Sportscars Features

Former F1 star Olivier Panis has renounced his dream of adding to his Monaco Grand Prix success with glory in the Le Mans 24 Hours after witnessing the terrifying high-speed accidents suffered by Audi rivals McNish and Mike Rockenfeller last weekend

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After witnessing two of his team-mates exit contention in terrifying accidents only to go on to triumph himself in company with Andr? Lotterer and Marcel F?ssler, Audi star Beno?t Tr?luyer has confessed that success in the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours somewhat overcame him

Mike Rockenfeller praises Audi after surviving high-speed shunt at Le Mans

Lotus Jetalliance pleased to take a finish from the Le Mans 24 Hours

Robertson Racing takes a GTE-Am podium in the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours

Allan McNish crashes out of the Le Mans 24 Hours in a huge shunt in the early stages of the race

Class results from the 79th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours

Audi takes victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours

Peugeot do their best, but the lone Audi R18 to make it to the finish of the Le Mans 24 Hours does so on top of the pile

As the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours enters its closing stages, drops of rain and Peugeot drivers distinctly unwilling to be lapped have set up the prospect of a grandstand finish at La Sarthe...

Following the terrifying high-speed accident suffered by his Audi team-mate Mike Rockenfeller, Romain Dumas has hit out at the differences in ability between Le Mans' professional drivers and its amateurs

Mike Rockenfeller crashes out of the Le Mans 24 Hours in a huge accident just before 11pm local time

Anthony Beltoise insists he didn't see Allan McNish coming before the contact that put the Audi of the Le Mans 24 Hours

Allan McNish has thankfully walked away from a horrific shunt early on into the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours, in which the Scot's Audi came perilously close to flying over the tyre barriers

Audi to start from pole for the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours

An accident for Andy Priaulx at the Ford Chicane during the second qualifying session has hampered BMW's preparations for this weekend's 2011 edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours

Tom Kristensen: It was perfect for the whole team to complete the test day with the new car. For me it was the first time since 2003 that I've sat in a Coupe. The efficiency and the work of Audi have really impressed me. You can really feel the aerodynamics and the car is very comfortable. Already now we have gathered valuable information.

REBELLION Racing pay tribute to team principal and SEBAH Automotive founder Hugh Hayden, who has sadly passed away during an end-of-season team-building karting event in Portugal

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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...

Whilst reflecting that he is 'sorry' if he inadvertently brought an end to the #64 Corvette's race in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours last weekend, Peugeot star Anthony Davidson maintains the whole incident could have been avoided had only Emmanuel Collard given him 'more room'

Highcroft Racing misses out on a podium finish at Le Mans despite impressive debut run

Audi wins the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours and secures a lock-out of the podium