WEC
-
Le Mans: Porsche and Toyota secure leads
The 86th running of the world’s most famous endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, began today under overcast skies. Toyota and Porsche started the race from pole in LMP1 and GTE Pro respectively and have retained their leads through to the six-hour stage. Toyota made a break from the remainder of the field…
-
ACO unveil new ruleset for top-class prototypes
In its annual press conference on the eve of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the ACO today announced the future direction for the regulations governing the LMP1 category. The much-vaunted 2020 regulations, which have yet to be named, are based on a “supercar / hypercar” concept and looks to create a “remarkable, affordable and…
-
Le Mans: Toyota #8 on pole for the 24 Hours
The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid of Sébastien Buemi, Fernando Alonso and Kazuki Nakajima will start the 86th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans from pole. The #8 machine secured top spot in Thursday evening’s third qualifying session after a superb lap of 3:15.377 posted by Kazuki Nakajima at the beginning of the session.…
-
24h Le Mans – Draw this Race
Managing to stay awake for 24 hours is a constant battle against tiredness. But sometimes it’s at such times of fatigue that the best ideas come to mind. In honour of the 86th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, we have joined together with Stefan Waldherr to organise a special Draw this Race…
-
Le Mans: Toyota secure provisional pole in Q1
The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid was quickest in the first qualifying session for the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. Swiss driver Sébastien Buemi set the fastest lap time in Q1, 3:17.270, in the early stages of the two-hour session. Buemi’s time was just one tenth of a second faster than the fastest time set…
-
LMP1 Preview: Toyota odds on, but danger lurks
The LMP1 category at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans offers the largest field of top-class prototypes seen at La Sarthe since 2014 with ten cars in total. We have taken a look at the runners and riders in this year’s battle for outright honours at Le Mans. Toyota Gazoo Racing (Toyota TS050 Hybrid)…
-
Le Mans: Images from Scrutineering Day 2
Scrutineering began on Sunday with the first half of the Le Mans field undergoing the required technical checks and approvals in front of packed crowds in the centre of Le Mans. Monday saw the remainder of the cars and drivers pass through the various scrutineering tents. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t too kind and the event…
-
Le Mans: Watch scrutineering live
The ACO is broadcasting the scrutineering process for the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans live on YouTube. Watch below to catch interviews with the drivers and teams as they go through the standard race checks.
-
Le Mans: First images from scrutineering
The Le Mans week officially began on Sunday with the start of the scrutineering event in Le Mans city centre. A total of 60 drivers and 22 cars gathered at the Place de la République to run through the official checks before race action begins on Wednesday. We have put together some images from Sunday’s…