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The former F1 drivers contesting the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours

The line-up of drivers taking part in the Le Mans 24 Hours has always highlighted the link between Formula 1 and endurance racing.

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Here are all the former F1 drivers on the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours Hypercar grid

Discover the 17 former Formula 1 drivers

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Toyota gets double BoP hit for 2024 WEC opener in Qatar

The Japanese manufacturer’s GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will go into the 2024 season weighing 9kg more and with a maximum power reduction of 4kW or 5.3bhp compared with the post-Le Mans 24 Hours leg of the 2023 campaign.

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Record-breaking nine women to compete in Daytona 24 Hours - who are the drivers?

The Daytona 24 Hours will start on Saturday 27 January 2024 and features a record-breaking nine women on the entry list. The opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship will take place at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida and is one of the most anticipated events on the sports…

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Button felt joining Le Mans NASCAR entry was "mistake", now "loves" it

Button is part of Hendrick Motorsports' all-star line-up for the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 innovative car for this year's 24 Hours, alongside seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and 2010 Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller.

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Button: Joining Le Mans NASCAR entry felt like "mistake" at first

Button is part of Hendrick Motorsports' all-star line-up for the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 innovative car for this year's 24 Hours alongside seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and 2010 Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller.

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Le Mans wants hydrogen-only top class by 2030

ACO president Pierre Fillon stated an intent to progressively introduce the new fuel at the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship between 2026 and the start of the next decade ahead of this weekend’s Fuji 24 Hours in which Toyota is competing with a hydrogen-powered Corolla.

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Top 10 most heartbreaking retirements at the Le Mans 24 Hours

Unsurprisingly for a test of endurance that has been around for nearly a century, the Le Mans 24 Hours has had many heartbreaking late-race retirements. Given the amount of effort - physical and mental - that goes into the event, any failure to finish is felt keenly, but some really…

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Glickenhaus, Vanwall plan additional Le Mans 24 Hours entries

Additional Le Mans 24 Hours entries planned by Glickenhaus and Vanwall look set to make for the biggest grid in the top class at the French enduro since 2010.

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Glickenhaus, Vanwall plan additional entries for Le Mans 24 Hours

Additional Le Mans 24 Hours entries planned by Glickenhaus and Vanwall look set to make for the biggest grid in the top class at the French enduro since 2010.

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Spa 24 Hours moved forward after F1 Belgian GP scheduling clash

The Spa 24 Hours has been moved forward four weeks as a result of Formula 1's Belgian Grand Prix taking the endurance race's traditional slot on the last weekend of July.

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Friday Favourite: A Spa legend's lifelong love affair

As a four-time winner of the Spa 24 Hours, it's perhaps only natural that Thierry Tassin picks the Belgian track as his favourite for Autosport's weekly series. Ahead of this weekend's edition of the classic enduro, he explains his personal connection to the circuit where he made his name

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Friday Favourite: The Le Mans racer that inspired Chandhok's confidence

Sky Formula 1 pundit Karun Chandhok has sampled numerous Formula 1 cars in his career, but instead picks an off-the-shelf sportscar in which he made three Le Mans 24 Hours starts for an Irish underdog team as his favourite in the latest from Autosport's 'My Favourite...' series

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Le Mans test day moved permanently to one week before race

The official test day for the Le Mans 24 Hours will make a permanent move to one week before the blue riband round of the World Endurance Championship next year.

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How dominant Toyotas put on a show to win Le Mans 2022

Toyota scored its fifth win on the trot at the Le Mans 24 Hours, but once again let its two cars battle it out. The #7 entry of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa eventually defeated the rival #8 crew after an intense battle that was only decided by…

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How dominant Toyotas put on a show to win Le Mans 2022

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Top 10 most heartbreaking retirements at the Le Mans 24 Hours

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Cadillac plans multiple cars for Le Mans, one-car attack for WEC

Cadillac is aiming to field multiple entries at the Le Mans 24 Hours next year around a one-car assault on the FIA World Endurance Championship with its new LMDh prototype.

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Cadillac plans multiple cars for Le Mans 24 Hours, one-car attack for WEC

Cadillac is aiming to field multiple entries at the Le Mans 24 Hours next year around a one-car assault on the World Endurance Championship with its new LMDh prototype.

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Magazine: Le Mans 24 Hours preview special

The motorsport world turns its attentions this week to the Le Mans 24 Hours, and our 52-page preview supplement is free with this week’s Autosport magazine, out today (2 June).

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Glickenhaus on Le Mans: "Why shouldn't we believe we can win?"

Glickenhaus is heading into Le Mans 24 Hours week believing it can mount a challenge for race victory in the centrepiece round of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

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Glickenhaus: BoP revisions means underdog has Le Mans win chance

Glickenhaus is heading into Le Mans 24 Hours week believing it can mount a challenge for race victory in the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship.

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Rast: "Unrealistic" to expect LMP2 car to win Le Mans outright

Team WRT LMP2 driver Rene Rast believes it's 'unrealistic' to expect a car from the secondary prototype to contend for outright victory in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours.

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Le Mans secrets with Rene Rast

The Circuit de la Sarthe that plays host to the Le Mans 24 Hours is a high-speed track with several tricky corners, as Team WRT LMP2 driver Rene Rast explains

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Absolute Racing Porsche team makes last-minute Le Mans return

The Absolute Racing Porsche team has been promoted from the reserve list to a slot on the Le Mans 24 Hours grid at the eleventh hour after Hardpoint Motorsport's withdrawal.

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