Le Mans News

Alex Job Racing [AJR] and Petersen Motorsports/White Lightning Racing have taken on a full time job to partner with new sponsors for the No. 93 Porsche GT3 RS that will compete at the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 14 and 15.

Former Le Mans 24-hour race winner and Formula One driver Johnny Dumfries made a return to the cockpit after an 11-year absence last Sunday at this years' Le Mans pre-race test session.

The General Motors Chevrolet Corvette Racing team enjoyed its outing at the pre-race test at Le Mans last weekend, running quickly and efficiently despite completing a programme designed to evaluate the effectiveness of new and revised parts.

The two Care Racing owned Ferrari 550 Maranellos campaigned by Veloqx Prodrive Racing showed a clean pair of heels to their competitors in the GTS class throughout the entire 8 hours of track time available at yesterday's official preliminary test session.

1. Kristensen, Capello, Smith Team Bentley #7 Bentley Speed 8 GTP 3m34.820 secs 2. Ara, Werner, Magnussen Audi Sport Japan Team Goh #5 Audi R8 900 3m38.385 secs

One of France's most famous sporting names, Luc Alphand, will be taking on a new challenge at this year's 24 Heures du Mans as he takes to the wheel of the Solution F Ferrari 550 Maranello to challenge for GTS class honours.

JML Team Panoz has arrived in Le Mans for this weekend's Preliminary Practice day with it sights firmly set on continuing the team's strong form from the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Team Bentley returns to Le Mans this weekend to start the final phase of its three year campaign to win the famed 24-hour race once more, some 73 years after its last historic victory.

Team Carsport Modena may have learned a lot from its Sebring test and race results, but ventured to Vallelunga last week to put more miles on its new Pagani Zonda GR ahead of its next outing at Le Mans.

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GT ace Rob Barff has his sites set on Le Mans this season, the GT ace driving for RaceSport Salibury, with support from Chamberlain Motorsports and the TVR factory.

Mark Blundell, Le Mans winner in 1992, will race with Bentley at the famous 24 Hour race this year, and here the Brit chats about his latest appointment, how it affects his relationship with MG, his other plans for 2003 and much, much more. Get reading...

Team Nasamax will hope to demonstrate to the world that renewable fuels can compete in the high technology arena of international motorsport, as it enters the world's first such fuelled prototype for the Le Mans 24 Hours race in June.

Team Bentley has confirmed the final details of its 2003 racing programme, registering two-car entries for both Le Mans and Sebring and tabbing ex-Formula One drivers Johnny Herbert, David Brabham and Mark Blundell to drive the second car.

Eddie Irvine has turned down an opportunity to join Bentley's 2003 Le Mans assault, preferring instead to keep his limited options open in Formula One.

The idea to run a 24-hour race at Le Mans was born in 1922 at the Salon de l?Automobile in Paris. At the same location, some eighty years later, the race organising Automobile Club de l?Ouest [ACO] handed over the historic Le Mans trophy to Audi.

Together with the chairman of the board of AUDI AG, Dr Martin Winterkorn, around 4000 Audi and motorsport fans celebrated Audi?s triple victory at the Le Mans 24 Hour race in the Audi Forum at Ingolstadt on Tuesday evening.

Shortly after returning from its momentous showing in the 2002 Le Mans 24-hour race, the DEWALT/RSS Morgan Aero 8 will take part in the Hillclimb competition at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, piloted by Le Mans drivers, Richard Stanton and Steve Hyde, who are joined for this special occasion by

London based Piper Design, a leading British design engineering company, is currently developing its PO1 LMP900 Sportscar with the aim of competing in next year's Le Mans 24 Hour race.

Canadian Corvette driver Ron Fellows has been rendered hors de combat after going down with a bout of food poisoning at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Two leading British entries in the 70th Le Mans 24 Hours hit problems in the 13th hour, as the GTS leading Prodrive Ferrari caught alight and the sole Bentley visited the gravel trap.

Ascari's Le Mans effort looks to have ended early with a dramatic accident for Werner Lupberger in the #27 car as the rear suspension failed going in to Indianapolis.

Rumours that have circulated at Le Mans about the N.5 Audi R8, the Audi Sport Japan Team Goh car of Ara/Dalmas/Katoh, having had a huge accident on Wednesday night appear to be firming up.

At 3.00am on Friday morning David Brabham, Jan Magnussen and Bryan Herta faced the realization that they could miss this year's Le Mans 24 Hour. A fire had broken out in the car after Bryan Herta had struck some debris which punched a hole in the floor and damaged the oil filter.