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Porsche Driver Nick Tandy Receives 911 GT3 RS He Ordered After 2015 Le Mans Win
Porsche Driver Nick Tandy Receives 911 GT3 RS He Ordered After 2015 Le Mans Win

29 Mar 2016, 03:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / With Porsche works drivers ultimately spending a limited amount of time in their racecars (you can drive them on a daily basis, right?), the GT3 RS is normal

 
2016 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Is Latest LMP1 Le Mans Racer to Go Official
2016 Toyota TS050 Hybrid Is Latest LMP1 Le Mans Racer to Go Official

24 Mar 2016, 16:33 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / After both Porsche and Audi unveiled their 2016 WEC contenders, it's now time to check out Toyota's LMP1 car. A lot has been changed under its bodywork

 
Audi Unveils New R18, Its LMP1 Racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship
Audi Unveils New R18, Its LMP1 Racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship

23 Mar 2016, 14:05 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Audi has released the first official photos of the new R18, its LMP1 class entry in the 2016 World Endurance Championship. It will race at Le Mans 24h

 
2016 Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Race Car Packs 900+ Horsepower
2016 Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 Race Car Packs 900+ Horsepower

23 Mar 2016, 13:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The German manufacturer with the most wins at Le Mans is gearing up to win its eighteenth constructors' title since 1970

 
Jaguar XKSS Gets Reborn as Continuation Model
Jaguar XKSS Gets Reborn as Continuation Model

23 Mar 2016, 10:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Nine examples of the Jaguar XKSS will be built by the Experimental Shop in Warwick. Jaguar never ceases to surprise, does it?

 
Toyota TS050 HYBRID LMP1 Prototype Enters the 2016 World Endurance Championship
Toyota TS050 HYBRID LMP1 Prototype Enters the 2016 World Endurance Championship

8 Feb 2016, 13:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Toyota has high hopes for the 2016 World Endurance Championship and all of the Japanese company's hopes hang on the shoulders of the TS050 HYBRID LMP1 prototype

 
Jackie Chan Has Bought a Racing Team and His Crew Will Race at Le Mans 24H
Jackie Chan Has Bought a Racing Team and His Crew Will Race at Le Mans 24H

6 Feb 2016, 14:23 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Famous actor Jackie Chan has bought the current champion of the Asian Le Mans Series. He's entered them in the LMP2 class of this year's Le Mans 24H race

 
Four Ford GT Race Cars Will Compete at Le Mans
Four Ford GT Race Cars Will Compete at Le Mans

6 Feb 2016, 12:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the racing version of the Ford GT failed to take a class win at Daytona, the Blue Oval is looking forward to better results at the 24 Hours of Le Mans

 
50th Anniversary Shelby GT40 Costs $169,995 Sans Engine & Transmission
50th Anniversary Shelby GT40 Costs $169,995 Sans Engine & Transmission

2 Feb 2016, 17:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's been 50 years since Ford beat Ferrari at Le Mans with a 1-2-3 sweep, all thanks to the GT40. Shelby celebrates the feat by offering this bruiser right here

 
Pink Floyd's Nick Mason Has His LaFerrari Hooned by Le Mans Champ Emanuele Pirro
Pink Floyd's Nick Mason Has His LaFerrari Hooned by Le Mans Champ Emanuele Pirro

27 Jan 2016, 18:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Having your million-dollar hypercar flogged by a five-time Le Mans champion is one of the best possible birthday celebration ideas

 
Andy Priaulx to Drive the Ford GT in the 2016 WEC
Andy Priaulx to Drive the Ford GT in the 2016 WEC

5 Jan 2016, 14:15 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The three-time World Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx will join Ford in the World Endurance Championship, after ending his 12-year contract with BMW

 
Nissan Is Withdrawing from the 2016 WEC LMP1
Nissan Is Withdrawing from the 2016 WEC LMP1

22 Dec 2015, 18:14 UTC · By: Alexandru Monenciu / The Japanese company has recently announced its retirement from next year’s World Endurance Championship LMP1, because of a noncompetitive project

 
People Are Calling This Le Mans Race Car the Best Lego Technic Kit Ever
People Are Calling This Le Mans Race Car the Best Lego Technic Kit Ever

9 Dec 2015, 18:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Lego doesn't say what inspired the company to make this Technic kit, but we think it resembles the Toyota TS040 Hybrid with a hint of retro Mazda

 
2016 Audi R18 Le Mans Racer Testing at Sebring
2016 Audi R18 Le Mans Racer Testing at Sebring

8 Dec 2015, 22:36 UTC · By: Mircea Iordache / We got to see and hear the new Audi R18 at work around a track for the first time. It's still ugly, but at least it sounds better

 
The Design and Aerodynamic Challenges Behind the 2017 Ford GT
The Design and Aerodynamic Challenges Behind the 2017 Ford GT

3 Dec 2015, 12:36 UTC · By: Mircea Iordache / Ford Performance releases new video of the 2017 Ford GT out on track. Designer and aerodynamicist talk about the challenges of the project and the fun they had

 
2016 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans Prototype Is Against All Odds
2016 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans Prototype Is Against All Odds

30 Nov 2015, 10:29 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At its debut in Munich, Audi described the R18 Le Mans prototype as a more powerful and efficient racer than the one they raced in the 2015 season of the WEC

 
How Porsche Winning the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship Will Make the 911 Hotter
How Porsche Winning the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship Will Make the 911 Hotter

2 Nov 2015, 09:26 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche has already secured the 2015 FIA WEC title and this brings significant benefits for the next generation of the 911

 
Porsche 919 Hybrid Racecar Hits 200 MPH During Testing on Monza, Sparks Fly
Porsche 919 Hybrid Racecar Hits 200 MPH During Testing on Monza, Sparks Fly

1 Oct 2015, 16:01 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche is far from resting on its Le Mans laurels, with the 919 Hybrid recently testing on Monza. The extreme bits are on the house

 
Crew Accidentally Drops Ferrari 458 GT3 Racecar During Pit Stop at Lone Star Le Mans
Crew Accidentally Drops Ferrari 458 GT3 Racecar During Pit Stop at Lone Star Le Mans

24 Sep 2015, 14:33 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / These people are paid to do things in a rush, but sometimes their thirst for tricking the stopwatch can cause them to make mistakes

 
80-Year-Old Drives a McLaren 650S Le Mans, 1 of 50 Limited Edition
80-Year-Old Drives a McLaren 650S Le Mans, 1 of 50 Limited Edition

21 Sep 2015, 09:13 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Speed has no age and this McLaren 650S Le Mans owner only comes to demonstrate this with his extreme limited edition machine