Le Mans
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Jacques Villeneuve will race with the Floyd Vanwall Racing Team to try to add a Le Mans victory to a resume that already includes Indy 500 and F1 driver's championship wins.
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2015 Audi R18 E-Tron TDI Le Mans race car for sale
An Audi R18 E-Tron TDI that campaigned in the 2015 World Endurance Championship is for sale at a dealer in London.
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Witness the Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B getting restored
Watch the Mazda 787B, the only rotary-powered car to ever win the 24 Hours of Le Mans get stripped down and built back up again.
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Toyota 92C-V that raced in Le Mans for sale
This Toyota 92C-V raced three times at Le Mans in the 1990s and finished every time, with a best showing of fourth.
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Audi reportedly cancels factory IMSA LMDh program
Audi won't compete with a factory team in the North American IMSA LMDh series, but that won't prevent privateers from running Audi LMDh cars in IMSA.
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2009 Audi R15 for sale to fulfill your 24 Hours of Le Mans dreams
An extremely rare 2009 Audi R15 Le Mans race car is for sale through Canepa.
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The 1970 Porsche 917K bearing chassis number 025 and driven in the 1971 film "Le Mans" by the legendary Steve McQueen will command millions at the RM Sotheby's Monterey auction in August.
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Toyota has questions for potential GR Super Sport owners
Toyota has a questionnaire for anyone interested in buying one of its GR Super Sport supercars.
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Ferrari headed to Le Mans Hypercar class in 2023
Ferrari announced it will race in the new Le Mans Hypercar class starting in 2023, but the company has released details of the car that will compete.
Stephen Edelstein -
1980 Porsche 935 JLP-2 that raced at Le Mans up for sale for $2.1M
A Porsche 935 that finished ninth overall at Le Mans in 1980 is up for sale for a cool $2.1 million.
Stephen Edelstein -
City of Le Mans names a street after the Bentley Boys
A street in the city of Le Mans, France was renamed Rue des Bentley Boys to honor the men who raced and won with the British cars almost 100 years ago.
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The beat goes on: Porsche 919 Hybrid tires turned into vinyl records
Porsche retired from the Le Mans LMP1 class in 2017, took the 919 Hybrid-derived 919 Evo on a farewell tour, and parked both cars at their final residence at the Porsche Museum in Germany. Yet, the story isn't over for the championship-winning race car. Porsche announced Monday in a video that it...
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Think for a moment about how many children were turned on to automotive culture by Pixar’s movie "Cars", and then by that film’s successors. Might graphic novels and animated films be the way we educate our grandchildren and future generations to the lifestyle we so enjoy as car enthusiasts? Consider that in 2016, Swiss artist Sando Garbo and his team created a 2-pound graphic novel version of Steve McQueen’s movie "Le Mans". And now we learn that French filmmaker Quentin Baillieux has produced a 15-minute animated film "Le Mans 1955" that explores the race during which cars...
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How do Formula 1 and Le Mans LMP1 brakes differ?
Formula 1 race cars are amazing feats of motorsport engineering. Equally as amazing, however, are the LMP1 prototype racers that run in the various endurance events around the globe, including the 24 Hours of LeMans. Each type of cars represents the pinnacle of what's currently possible with a race...
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What are the differences between LMP1 and GTE race car brakes at Le Mans?
The 86th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will kick off Saturday with 60 cars competing in four different categories. Although motorsport is often characterized by speed, a race car won't get far without a proper set of brakes to handle corners. And different racers, obviously, require very...
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Aston Martin could race Valkyrie at Le Mans if regulations change
Aston Martin envisions a redefined LMP1 class at Le Mans if the FIA changes regulations to allow race-modified versions of hypercars to compete. If that were to happen, it would include the Aston Martin Valkyrie. The marque's CEO, Andy Palmer, told Autocar in a report published on Monday that the...
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Ford GT struggles at test day ahead of 24 Hours of Le Mans
Ford arrived at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans with one mission: to do right by the brand's historic 1-2-3 finish at the race in 1966. Ford was indeed successful and placed first, third, and fourth in the GTE-Pro class. This year is shaping up differently, however. After Sunday's Le Man's test day...
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Nissan DeltaWing Racer Returns For The ALMS Season Finale: Video
Calling the Nissan DeltaWing racer a fan favorite is a bit of an understatement, so Nissan has announced the car’s return to competition at the American Le Mans Series’ season finale, the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta on October 17-20. We last saw the DeltaWing driven on track at the 24...
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Toyota has won its first race with its new TS030 Hybrid Le Mans prototype, having led from start to finish in the Six Hours of Sao Paulo at Brazil’s famous Interlagos race track over the weekend. The Brazilian race was the fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), with the Toyota factory team, Toyota Racing, winning it in dominating style. Drivers Alex Wurz and Nicolas Lapierre started from pole position as the #7 TS030 Hybrid maintained its record of having led at some point in every race in which it has competed. In total, the duo made 247 laps during the six hours of...
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Le Mans-Winning Aston Martin DBR1/2 For Sale
Talacrest is a name best known in the classic Ferrari world, but this time around, it's peddling the 1959 Le Mans-winning Aston Martin DBR1/2 driven by Roy Salvadori and Carroll Shelby. To call this car priceless is to ignore the whole point of a sale--but it's certainly a piece of motorsport...
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Ferrari 512 BB LM, 365 GTB4 Sound Fantastic At Le Mans Classic: Video
We can vouch, first hand, just how incredible an aural experience Le Mans Classic is. It's also a visual experience to rival anything set in the modern era. In these videos, we get an angle on the experience that only a relative handful of those at Le Mans Classic get to taste: the actual in-car...
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McLaren MP4-12C Spider, Mazda-Based Alfa, Sexist Parking Spots: Car News Headlines
Want to see the new McLaren MP4-12C Spider in action? We've got you covered, as the retractable hardtop supercar hits the track in a new official video. How about more details on the upcoming Mazda-based Alfa Romeo sports car? We have those too. And if you're up for a bit of...
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2012 Le Mans Classic Mega-Gallery
Walking around the paddock areas at Le Mans Classic hurts. Your neck is sore from constantly swiveling back and forth, your feet are sore from walking over the same several miles of historic asphalt a dozen times, and your heart is sore from the aching desire to own, to drive, to even sit in just...
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Win A Corvette 427, A Camaro ZL1, And Trips To 2013 Le Mans Or Indy 500
Free trips to some of the world's greatest races? Free sports cars? No gearhead/speedfreak/track rat in his or her right mind would turn such a thing down, even across brand loyalty barriers. That's probably part of the motivation behind Chevrolet's latest duo of giveaways. The other part is...
Nelson Ireson