Le Mans
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Ford announces 2016 WEC programme
It has been perhaps the worst-kept secret of this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. But now Ford has finally confirmed its factory-entered GTE programme, which will see Ford’s flagship supercar take to the racetrack in both the World Endurance Championship and the Tudor United Sportscar Championship. The world’s media gathered at the Circuit de la…
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Porsche tops the timesheets in first practice
The 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans finally kicked off today as the 56 starters rolled out for the first practice session of the weekend. The weather over the course of the four-hour session was any motor racing team’s nightmare, with spells of rain hitting different parts of the circuit intermittently. In contrast to previous…
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2015: Resources Page
Circuit Name: Circuit de la Sarthe Opened: 1923 Country: France Length: 13,629 km Corners: 21 Watch Allan McNish’s famous Le Mans track guide here. Timetable (all times CEST) Date Session Start time End time Wednesday 10th June Free Practice 1 16:00 20:00 Wednesday 10th June Qualifying 1 22:00 0:00 Thursday 11th June Qualifying 2…
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2015: LMP1 Preview
This season’s 24 Hours of Le Mans promises to deliver one of the greatest races ever since at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Four separate manufacturers with two- and even three-car teams is almost unheard of the modern Le Mans era; add two newly engined Rebellion AERs and the ByKolles cars into mix and we…
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Toyota: 29 years and no Le Mans victory
After a disappointing start to the 2015 WEC season, Toyota is still looking to record its first success of the year. The team will be giving everything to stand on the top step of the podium this weekend. But to do so they will have to break a Le Mans curse that goes back almost…
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The 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans
In the run-up to Le Mans, we at wec-magazin.com are taking a look back at the great tradition and character of the great 24-hour race. In this article, we turn to the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans – one race that may still be fresh in most fans’ memories, but which delivered an unrivalled…
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Kristensen returns to Le Mans
For a racing driver it’s always difficult to finally hang up the helmet and turn to new challenges. After such an illustrious career and an incredible nine victories at Le Mans, for Tom Kristensen this task must have been all the more difficult. Last season Kristensen announced his retirement from racing, but this year Mr…
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Porsche confirm pace in afternoon session
After the lunch break the teams and drivers set back out on track at a wet circuit at Le Mans for the afternoon test session. Porsche once again set the pace and confirmed that records will be beaten in this years 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Porsche once again topped the…