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The news which some fans may have been waiting for has appeared in the Le Mans local news paper today. The Le Maine Libre is reporting that Audi will return to Le Mans with a hydrogen powered car. The article says that Audi is secretly working on a hydrogen-powered racing car project to enter the 24 Hours of Le Mans by 2024. Like Formula E, which allows electric car manufacturers to compete on the track as well as on the road, the Le Mans 24 Hours of Le Mans should become th

The American team Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus have announced their intention to enter the 2020/21 Le Mans 24 with their SCG 007 Hypercar in the new "LMP1" class. The team intend to build 2 racing versions of the car, these will be funded by the sale of 25 road going versions, the muted price tag of the road cars will be in the $1m range. Both race cars will be run equally as a factory effort and will be entered into the FIA World Endurance Championship. Powered by a US built

So the 86th running of the Le Mans 24 hours is over and we think the dust has settled on this, the first of two visits to Le Mans during this FIA World Endurance Championship super season. Way back on the Sunday of scrutineering, as the cars arrived to a wet Place de la Republic, we may have been forgiven for thinking that the result was already known and that Toyota would win the race… but what would be in store for the teams and drivers on their journey to the flag… remembe

In his 4th year at Le Mans, Ben Keating will be driving the number 85 Risi Competizione supported Keating Motorsports Ferrari 488 GTE in the AM class, alongside him in the car will be Jeroen Bleekemolen and Luca Stolz. “It’s interesting as this is my 4th Le Mans, I feel the prior experience (in LMP2) makes a difference as I know where I can make up time and where the Prototype cars will be quicker and like to overtake. Also I find it is easier for me to have confidence on tra

Longtime Le Mans team owner Giuseppe Risi and Ben Keating, both business owners and automotive dealers in the state of Texas with racing connections, partnered for this years’ 24 Hours of Le Mans race, June 16-17. Keating, who was honored with the Bob Akin Award IMSA entry for this year’s 86th running of the historic twice- around-the-clock endurance race will have regular Dutch teammate Jeroen Bleekemolen, and German Le Mans rookie Luca Stolz as co-drivers in the Keating Mot

We took a moment to catch up with Eddie Cheever III as he prepares for his first Le Mans, read on and find out how the driver of the #70 MR Racing is feeling before the big day. First Le Mans, How does it feel? It’s exciting, its going to be a long week, there is so much going on, its good that I have somebody who has so much experience like Olivier in the car and who can talk me through what I have to do during the week. Its very important to get as much adapted as you can,

Rick Mayer, race engineer of the Keating Motorsports/Risi Competizione No. 85 Ferrari 488 GTE-Am team, gives us an updated preview of this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, June 16-17, 2018, following the recent Le Mans Test. Drivers Ben Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, and Luca Stolz all drove the No. 85 Keating Motorsports/Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTE at the recent Le Mans Test and will be the driver line-up for the twice-around-the-clock endurance race. NOTES FROM THE ENGINEER:

As they prepare for race week, Prescott Motorsport grabbed a few minutes ‘in the booth’ with Radio Le Mans John ‘Hindy’ Hindhaugh, Shea Adam and ‘Brilliant Bob’. Hindy came to his first Le Mans in 1989 and has not looked back since! He and his superb team will provide somewhere in the region of 28 hours straight through uninterrupted live coverage of the race, and that doesn’t include practice, qualifying and warm up sessions! We asked what the biggest change was he had seen

United Autosports will contest their second Le Mans 24 Hours next week, as they prepare for the largest endurance race in the world with their pair of Ligier JS P217s. The team’s European Le Mans Series regulars, Phil Hanson and Filipe Albuquerque will be joined in the #22 Ligier by Phil’s IMSA team mate, Paul Di Resta as the trio team up for the first time. This will be the first time Paul has raced at Le Mans. The #32 Ligier will be piloted once again by Will Owen and Hugo

The ultimate fan favourite spotter guide by Andy Blackmore is set to return for 2018 supported by WeatherTech. The Spotter Guide series has become a very successful piece of art and visual aid in motor racing in recent years and is now the largest resource of its kind in the world. During 2014, there was over 100,000 unique downloads of the NISMO Le Mans Spotter Guide. Andy Blackmore is a successful Livery Designer and Automotive Stylists and produces the artwork for the Spo

Clear blue skies greeted the large crowd that flocked to the Circuit de la Sarthe today for the 24 Hours of Le Mans Official Test Day,...

Rick Mayer, race engineer of the Keating Motorsports/Risi Competizione No. 85 Ferrari 488 GTE-Am team, gives us a preview of this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, June 16-17, 2018. Giuseppe Risi and Ben Keating, both business owners and automotive dealers in the state of Texas with racing connections, have joined forces for this years’ 24-hour race at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. Keating, Jeroen Bleekemolen, and Luca Stolz will pilot the Keating Motorsports/Risi Co

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is not far away now and festivities begin this weekend with the Le Mans Test Day at Circuit de la Sarthe. There are two scheduled test sessions for Sunday, one from 9:00am-1:00pm and another from 2:00pm-6:00pm local time. An upper level low pressure system will move off the western coast of Europe, between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Celtic Sea, Saturday night into Sunday. To start test day, winds at the upper levels will be relatively calm and dr

With the final phase of the works at the Porsche Curves complete, there have been many other improvements made by the ACO and the Syndicat Mixte. Two slogans for Ghislain Robert, COA Events and Infrastructure Manager: "Safety and Welcoming the Public". All the work done this year goes in this direction. First of all, with the last phase of the Porsche corner safety work (site started in 2015), under the contract of the Syndicat mixte. A large right turn exit corner was cre

New luxury sports car to be presented for the first time on 15 June 2018, the eve of the legendary 24-hour race – parallel development of the production model and the BMW M8 GTE guarantees inspiring driving dynamics on the road as well. Munich. 24 hours and a great moment: On the eve of the legendary long-distance race at Le Mans, France, BMW will open a new chapter in the brand’s fascinating sports car history. On 15 June 2018, the countdown to the 24-hour Le Mans race will

2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button has been announced as the latest driver to take on the challenge of the FIA World Endurance Championship and top tier sports prototype racing. The British driver will race for the full Super Season (except except for the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2018 which clashes with the second round of the Super GT Series) for SMP Racing in the LMP1 category alongside Mikhail Aleshin and Vitaly Petrov and against a strong field which i

Ginetta G60-LT-P1 customers, CEFC TRSM, have completed their driver line-up for the 2018/19 FIA WEC Super Season with the announcement of Oliver Turvey. Image - Ginetta Oliver is the sixth and final driver to be confirmed for CEFC TRSM’s two-car entry into the 2018/19 FIA WEC Super Season, which gets underway at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium next month. He will join Oliver Rowland and Alex Brundle in car six. Previously announced Charlie Robertson, Leo Roussel and Dean Stonem

If the news coming from Auto Hebdo in France is to be believed then this could be true. The French news agency were reporting that Button is in talks with the SMP Racing Team to drive their BR1 LMP1 prototype at this years race. The 2009 Formula One world champion is rumoured to be in talks to join Mikhail Aleshin and Vitaly Petrov in the #11 car that finished the 30 hour WEC Prologue test earlier this month. This car had the fastest non-hybrid time, and indeed topped the tim

From now until 2020, the Porsche 911 Turbo will be the safety car for the Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC). The all-wheel-drive 911 produces 540 hp (397 kW) and sprints from zero to 100 km/h in 3.0 seconds. Technologically, the safety car corresponds largely to the production vehicle. Only a few race specific modifications were added, such as the light bar on the roof and a radio for contacting the race director, with the brakes and suspension optimised for the r

Now there has been time for the dust to settle, here is our report from the 2018 FIA World Endurance Championship Prologue which was held at the Paul Ricard Circuit, France. In some ways it was like the first day back at school, some new teams joining the World Endurance Championship and old friends meeting up after the break. The same true for the media and FIA staff, greetings were exchanged and hopes for the upcoming season expressed. The mood was relaxed in the pit lan

The FIA WEC Super Season is poised to start and REBELLION Racing has announced its partnership with the iconic British sports car manufacturer TVR. In September 2017, the brand – which is well known for its place in the history books of the 24 Hours of Le Mans – revealed its latest "Griffith" model. It is fitting for the brand to partner and work with REBELLION Racing for its return to Le Mans.   Following its entry in the LMP1 category, REBELLION Racing chose to reveal the

April 1st 2018 Yokohama, Japan: Nissan to return to LMP1 for the FIA World Endurance Championship for the Super Season. In shock news today, Nissan are to return to the LMP1 field for the upcoming Super Season with a shock announcement made today the 1st April 2018.  The sporting director of Nissan commented "we have been working closely with the FIA WEC to ensure our plans were not leaked, but we are now able to announce our return to the LMP1 class" After their unsuccess

A prologue or prolog is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. So our story of the FIA World Endurance Championship, Super Season starts with a Prologue, in the South of France at the Circuit Paul Ricard where the characters of our story will gather together for the first time. © Adrenal Media/FIA WEC Our characters have been working out of s

On April 6, Porsche heads into the new season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with the two-day Prologue on the Circuit Paul Ricard. On the racetrack in the south of France, which opened in 1970, the Porsche GT Team will simulate an entire race weekend with the two 911 RSR in order to tackle the 15-month Super Season perfectly prepared. Porsche’s factory driver Gianmaria Bruni celebrates his comeback to the world’s most important race series for sports cars. Th