Le Mans News

The anticipated duel-to-the flag in the GT1 class of this year's Le Mans 24 Hours is seemingly all-but over less than two hours from the end of the race, after the #64 Corvette ground to a halt with suspected transmission woes.

Peugeot has taken a step closer to securing victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours after further problems for rivals Audi left the #9 and #8 cars holding a healthy lead out front.

After the dramatic early morning action at La Sarthe, which saw the Pescarolo Peugeot and the Flying Lizard Porsche both crash out, a period of calm descended on the Le Mans 24 Hours, with Peugeot continuing to lead the way.

Henri Pescarolo's decision to run a Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP in a bid to return to the podium at the Le Mans 24 Hours has ended in a heavy accident for Formula Nippon frontrunner Benoit Treluyer at the start of hour 14.

Aston Martin Racing's Stuart Hall has been banned from taking any further part in the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours after the Automobile Club de l'Ouest came down heavily on him for his part in the accident involving the #008 AMR entry and the #26 Bruichladdich Bruneau Radical.

As it had from the start of the race, Peugeot continued to pace the Le Mans 24 Hours into the night, but the race was not without drama for the French marque or its main rivals.

Peugeot continues to hold the high ground as the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours prepares to head into the night, but what was a commanding one-two for the home favourites fell apart just under six hours in, when the long-time leader ran into problems that have cost it three laps and five positions.

Peugeot leads the way after the opening three hours of the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours with the diesel-powered 908 HDis occupying the top two positions, but it has been far from a trouble-free start for either the home heroes or arch-rivals and defending race-winners Audi.

The Kolles Audi team looks set to face the challenge of completing the Le Mans 24 Hours with just two drivers in the #14 R10 TDi after Narain Karthikeyan was ruled out of the race.

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Ahead of the opening practice sessions for the Le Mans 24 Hours, Peugeot has filed a protest with the ACO questioning the legality of the Audi R15.

The Creation Autosportif team has completed its line-up for next month's Le Mans 24 Hours.

Aston Martin Racing has confirmed that it is to run a third Gulf-liveried LMP1 prototype at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, and has tabbed former grand prix drivers Anthony Davidson and Jos Verstappen to bolster its driving strength.

Aston Martin Racing secured its second podium finish of the Le Mans Series season after a fine drive from Tomas Enge, Stefan Mucke and Jan Charouz saw the #007 Lola Aston Martin come through from the back of the field at Spa.

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Peugeot will look to fine-tune its preparations for the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend at Spa, as the French team makes its first outing in the Le Mans Series this season.

Jetalliance Racing has confirmed that it will contest the second round of the Le Mans Series this weekend at Spa as it continues preparations for the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Vitaphone Racing has become the latest team to announce it is withdrawing its entry for the 2009 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Flying Lizard Motorsports' has confirmed that it will field the #80 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in what will be the team's fifth consecutive 24 Heures du Mans appearance next month.

Following on from Gigawave Motorsport's announcement that it was to withdraw from the Le Mans 24 Hours this summer, the Spanish Epsilon Euskadi outfit has revealed that it is also to pull out of the event.

Gigawave Motorsport has assumed the ignominious position of being the first team to scratch its entry to this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, having decided that running the legendary race will conflict with other priorities.

Aston Martin Racing endured mixed results at Paul Ricard as it hit the track with its new Lola LMP1 machinery for the first time.

Nicolas Minassian has revealed that he is not going to make any predictions about the forthcoming sportscar campaign given what happened to Peugeot in 2008, but he does, he concedes, have one set objective - victory in the race dubbed the hardest in the world to win, the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour

As he prepares to launch a renewed assault on two of sportscar's greatest trophies in 2009 - the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours later this month - Nicolas Minassian has been reflecting on a 2008 campaign during which Peugeot had it all in the palm of their hands...only to throw