24 Hours of Le Mans

Later this year Porsche will relive its Le Mans glory days after a 16-year hiatus, with a brand new LMP1 race car and a determined team of drivers and engineers, including former Formula One ace Mark Webber. The new LMP1 is called the Porsche 919 Hybrid, and it recently made its debut on the world...

Hidden away in a hall underneath the new launches and glitzy stands, more than a few show-goers will have missed one of Geneva's highlights--an exhibition celebrating the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. MUST SEE: Crush All 93 Vipers We Gave You (Vin #4 Included), Chrysler Tells Schools...

Porsche used the 2014 Geneva Motor Show this week to show the world its new hybrid Le Mans prototype that will contest the 2014 World Endurance Championship, which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The new Le Mans prototype is the 2014 Porsche 919 Hybrid, and it will compete in the LMP1 category of...

A special exhibition of Le Mans vehicles will take pride of place at this year's Geneva Motor Show, as the Swiss show pays tribute to the famous endurance race held in France. A total of 20 famous Le Mans race vehicles will be on display at the show, the majority of them overall winners. MUST SEE...

The entries for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans are out (PDF here) and one of the big surprises is that a Lotus prototype will be contending the top LMP1 category, albeit the LMP1-L category for independent teams with non-hybrid cars. This is allowed because the Lotus prototype being fielded...

Audi’s assortment of drivers for its campaign in the 2014 World Endurance Championship has been confirmed, and the lineup includes no less than five world champions and Le Mans winners plus a former Formula One driver. Audi will be fielding two of its 2014-spec R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans...

Nissan and its motorsport partner NISMO have finally revealed the engine that will feature in its 2014 ZEOD RC electrified race car, which will compete in the Garage 56 experimental entry in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The engine is a turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder putting out an...

Ferrari engineers are out testing a new race car prototype, but the vehicle doesn’t appear suitable for any motorsport categories the Scuderia currently competes in. With recent comments from Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo suggesting a return to top-level racing at Le Mans, namely the...

Next year will see the introduction of completely new rules for the World Endurance Championship and the series’ highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The central theme is a focus on efficiency, which is designed to push participants to develop new technologies that can eventually filter across...

Is Ferrari about to make a return to top-level racing at Le Mans? Going by the latest comments made by its chairman, it may be a possibility. “We have won with the 458 GTE, but I also quite like the idea of racing at Le Mans in the highest category,” Luca di Montezemolo said during a...

The Audi R18 e-tron quattro continued the four-ringed brand's dominance of the Le Mans prototype division in 2013, and with a new batch of updates and improvements, Audi is looking to repeat again for the 2014 season. With Porsche joining the LMP1 fray, and Toyota likely to bring improvements as...

Porsche has wrapped up testing of its new LMP1 race car for the year, but not before its star driver Mark Webber got some time behind the wheel. The Red Bull Racing Formula One team gave the Australian the green light to conduct these initial tests, despite Webber still being under contract with...

Earlier this year, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro took the top spot at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Soon, gamers will be able to race a virtual R18 at a virtual Circuit de la Sarthe in Forza Motorsport 5. To cement that connection, Forza's creators at Turn 10 Studios produced a video chronicling both...

Next year Porsche will relive its Le Mans glory days with a brand new LMP1 race car and a determined team of drivers and engineers, including Formula One ace Mark Webber. The new LMP1 is currently being put through its paces in test drives on international circuits, ahead of its race debut in the...

Late last week, Nissan took the covers off its ZEOD RC electric Le Mans prototype, which it plans to field as a ‘Garage 56’ experimental entry in next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Nissan revealed the car on the eve of the sixth round of the 2013 World Endurance Championship at Fuji...

Next year Porsche will relive its Le Mans glory days with a brand new LMP1 race car and a determined team of drivers and engineers, including Formula One ace Mark Webber. Porsche is in the process of developing a new prototype, which will be fielded by a factory team based out of its research...

Nissan is eager to get its new range-extended electric ZEOD RC race car out on the track. First, however, it has to actually build a working version. Construction on the first car is currently underway, and, per Nissan, it's nearing completion. That's a good thing because the ZEOD RC is slated to...

This year Toyota competed for the second time at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with its modern TS030 Hybrid prototype, and although the outright win went to Audi the lessons learned from competing helps incredibly towards the team’s preparation for next year’s race as well as the full season...

Audi and the 24 Hours of Le Mans go hand in hand these days. The automaker has won 11 races, and it's only entered in 13 of them. Those 11 wins place Audi behind only Porsche for most wins by a manufacturer, and Porsche has been at this quite a bit longer. Audi's recent domination of what many...

Honda, more specifically Honda’s U.S.-based Honda Performance Development unit, is working on a new engine it hopes to sell to private teams competing in the World Endurance Championship and the series’ highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The new engine is a turbocharged V-6 that will...