Le Mans News

Denmark's Team Essex and Britain's Zytek Engineering have struck a deal that will them jointly develop and run the new Zytek LMP1 sports prototype at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours.

The RML team has revealed that its MG Lola EX264 will compete with an AER two-litre turbo powerplant in this year's Le Mans Series (formerly Le Mans Endurance Series), despite its previous choice, the normally-aspirated 3400cc Judd-based unit which carried it to class wins at Le Mans and Istanbul

ASM boss Adam Sharpe has emerged as a key player in the development of a new alternative fuel project aimed at top level sportscar racing, after helping to establish groupBIO with former Taurus Sports boss Ian Dawson.

American Le Mans Series LMP1 Champions and winners of this year's Le Mans 24 Hours Team ADT Champion Racing, have been awarded the first Automobile Club de France Ecology Trophy by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and the Automobile Club de France.

Sam Hancock produced a stunning display in difficult conditions as he made his debut in the LMP1 class of the Le Mans Endurance Series during the season finale in Istanbul.

The Convers Team has won the Nurburgring 1000kms, the fourth race of the Le Mans Endurance Series. The win, by Darren Turner and Robert Bell in the Aston Martin DBR9, is the Russian team's first in the series and a valuable one in terms of the teams' and drivers' standings.

Their qualifying time may have been excluded for a stall test infringement, meaning a start from the back of the grid, but that didn't stop the Zytek 04S of Hayanari Shimoda and Tom Chilton from working its way from the back to the race lead to take victory in Germany for the Nurburgring 1000km r

With everything still very much to play for in the GT2 class of the Le Mans Endurance Series, the Scuderia Ecosse team will head to Germany for the latest round of the series this weekend eager to secure a strong result to keep its title hopes alive.

Leading British GT outfit Team LNT is to bring the American Le Mans Series race winning Panoz Esperante GTLM to Europe for the 2006 season.

Having failed to start the last round of the Le Mans Endurance Series following engine problems at Monza, Team LNT driver Patrick Pearce was unlucky to miss out on a strong finish in his home round at Silverstone despite a strong drive in treacherous conditions.

Having made a highly successful debut overseas, the new Lola LMP2 sportscar makes its home debut at the weekend as the Le Mans Endurance Series reaches Silverstone for the third round of the five race championship.

British racing driver Christian Vann, this weekend driving for Courage Competition at the Monza 1000km, was a happy chap after qualifying on Saturday when the Courage team qualified in fifth place.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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