Le Mans News

The LMES is in Britain for the first time for the 1000km of Silverstone. Crash.net asked Rick Pearson of British team Tracsport to describe a lap of the circuit.

Small British team Graham Nash Motorsport claimed a fine third place finish in the GTS class of the Nurburgring 1000km race, ending the race in tenth place overall.

Allan McNish and Pierre Kaffer turned the tables on their Audi UK Team Veloqx team by winning round two of the new Le Mans Endurance Series at the Nurburgring.

Ex-BTCC star Phil Bennett will team up with Gian Maria Gabbiani for this weekend's Le Mans Endurance Series race at the Nurburgring, having inked a one-race deal to drive the Graham Nash Motorsport Saleen S7-R.

Christian Vann and the Taurus Sports Racing Lola came within a whisker of recording a remarkable top-ten finish at last weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours.

After a dramatic and incident-packed Le Mans 24 Hours, the Nasamax DM139-Judd crossed the line in 17th of the 26 finishers with Robbie Stirling at the wheel, but notched up two notable firsts along the way.

Only a few days removed from scoring a class win in the 24 Hours of Le Mans this past weekend, and being awake for 48 straight hours in the process, Clint Field is back home in Ohio and the reality of his accomplishment is starting to set in.

Gavin Pickering's 2004 Le Mans 24 Hours ended in retirement when his Epsilon Sport Courage C65 engine cried enough at approximately 2.10am.

Adam Sharpe successfully completed his debut in the gruelling Le Mans 24 Hours SUnday, the 19 year old from Taunton, Somerset, joining team-mates Neil Cunningham and Steve Hyde in bringing the Morgan Works Racing Aero GT car to the finish.

Allan McNish missed out on winning his second Le Mans 24 Hours when the Scotsman endured a miserable weekend in this year's race.

For Chris Dyson and his Racing For Holland teammates, the 24 Hours of Le Mans proved to be a drama in three acts, with a promising beginning, substantial challenges in the middle act and in conclusion a strong effort that largely overcame the earlier setbacks and made Dyson the highest-placed Ame

A Porsche 911 GT3 has now won the GT class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans every year since its introduction in 1999.

The Corvette Racing team came from behind - well behind - to win a dramatic GTS class battle in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the #64 crew of Oliver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen catching and passing the pace-setting Ferrari to head up a 1-2 result that, at one point, seemed far from p

Seiji Ara withstood the best that Johnny Herbert and Audi Sport UK Team Veloqx could throw at him during a wonderfully tense finish to the 72nd Le Mans 24 Hours as Tom Kristensen earned his record equalling sixth overall victory at La Sarthe.

By Andrew Cotton Sunday morning is traditionally the time when the Le Mans 24 hours result becomes a little clearer. Barring the truly cruel and unexpected circumstances, it is the dawn run that separates those who are likely to make it to the flag and those who will not.

The lead has changed at Le Mans, with the #88 Audi UK Team Veloqx entry, which had headed the field throughout the night, succumbing to the chasing Team Goh R8 while it underwent a cure for handling problems.

The 72nd Le Mans 24 Hours continued to provide an intriguing spectacle as it moved firmly into its second half and dawn broke over those who had made it through the night at La Sarthe.

Orbit Racing's 2004 Le Mans 24 Hour partnership with British American Motorsport (BAM) didn't come to the conclusion that either of the parties had hoped for when a gearbox failure put the #87 Porsche 911 GT3-RSR out of the race as dawn broke at La Sarthe.

In what has become a stunning Porsche battle for the LM GT title at the 24 Heures Du Mans, Petersen Motorsports/ White Lightning Racing currently sits in third, two laps out of the class lead despite dominating the opening half of the race.

Allan McNish will not take any further part in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours after suffering a concussion in his crash at the Porsche Curves two hours into the race.

Three hours into the 72nd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the #81 The Racers Group Porsche was running in 10th position in the GT class, after starting the race 14th in class and looking to continue its steady progress up the order.

The little 'works' Zytek 04S proved that its showing in the opening round of the new Le Mans Endurance Series at Monza was no fluke by taking the fight to the four customer Audis as the battle for pole position at the Le Mans 24 Hours warmed up nicely on Thursday evening.

A sensational lap of 3min 49.438secs from Prodrive's Czech driver Tomas Enge saw him claim Le Mans GTS pole position for the third consecutive year and set a new GTS pole record.

The 'green fuel' Nasamax team had something to prove in Thursday's final qualifying sessions for the Le Mans 24 Hours, having suffered gear ratio problems and a misfire in the two Wednesday sessions.