24 Hours of Le Mans

The 2016 World Endurance Championship, the successor to the World Sportscar Championship, is now entering its fifth season and out to defend its title is Porsche. The German automaker will once again field its successful 919 Hybrid though for the latest season there have been key changes made in...

Toyota has revealed full details for its hybrid Le Mans prototype that will compete in the 2016 World Endurance Championship, the highest echelon for endurance racing and whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car is the TS050 Hybrid, which like it its TS040 predecessor will compete in the...

Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT, in race car trim, made its motorsport debut back in January during the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The car, although quick, suffered from poor reliability and thus didn’t have a dream run for...

In only its second year of competition, Porsche’s 919 Hybrid LMP1-spec race car not only took home top honors in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but also the title in the World Endurance Championship. This year will see the 919 Hybrid enter its third year of competition and this time it’s about...

American sports car brand Panoz is present at this week’s 2015 Dubai Motor Show where the company is showing off its latest Esperante Spyder and Spyder GT models. And sharing the stand with the open-top sports cars is a very special model from Panoz’s past: the 1997 Esperante GTR-1 Le...

At the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this week, Forza is displaying three one-off Xbox controllers honoring Ford Motor Company's [NYSE:F] achievements at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans. The blue, black and red controllers match the liveries sported by Ford's 1960s efforts to...

The 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans has come and gone, and with it, we have a new (old) overall victor: Porsche. Displacing the dominant Audi Sport Racing team in the world’s greatest endurance race for the first time since its return to Le Mans racing last year, Porsche not only took...

The new 2012 Porsche 911 is set for a world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show but barely disguised prototypes can already be seen testing in the south of Germany.

At the time of writing, we’re now into the final hours of this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race. You can get a feel for what it’s like driving around the 8.5-mile Circuit de la Sarthe where the race is held thanks to this interactive video. ALSO SEE: Porsche One-Two Finish At 2015...

While this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans rages on, we have some news from the track. French automaker Renault presented a new concept car in Le Mans that previews its new Alpine-branded sports car set for launch in 2016. It’s called the Alpine Celebration, and its arrival also marks 60...

This weekend is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the highlight of the World Endurance Championship and one of the most popular motorsport events of the year. While the premier LMP1 class draws most of the attention, when it comes to cars that you and I can actually drive then it’s the...

BMW hasn’t competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1999, when its V12 LMR secured the first and only overall victory for the German automaker in the prestigious race. Now, BMW might be planning a comeback, though the goal this time isn’t thought to be competing with the likes of...

Aston Martin has revealed a special new livery for the number 97 Vantage GTE race car that will be competing in this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, the highlight of the 2015 World Endurance Championship. Designed by artist Tobias Rahberger, it uses various optical effects to make the...

A trio of Porsche 919 Hybrids will be lining up on the grid in this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, and during the race you'll be able to bid on a 919 Hybrid of your own. Well, a life-size replica at least. Porsche’s Asia Pacific division will auction off the replica to help raise funds...

Nissan and its radical GT-R LM NISMO are currently in France taking part in the official testing for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which this year runs the weekend starting June 13. Nissan is entering three of its front-wheel-drive racers in the event’s premier LMP1 class, going up against the...

Nissan missed the first two rounds of the 2015 World Endurance Championship but it’s now in final preparation mode for the series highlight, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, scheduled for the weekend commencing June 13. Nissan plans to field three of its front-wheel-drive GT-R LM NISMO race cars in...

The McLaren F1 secured its place in motorsport history 20 years ago when five lightly modified examples wearing the GTR badge crossed the finish line of the world’s most famous endurance race in France to complete one of the most important results the event had ever seen. We are, of course...

Renault has been teasing sports car fans for a number of years now. How you ask? By showing off an Alpine concept that has us all drooling. It was shown to the world a few years back, and soon after production plans for a new sports car, possibly dubbed the AS1, were confirmed. Now though, it seems...

Having already missed April 12’s opening round of the 2015 World Endurance Championship at the Silverstone Circuit in the U.K., Nissan has confirmed that its new GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 racer won’t be ready for the next round at Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps on May 2 but will be on the...

A new season of the World Endurance Championship gets underway this weekend, with the first event on the eight-race calendar being the 6 Hours of Silverstone in the U.K. Having already had a close look at the Audi R18 e-tron quattro, the new Nissan GTR LM NISMO and the Toyota TS040 Hybrid for the...