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Le Mans celebrates a century of innovation, daring and brilliance at this weekend’s running of the 24 Hour event.s
As modern Hypercars battle to join the greats of decades past, we look back at the moments that made an endurance test into the world’s greatest race, and ahead to who will come out on top in 2023.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dean Smith Well this was going to be a first. I’ve been track testing cars for this title for 28 years and can recall just one occasion on which…
Jota’s Porsche 963 No.38 – Motor Sport’s cover star in June – driven by Jenson Button, Philip Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen bows out of the WEC season at the Bahrain…
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I’m sitting outside a bistro in the warm Paris sunshine, enjoying a pre-lunch aperitif with Henri Pescarolo. Not for nothing is this man known as Monsieur Le Mans. He has…
At TWR USA, we were very sharp by 1990. We had finished first and second at the Daytona 24 Hours that year, thanks to some excellent engineers. In fact we…
Chatter, the clatter of plates and children screaming doesn’t amount to the ideal soundtrack when you’re trying to interview a legend. But that’s the background distraction I faced when I…
Dan Gurney is one of just a handful of drivers whose grand prix careers stretched from the fifties to the seventies. Certainly as far as Formula 1 was concerned, the…
“I drove some bad grand prix cars,” says Martin Brundle, “but I don’t want to waste a whole article talking about the 1987 Zakspeed! Then there was that ’85 Tyrrell-Renault,…
Racing cars returned to lap the full Aintree grand prix circuit in May as enthusiasts marked the 70th anniversary of its opening and the 60th of its final race. A…
Ford v Ferrari: the true story The Ford v Ferrari battle at the Le Mans 24 Hours race of 1966 was a personal feud between Henry Ford II and Enzo…
PHOTOGRAPHY: Dean Smith Well this was going to be a first. I’ve been track testing cars for this title for 28 years and can recall just one occasion on which…
Jota’s Porsche 963 No.38 – Motor Sport’s cover star in June – driven by Jenson Button, Philip Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen bows out of the WEC season at the Bahrain…
Great Read
I’m sitting outside a bistro in the warm Paris sunshine, enjoying a pre-lunch aperitif with Henri Pescarolo. Not for nothing is this man known as Monsieur Le Mans. He has…
At TWR USA, we were very sharp by 1990. We had finished first and second at the Daytona 24 Hours that year, thanks to some excellent engineers. In fact we…
Chatter, the clatter of plates and children screaming doesn’t amount to the ideal soundtrack when you’re trying to interview a legend. But that’s the background distraction I faced when I…
Dan Gurney is one of just a handful of drivers whose grand prix careers stretched from the fifties to the seventies. Certainly as far as Formula 1 was concerned, the…
“I drove some bad grand prix cars,” says Martin Brundle, “but I don’t want to waste a whole article talking about the 1987 Zakspeed! Then there was that ’85 Tyrrell-Renault,…
Racing cars returned to lap the full Aintree grand prix circuit in May as enthusiasts marked the 70th anniversary of its opening and the 60th of its final race. A…
