Le Mans News

Keating Motorsports has been stripped of its GTE-Am class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans after its #85 Ford GT was disqualified following two rule breaks found in post-race scrutineering.

Fernando Alonso says he is “100 percent” certain he will return to the World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans after bowing out as champion with Toyota Gazoo Racing.

Stoffel Vandoorne says enjoying a clean 24 Hours of Le Mans while leaning on his experienced SMP Racing teammates Vitaly Petrov and Mikhail Aleshin were key to his podium on debut.

Fernando Alonso says his #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing team didn’t deserve to take victory from the sister #7 car at the 24 Hours of Le Mans but accepts the unforgiving nature of the iconic endurance race created the chance for his team to strike.

Toyota has confirmed that a sensor failure caused it to change the wrong tyre on the #7 car in the closing stages of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, forcing Jose Maria Lopez into an additional pit stop that cost him, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi victory. 

Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima have clinched the FIA World Endurance Championship drivers’ title after finishing winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Kazuki Nakajima has moved into the lead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with one hour remaining after the race-leading #7 Toyota suffered punctures on back-to-back laps, wiping away its two-minute lead.

2019 24 Hours of Le Mans - Hour 21 Results Pos Team Car Class Drivers Laps/Time 1 Toyota Gaz

Toyota remains in control of the 24 Hours of Le Mans heading into the final three hours of the race as Kamui Kobayashi holds a two-minute lead over Fernando Alonso.

Jose Maria Lopez and Mike Conway consolidated the #7 Toyota's lead through the morning at the 24 Hours of Le Mans to sit 90 seconds clear of the field heading into the final quarter of the race.

Toyota continued to control proceedings in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as dawn broke through the 15th hour, with Jose Maria Lopez leading the way in the #7 car ahead of Fernando Alonso.

Kamui Kobayashi has wrestled the lead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans back from Sebastien Buemi at the halfway stage as the fight between the Toyotas intensifies.

Mike Conway moved back into the lead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans during the ninth hour of the race as night fell at the Circuit de la Sarthe, heading up a one-two for Toyota.

Fernando Alonso says it was difficult to match the race-leading Toyota for outright pace through the opening stages of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Saturday after trailing for the opening six hours of the race.

Jose Maria Lopez leads the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Toyota with six hours down, albeit with a reduced lead after a Safety Car period helped draw Kazuki Nakajima into closer contention at the front of the pack.

Kamui Kobayashi has moved into a healthy lead at the front of the pack three hours into the 24 Hours of Le Mans, leading from Toyota teammate Fernando Alonso.

Mike Conway wasted little time in opening up an early lead at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, setting a run of rapid lap times to sit over 10 seconds clear of Sebastien Buemi at the end of the opening hour.

Paul di Resta says his late crash at last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans still "haunts" him as he looks for redemption with United Autosports this weekend in the LMP2 class.

McLaren will make a decision on entering the FIA World Endurance Championship's new hypercar-led premier class by the end of the summer.

Kamui Kobayashi closed out the final warm-up session ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans fastest for Toyota, heading up a one-two finish for the Japanese manufacturer.

Toyota Gazoo Racing technical director Pascal Vasselon believes with the majority of the new Hypercar rules nailed down the Japanese manufacturer can press forward with its new hybrid-powered GR Super Sport car.

Kamui Kobayashi says he was “quite disappointed” not to break his own track record during qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Thursday night despite securing pole position for Toyota.

Toyota has confirmed it will continue to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship upon the introduction of the new Hypercar-based top class in the 2020-21 season.

Aston Martin president and group CEO Andy Palmer says the future direction of the Hypercar class at Le Mans looked “50-50” as recently as two weeks ago before agreements were struck ahead of their announcement.