Le Mans News

Kamui Kobayashi headed up a one-two finish for Toyota Gazoo Racing in practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Wednesday evening at the Circuit de la Sarthe as Fernando Alonso enjoyed his final preparations ahead of qualifying later today.

Sebastien Buemi fears Toyota will have no excuses if it fails to win this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours as the sole LMP1 hybrid manufacturer but is confident his team is fully prepared for the race learning from its previous heartaches.

Fernando Alonso is hoping for some rain to fall during Thursday’s qualifying sessions for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in order to gain experience driving the Toyota LMP1 car in damp conditions ahead of the race.

Fernando Alonso believes it is wrong to think that this weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans will be a two-car battle for victory, billing the race as being better than ever thanks to its deep LMP1 field.

Six-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Jacky Ickx has been appointed the Grand Marshal for this year’s edition of the iconic endurance race set to take place on the 16-17 June.

Juan Pablo Montoya has secured his Le Mans 24 Hours debut with United Autosports to give the Colombian his first sight of claiming the Triple Crown in motorsport.

Fernando Alonso believes he has a "50/50" chance of appearing at this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans as he looks to further his bid to complete the 'triple crown of motorsport'.

TDS Racing's Matthieu Vaxiviere apologises to his fans and to Pierre Kaffer for causing the latter's hefty crash during the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

A bizarre and unfortunate moment of confusion led to the #7 Toyota retiring from the lead, it has been revealed.

The crazy 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans takes another twist as Rebellion Racing's #31 car is disqualified.

Jackie Chan's DC Racing team just misses out on a shock Le Mans 24 Hours win but podium still marks a historic moment for Chinese motorosport.

The #2 Porsche has climbed on to the lead lap after passing the leading #38 Jackie Chan DC Oreca with two hours to go.

The new leader is LMP2's #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca as the #1 Porsche is forced into retirement with an oil pressure problem.

Problems for the second place #31 Vaillante Rebellion Racing lift the #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing car into podium contention.

Sebastien Buemi has wrestled the lead for the #8 Toyota from its sister #7 driven by pole-sitter Mike Conway.

The #7 and #9 Toyotas retire within minutes of each other, all but ending the manufacturer's hopes of an elusive Le Mans win.

Kamui Kobayashi has set a new lap record during qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours in the #7 Toyota Gazoo TS050 Hybrid of 3m 14.791s.

Rubens Barrichello is hitting higher speeds in his LMP2 Dallara than he managed in his final year of F1... but it isn't necessarily a good thing.

Porsche LMP team principal Andreas Seidl says the option of returning to a three LMP1 car attack for Le Mans was declined due to budget issues.

Neel Jani has stormed to the top of times in the final five minutes of the sole Le Mans 24 Hours free practice session.

The FIA and ACO reveal the teams it has selected to compete in the 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours and the 2017 World Endurance Championship.

A turbocharger issue is revealed as the reason for Toyota's agonising retirement in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Toyota's luckless run at the Le Mans 24 Hours continues in cruel circumstances, 18 years after it suffered eerily similar heartbreak in WRC.

Mike Conway says the Toyota Gazoo Racing garage was in tears when it realised its certain chance of a maiden Le Mans victory was crushed.