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Ferrari chairman John Elkann has been named the honorary starter for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Sabine Schmitz has died at the age of 51 following a long battle with cancer.

The 2021 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will now take place in August in a bid to allow spectators to attend the event.

Ferrari has announced it will enter the new Le Mans Hyperclass programme in the FIA’s World Endurance Championship from 2023.

Ex-Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen has been named as a driver for Peugeot’s new WEC entry in 2022, alongside fellow former F1 drivers Paul di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne.

Red Bull Advanced Technologies will work with ORECA to design a chassis for the hydrogen-powered class to be used at the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Toyota has officially unveiled its all-new Le Mans Hypercar that will compete in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Aston Martin has announced it is ending its GTE Pro programme and will not return to the World Endurance Championship in 2021.

Porsche is targeting a victorious return to the Le Mans 24 Hours with an LMDh prototype that will contest full seasons in the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar championship from 2023.

Kevin Magnussen will drive in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year following his F1 exit after being confirmed in Chip Ganassi Racing’s DPi line-up.

Gerard Neveu will step down from his position of CEO of the Le Mans Management (LMEM) and head of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the end of the year.

The #7 Toyota runs into trouble to hand the half way lead back to the sister #8 Toyota; United Autosport 1-2 in LMP2 as Aston leads both GT classes

The #8 Toyota of Sebatstien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley takes control in the first quarter of the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours 

Toyota stamps its mark on proceedings by topping pre-qualifying ahead of the new 'Hyper Pole' one-lap shootout scheduled for Friday

This year’s rescheduled Le Mans 24 Hours will take place behind closed doors without spectators in a U-Turn made by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest.

This year’s Le Mans 24 Hours has been pushed back until 19-20 September amid fresh French government guidelines on the coronavirus outbreak.

The World Endurance Championship’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps round in April has been postponed amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The World Endurance Championship has confirmed the cancellation of the Sebring 1000 miles following the United States travel ban on non-US citizens from Europe amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Rebellion Racing will end its motorsport-related activities following the conclusion of the 2019-2020 World Endurance Championship season as part of a company-wide review into its marketing strategy.

The FIA says it “warmly welcomes” the announcement by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) to converge prototype development in endurance racing.

The Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) and International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) have reached an agreement to find common ground for convergence between its future top categories in endurance racing.

Fernando Alonso had a “massive” impact on the FIA World Endurance Championship during his one-season stint in the series, according to its CEO, Gerard Neveu.

The CEO of the FIA World Endurance Championship is excited for the start of the “very spectacular” Hypercar class that will become the series’ top category later this year.

Harry Tincknell and Richard Westbrook have completed Aston Martin Racing’s GTE-Pro line-up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.