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How Le Mans is using grape residues and hydrogen to drive a sustainable future

Motorsport – and Le Mans in particular – has long been a pioneering proving ground for new technologies. However, as the world zeroes in on net zero goals, reducing carbon emissions in such a high-performance environment for such a long period of time is a major challenge.

Motorsport

Yamaha’s once leading light fighting for his MotoGP future

I wouldn’t say there are any rude riders in the MotoGP paddock. But there are definitely those who treat media duties as part of the job description. Franco Morbidelli is always the opposite. As he rocks up to the Yamaha hospitality at Le Mans, Morbidelli is keen to chat about…

Autosport

Catsburg: "Expectations even higher" to end Corvette's Le Mans win drought

The American brand last secured a class success at La Sarthe in 2015, despite coming close in several editions since then - including having two cars in GTE Pro victory contention last year before neither eventually finished.

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Kobayashi to make NASCAR Cup debut with 23XI Racing at Indy road course

In a press conference at Le Mans prior to first practice on Wednesday, Toyota Racing Development president David Wilson revealed that Kobayashi will campaign the #67 Toyota Camry previously raced by Travis Pastrana to an 11th place finish at the Daytona 500 on 13 August.

Autosport

Ferrari still behind Toyota going to Le Mans, reckons Giovinazzi

The Italian driver made the remarks despite setting the pace in last Sunday’s official test day at the wheel of the #51 499P Le Mans Hypercar he shares with Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado for the World Endurance Championship blue riband.

Motorsport

Toyota "suffering a lot" for top speed at Le Mans after BoP hit

As part of a sudden and unexpected change in Balance of Performance for the centenary edition of the French endurance classic, the minimum weight of the two Toyota GR010 Hybrids has been raised by 37kg, the highest increase for any car in the Hypercar class.

Motorsport

Toyota blasts “Americanisation” of Le Mans with new safety car rules

Instead of neutralising the race with the use of three safety cars, as has been the case in the World Endurance Championship’s blue riband event in recent years, a new procedure has been introduced this year that will see the whole field packed up behind a single safety car prior…

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Watch And Listen As NASCAR Chevy Camaro Brutalizes Ear Drums At Le Mans

It's this year's Garage 56 entry and yes, it will be running at the iconic race.

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NASCAR Garage 56 entry wins Le Mans GTE pit stop challenge

Garage 56 is the entry that the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) sets aside for the “technology of tomorrow and beyond” of innovative machinery.

Motorsport

What Ducati is doing to change modern motorcycling's history

At the French Grand Prix last month, over 278,000 spectators attended the extraordinary Le Mans. Moreover, it confirmed Ducati's dominance in the world of two-wheeled racing.

Autosport

Le Mans BoP changes imposed without manufacturer agreement

The rulemakers revealed their intent to revise the BoP for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship to the manufacturers on Wednesday, Motorsport.com has learned, just four days before the cars are due on track for the official Le Mans test day on Sunday.

Motorsport

The FIA, ACO imposed Hypercar BoP for Le Mans without manufacturer agreement

They revealed their intent to revise the BoP for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship to the manufacturers on Wednesday, Autosport has learned, just four days before the cars are due on track for the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday.

Autosport

Wholescale revisions for Le Mans Hypercar Balance of Performance

Toyota, Ferrari, Cadillac and Porsche have all had their minimum weights raised for the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship on 10/11 June.

Motorsport

F1 champion lashes out after losing race seat while off duty for birth of baby daughter

1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve returned to top-tier motorsport this year by joining the World Endurance Championship, but has quit after being dropped for the Le Mans event

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Hypercar BoP undergoes wholescale revisions for Le Mans

Toyota, Ferrari, Cadillac and Porsche have all had their minimum weights raised for the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship on 10/11 June.

Autosport

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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Le Mans: Where to eat, drink, shop, and stay in the motorsport capital of France

With its movie-inspiring medieval architecture, vibrant street art and verdant parks, there’s more to Le Mans than its motorsports legacy, says Zoe Smith

Autosport

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…

Autosport

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…

Daily Mirror

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

Motorsport

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.

Motorsport

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.

Motorsport

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.

Autosport

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

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