24 Hours of Le Mans
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Cameron Healey, one of many Porsche 356 fans across the globe, stumbled upon a rather lovely example in 2009. The car, converted to a Spyder and painted red, had only a single owner since 1957. Although professionals knew this particular Porsche 356 was a very early model, nothing prepared Healey for what he'd soon discover. This exact car was Porsche's first 24 Hours of Le Mans winner. This particular 356 traces its roots back to 1949, when production was in Gmünd, Austria. The first coupes were made from aluminum, but later series production in Stuttgart switched to steel for a simpler...
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Koenigsegg still wants to race at Le Mans and Hypercar class is the ticketSwedish supercar builder Koenigsegg is still interested in the World Endurance Championship's new Hypercar class now that the rules have been finalized.
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Ford GT disqualified following Le Mans victory, Porsche customer team crowned winner
The Ford GT was disqualified following revelation that its fuel tanks were too large.
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Akio Toyoda tests Toyota's race car designed for WEC's new Hypercar class
Prototypes for the 2020/2021 Toyota World Endurance Championship Hypercar class race car are already hitting the track.
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Updated Dendrobium D-1 electric hypercar debuts at Le Mans
The man who penned the McLaren F1 is helping Dendrobium with work on the technology firm's electric hypercar project.
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Toyota secures one-two finish at 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans
Fernando Alonso was in the lead car, meaning he now has two Le Mans titles under his belt.
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Toyota on Friday announced its intention to race in the World Endurance Championship's new hypercar class that is set to begin the fall of 2020.
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Aston Martin Valkyrie to chase outright victory at Le Mans in 2021
Aston Martin will race the Valkyrie in the new hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship.
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First of Aston Martin's DB4 GT Zagato continuation cars to be unveiled at 2019 Le Mans
Aston Martin is capitalizing on the classic car craze by building a run of DB4 GT Zagato continuation cars.
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First trailer, photos released for "Ford v. Ferrari" film
The first trailer and photos for the upcoming movie "Ford v. Ferrari" starring Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and Christian Bale as test driver Ken Miles have surfaced.
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Ford GT to don commemorative liveries for 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans
Ford will honor its racing past with historic liveries on the Ford GT race cars during their final appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Have a closer look at the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo
Porsche's "Top 5" series returns but this time it's all about one car: the 919 Hybrid Evo. The race car adopted from the Le Mans-winning 919 Hybrid went on a global parade to claim lap records before both cars were escorted to their final homes inside the Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen, Germany...
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Brabham will use this week's 2019 Autosport International show starting Thursday in the United Kingdom to formally announce plans to take the BT62 supercar racing in the World Endurance Championship, whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Australian race team and nascent car manufacturer said Wednesday that it's committed to entering the WEC as a factory team in the GTE class for production-based cars and has already started the development work. This is the same class where Ford races its GT, Ferrari the 488, and Porsche the 911. The aim is to have the team and BT62-based race car...
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Red Bull hints at Aston Martin-linked Le Mans program
Red Bull's motorsport advisor, Helmut Marko, has dropped hints the energy drinks company is considering a future in endurance racing, namely the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the highlight of the World Endurance Championship. In an interview with Autosport published Wednesday, Marko indicated that...
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Hypercar class rules for WEC, Le Mans have been finalized
Organizers for the World Endurance Championship, which includes the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, on Wednesday agreed on regulations governing the new “hypercar” class being introduced in the 2020/2021 season to replace the current LMP1 class as the series' premier class. The...
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Mika Häkkinen drives the McLaren F1 GTR Le Mans winner
Twenty-three years after the #59 McLaren F1 GTR crossed the finish line in first place at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the car is back at the track. And McLaren put a legendary driver behind the wheel. Mika Häkkinen, former McLaren driver and 1998 and 1999 Formula 1 World Champion, climbed behind...
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Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus first to sign on for WEC's new hypercar class
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus on Monday announced it signed a deal that will enable it to race in the so-called hypercar class that will replace the premier LMP1 class of the World Endurance Championship from the 2020/2021 season on. SCG will compete with a hypercar called the 007, which the company...
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Cost of WEC's new hypercar class could be lower than previously thought
Teams preparing to run in the World Endurance Championship's planned hypercar class will be happy to learn the cost of entry could be lower than previously thought. The new budget reportedly sits at $23 million for a two-car entry, down from from a previous estimate of between $28.7 million and...
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Koenigsegg may be among the automakers fielding a car in the new Hypercar class set to be introduced in the 2020/2021 season of the World Endurance Championship, whose final round will be the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In an interview with Top Gear magazine published Wednesday, Koenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg said he's watching the developments of the new class and said he'd love for his company to be represented. “This is great. We’re so excited by it. What I’ve understood is the final regulations are not finished yet, but we’re looking at them very...
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This Ferrari was only just discovered to be the overall winner at Le Mans in 1963
After reading the heading you're probably wondering how the overall winner at the 1963 24 Hours of Le Mans was only just discovered after more than half a century. Well, it was only due to a little digging by RM Sotheby's after being consigned a very special 1963 Ferrari 275 P. The car, bearing...
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Aston Martin likely to race Valkyrie successor at Le Mans
Aston Martin is more likely to race the successor to its Valkyrie and not the Valkyrie itself in the so-called Hypercar class (a name is yet to be selected) that will replace LMP1 as the premier class of the World Endurance Championship, and thus the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well. The news was...
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Report: Ferrari, Ford pull out of WEC's “Hypercar” class talks
Organizers of the World Endurance Championship, whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, are currently embroiled with automakers, teams and other stakeholders over a major shakeup to the series' top class in time for the 2020/2021 season. The current proposal is to replace the current LMP1 class...
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SCG reveals 007 hypercar bound for 24 Hours of Le Mans
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus founder James Glickenhaus is clearly a man who loves cars. He loves them so much, in fact, he wants to create new ones to bring joy to the world. He started creating fabulous machines back in 1971 when he converted a Lola T70 race car into a machine he could drive on...
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Animated film examines 1955 Le Mans tragedy
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...
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