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Top 10: Ranking the greatest cars never to win Le Mans

Many great sportscars have won the Le Mans 24 Hours. In fact, victory at the world's most famous endurance event has made the reputation of many fine racers. But there have been some that missed out.

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Friday favourite: The racing friends that unlocked a rare formula

It’s rare that a successful sportscar racing double act spans multiple manufacturers. Once strong foundations are built up, loyalty (and an accompanying pay bonus) typically keeps one or both drivers in the environment where they hit it big. Examples of both parties moving on to the same destination, then recapturing…

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Toyota WEC drivers welcome Le Mans tyre warmer U-turn

It was announced earlier this month by the organisers of the WEC, the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, that the new-for-2023 ban on tyre pre-heating would be temporarily suspended for the centrepiece race at La Sarthe, after a number of accidents in the previous race at Spa prompted…

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Fernando Alonso hints at U-turn on F1 move Max Verstappen has already ruled out

Alonso is a double F1 champion and winner of the Monaco Grand Prix as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but the other most famous race in motorsport has so far eluded him

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Bagnaia suffers partial ankle fracture but set to be fit for Italian MotoGP

The reigning MotoGP world champion clashed with Maverick Vinales in the French GP last Sunday and underwent checks at the medical centre at Le Mans which didn’t detect any injury.

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Bagnaia clarifies "out of context" quotes following Le Mans MotoGP controversy

The world champion was taken out of last weekend's French Grand Prix after an early collision with Maverick Vinales while the pair battled for third place, while moments later at the Dunlop chicane there was a scary crash involving Luca Marini and Alex Marquez.

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Why the slim hope Honda is counting on appears beyond Yamaha

Where once MotoGP’s Japanese powerhouses Honda and Yamaha were the undisputed dominators of the championship, times have shifted and the European onslaught has set in – with Ducati, KTM and Aprilia the benchmarks now.

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Why the slim hope Honda is counting on for MotoGP improvement appears beyond Yamaha

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DENSO and Toyota to hold live special event ahead of centenary Le Mans 24 Hours

This year's running of the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours is just around the corner. This season's race promises to be especially memorable as it marks the 100-year anniversary of the first-ever running of the La Sarthe endurance classic.

Motorsport

MotoGP legend Rossi feels on course for 2024 Le Mans 24 debut

Rossi has revealed that he is targeting competing in the new LMGT3 class at the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship in 2024, which will follow his participation in the Road to Le Mans support race this year.

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MotoGP legend Rossi feels he's on course for 2024 Le Mans 24 debut

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Miller 'kicking himself' after double Le Mans MotoGP DNF

Miller tumbled out of the sprint race at Le Mans last weekend and was fighting for the top six having led briefly in the grand prix when he crashed at Turn 4.

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MotoGP: French GP At Le Mans Sets New Attendance Record

The recently concluded Shark Grand Prix de France has broken the attendance record of any MotoGP race weekend with more than a quarter-million people in attendance.

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Miller’s double Le Mans MotoGP DNF “not good enough”

Miller tumbled out of the sprint race at Le Mans last weekend and was fighting for the top six having led briefly in the grand prix when he crashed at Turn 4.

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Bagnaia admits MotoGP sprints helping his title defence after three DNFs

Bagnaia was wiped out in a collision with Maverick Vinales while the pair battled for third on the fifth lap of last Sunday's grand prix at Le Mans.

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Bagnaia admits MotoGP sprints helping his title defence after three GP non-scores

Bagnaia was wiped out in a collision with Maverick Vinales while the pair battled for third on the fifth lap of last Sunday’s grand prix at Le Mans.

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Martin “studied” Marquez’s sprint battle for their Le Mans MotoGP duel

Martin won the sprint race at Le Mans and went on to finish second in the grand prix on Sunday to register his first main race podium of the season.

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Alex Marquez explains “scary” Marini crash in Le Mans MotoGP race

Marquez was trailing the VR46 duo of Marini and eventual winner Marco Bezzecchi on lap six of Sunday’s 27-lap grand prix at Le Mans.

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10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP French GP

Motorcycle grand prix racing’s 1000th event did not disappoint, as the 2023 MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans delivered plenty of drama.

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Marquez “prefers” to crash fighting for MotoGP podium than “finish in 10th"

The Honda rider qualified on the front row for his comeback weekend at Le Mans and briefly led Sunday’s grand prix.

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Marquez would rather crash fighting for MotoGP podium than "finish in 10th"

The Honda rider qualified on the front row for his comeback weekend at Le Mans and briefly led Sunday’s grand prix.

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Bagnaia “not angry” with Vinales after Le Mans MotoGP clash

Vinales and Bagnaia were battling over third place on the fifth lap of Sunday’s grand prix at Le Mans when the Aprilia rider threw his bike up the inside of Bagnaia at Turn 11.

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Bezzecchi wary of MotoGP title thoughts despite dominant Le Mans win

Bezzecchi dominated Sunday’s Le Mans race on MotoGP's 1000th grand prix weekend after he grabbed the lead on lap 11 of 27 and took the chequered flag 4.2 seconds clear of the field.

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MotoGP French GP: Bezzecchi wins crash-filled 1000th GP, Bagnaia taken out

MotoGP celebrated its 1000th grand prix event with a chaotic 27-lap race on Sunday at Le Mans where only 13 riders finished as the likes of Bagnaia, Maverick Vinales and Marc Marquez all crashed out.

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Le Mans sets MotoGP attendance record at 1000th grand prix

This weekend’s French GP, which is the fifth round of the 2023 season, marks the 1000th grand prix event in the world championship’s history dating back to 1949.

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