Le Mans News

Various rumours have been doing the rounds following the demise of the #17 Pescarolo-Judd at Le Mans, to the point that the team decided to investigate exactly what caused the incident that saw Soheil Ayari run out of road on the Mulsanne.

Champion Racing team owner Dave Maraj saw twelve years of hard work reach its highest pinnacle yet when Tom Kristensen brought his #3 Audi R8 across the finishing line to win the 73rd Le Mans 24 Hours.

Gulf returned to Le Mans for what was to be one of the hottest and most incident-packed 24 Hours of recent times, but the famous powder blue-and-orange colours came away with two podium finishes and another top ten result.

Corvette Racing's top brass are calling the 73rd Le Mans 24 Hours their best win yet after the Pratt & Miller team overcame the challenge of the factory Aston Martin team to record a wholly unexpected 1-2 finish in the GT1 class.

With the first six hours of the 24 Hours of Le Mans completed, the battle between Corvette and Aston Martin is living up to its billing.

The #64 Chevrolet Corvette, one of the front-runners in the GT1 class at Le Mans, has suffered a second rear left tyre failure with its Michelin rubber as the Le Mans 24 Hours approached the two and a half hour mark.

One Pestarolo prototype went to the top of the timesheets and one went down the order following a penalty after Thursday's first qualifying session at the world famous Le Mans circuit in France.

Among the dozens of mechanics, engineers, technicians and drivers who make up Corvette Racing, Melanie Correll stands out.

Aston Martin Racing heads to next weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours seeking to complete an unbroken hat-trick of race wins following the marque's comeback to the international motorsport stage, but is well aware that the French event is like no other.

Allan McNish will be looking to secure his second victory in the most famous race of them all next weekend when the Scot returns France for the 73rd running of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The Alex Job Racing / BAM! team enjoyed a productive test session in France as preparations continue for the upcoming Le Mans 24 Hours.

After nine hours of testing in preparation for the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Russian Age Racing Ferrari 550 ended up a surprising third fastest in class and the fastest of the four Care Racing supported Ferrari 550s entered in the GT1 category for the French classic.

Henri Pescarolo's eponymous team took the pre-race honours at Le Mans, with its two Judd-powered prototypes setting the pace on the annual test day, with Emmanuel Collard eventually getting down to the sort of times that claimed the 2004 pole for Johnny Herbert and the Veloqx Audi before rain cur

Hong Kong driver Darryl O'Young has been confirmed as the first signing alongside Matthew Marsh in the SAR's pioneering Hong Kong Le Mans team.

MG-Lola veteran Warren Hughes made his first appearance behind the wheel of RML's EX264 as the team continued to prepare for the forthcoming Le Mans 24 Hours with a two-day at Snetterton.

RML have announced their confirmed driver line-up for this year's Le Mans 24 Hours with former works MG driver Warren Hughes taking the third seat alongside the team regular LMES drivers Mike Newton and Tommy Erdos in the LMP2 MG Lola EX264.

Ex-pat Briton Matthew Marsh is heading up an ambitious project designed to take his adopted home of Hong Kong to the biggest sportscar race of them all - Le Mans - in 2006.

American Le Mans Series team ACEMCO Motorsports has officially withdrawn its entry for June's Le Mans 24, blaming a rule change for its decision not to compete.

Patrick Pearce played a key part in helping Team LNT secure a superb one-two finish in the opening round of the 2005 Le Mans Endurance Series season as he helped bring the #82 T400-R home in second place in class behind the sister car of Warren Hughes and Marc Hynes.

Warren Hughes and Jonny Kane have taken their place in motorsport history after helping TVR to secure its first ever international sportscar win in the opening round of the LMES.

The new Lola B05/40 LMP2 car enjoyed a victorious weekend on both sides of the Atlantic, with the brand new Chamberlain-Synergy entry winning its class at Spa and beating its US-based Intersport equivalent to the model's first honour.

British GT championship title favourites Scuderia Ecosse had a tough introduction to the Le Mans Endurance Series at Spa-Francorchamps as Andrew Kirkaldy and Nathan Kinch were forced out of the opening round of the LMES season.

Care Racing supported Ferrari 550s finished 1-2-3 in the GT1 class in the opening round of the 2005 Le Mans Endurance Series, sweeping the class podium at the end of six hours' racing at Spa-Francorchamps.

The Belgian race circuit of Spa Francorchamps is one that is rather well known for its plentiful precipitation, and that's certainly in evidence this Saturday as the heavens have opened and the rain does not look like stopping.