firmly set on continuing the team's strong form from the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Team Bentley returns to Le Mans this weekend to start the final phase of its three year campaign to win the famed 24-hour race once more, some 73 years after its last historic victory.

Team Carsport Modena may have learned a lot from its Sebring test and race results, but ventured to Vallelunga last week to put more miles on its new Pagani Zonda GR ahead of its next outing at Le Mans.

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GT ace Rob Barff has his sites set on Le Mans this season, the GT ace driving for RaceSport Salibury, with support from Chamberlain Motorsports and the TVR factory.

Mark Blundell, Le Mans winner in 1992, will race with Bentley at the famous 24 Hour race this year, and here the Brit chats about his latest appointment, how it affects his relationship with MG, his other plans for 2003 and much, much more. Get reading...

Team Nasamax will hope to demonstrate to the world that renewable fuels can compete in the high technology arena of international motorsport, as it enters the world's first such fuelled prototype for the Le Mans 24 Hours race in June.