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  • Luigi and the Lord: Ferrari’s victorious 1949 Le Mans

    Luigi and the Lord: Ferrari’s victorious 1949 Le Mans

    For our series “The Legends of Le Mans,” we look back at “Luigi and the Lord” who helped Ferrari achieve its 1st Le Mans victory.

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  • When Jaguar ruled at Le Mans again

    When Jaguar ruled at Le Mans again

    The late, great Tom Walkinshaw, head of TWR and mastermind of successful touring car and sportscar efforts in the 1980s – including the works Jaguar effort at Le Mans in 1988 – and then multiple world-championship-winning race programmes throughout the 1990s, always said it took three years to win Le Mans. After returning to La […]

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  • Follow the Porsche 919 Hybrid from concept to Le Mans victory

    Follow the Porsche 919 Hybrid from concept to Le Mans victory

    The Porsche 919 Hybrid is the latest car to become infamous due to victory at Le Mans. For a team such as Porsche, renowned for their successes at Le Mans, the team knew what they were embarking on when they green lit the LMP1 project. So the team made a documentary film to show what went […]

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  • Nissan Special: From Confidence to Condolences

    Nissan Special: From Confidence to Condolences

    Nissan were one of the most anticipated aspects of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship. With a radical design and big plans to take Le Mans and the World Championship, it seemed like a slow start would be inevitable, but lead to success in the end. They brought a brave concept to the championship, however we will […]

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  • When Senna did sportscars

    When Senna did sportscars

    Next month, international sports prototype racing returns to Germany. It will be the first time since the beginning of the FIA WEC that the series has raced in Germany, and the first time that LMP1 cars have raced at the Nürburgring since 2009. This year the FIA WEC will race on the  Grand Prix layout […]

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  • Remembering Stefan Bellof

    Remembering Stefan Bellof

    Stefan Bellof was one of sportscar racing and motorsport’s most prodigious talents. He sprung into the limelight on one rainy day in Monaco, and left an indelible mark on sportscar racing with a lap-record 6 minute 11 second lap in a Porsche 962C. With Timo Bernhard set to wear a Stefan Bellof tribute helmet at […]

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