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McLaren To Showcase Iconic F1 Supercars at Goodwood
McLaren To Showcase Iconic F1 Supercars at Goodwood

19 Jun 2013, 12:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / British sportscar manufacturer McLaren has announced a “priceless display” of F1 vehicles at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. Three examples of the company’s iconic...

 
Aston Martin Unveils Fan-Designed Le Mans Race Car
Aston Martin Unveils Fan-Designed Le Mans Race Car

19 Jun 2013, 09:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Aston Martin Racing and Gulf have unveiled the Vantage GTE race car that will compete in this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans sporting a fan-designed livery. The winning design, “inspired ...

 
Toyota Ready for 2013 Le Mans with Upgraded Hybrids
Toyota Ready for 2013 Le Mans with Upgraded Hybrids

17 Jun 2013, 15:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Toyota is ready for yet another 24 Hours of Le Mans challenge a year after making its debut in the world’s most famous endurance motorsport event. Having prepared two upg...

 
Toyota Is Ready for Le Mans
Toyota Is Ready for Le Mans

17 Jun 2013, 13:10 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A year after its debut, Toyota is ready to attend the 90th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours, which will take place on the Circuit de la Sarthe in France between 22-23rd of June. Toyota Racing has ...

 
Porsche LMP1 Prototype Emerges for Testing Ahead of 2014 Le Mans Debut
Porsche LMP1 Prototype Emerges for Testing Ahead of 2014 Le Mans Debut

12 Jun 2013, 13:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This is Porsche's first competitor for Le Mans glory in 16 years, a new LMP1 class prototype which has just been rolled on the German manufacturer's Weissach test track. Much is expecte...

 
Caterham Preparing for 24 Hours of Le Mans Debut
Caterham Preparing for 24 Hours of Le Mans Debut

3 Jun 2013, 14:27 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / British sportscar manufacturer Caterham will make its debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year. Using the Caterham Motorsport banner, the Surrey-based company will enter a Zytek Z11SN-Nissan vehic...

 
Classic Ferrari Racer Auctioned for $12.7 Million
Classic Ferrari Racer Auctioned for $12.7 Million

30 May 2013, 08:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Classic Ferraris are like wine. They become increasingly popular and more expensive with time. And that’s why we’re not at all surprised that a 1953 Maranello-developed race car sold for...

 
SRT Viper Ready for Le Mans Comeback
SRT Viper Ready for Le Mans Comeback

22 May 2013, 09:49 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / As we told you back in February, SRT will make a comeback to the famed 24 Hours of Le Mans event with their new Viper starting this year. Already sitting on three consecutive GTS class wins in Franc...

 
Aston Martin Reveals Radical CC100 Speedster Concept
Aston Martin Reveals Radical CC100 Speedster Concept

20 May 2013, 07:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Aston Martin has been bragging around with a centennial concept for quite a while, and we’ve been waiting for their new vehicle with great interest. Dubbed CC100 Speedster, the concept is fina...

 
Nissan Reveals Le Mans Nismo Driver Lineup
Nissan Reveals Le Mans Nismo Driver Lineup

10 May 2013, 12:01 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Nissan has announced the driver lineup that will be racing a Greaves Motorsport Zytek-Nissan in the LMP2 class of this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. According to the company’s press rel...

 
Nissan Working on Hybrid Race Car
Nissan Working on Hybrid Race Car

10 May 2013, 11:38 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Japanese automaker Nissan is reportedly working on a hybrid race car that will be entered in next year’s famed 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. According to Autocar, the new vehicle will...

 
Bentley Announces Le Mans Limited Editions for Continental, Mulsanne
Bentley Announces Le Mans Limited Editions for Continental, Mulsanne

10 May 2013, 07:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / British automaker Bentley has announced the introduction of six “Le Mans” limited edition packages for the Continental and Mulsanne models. Developed to celebrate the 90th anniversary...

 
2013 MotoGP: Iannone's Surgery Went OK, Good Prospects for Le Mans
2013 MotoGP: Iannone's Surgery Went OK, Good Prospects for Le Mans

8 May 2013, 12:47 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Andrea Iannone's surgery went alright and now he's recovering for the next MotoGP round in France, at Le Mans, in less than two weeks' time. Iannone flew to Barcelona, Spain, after...

 
SRT Launches 2013 Viper GTS-R ALMS Web Series
SRT Launches 2013 Viper GTS-R ALMS Web Series

8 May 2013, 12:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler’s SRT performance group will be documenting its first full season with the 2013 Viper GTS-R in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) with a new behind-the-scenes web series. Called &l...

 
Audi R18 Long-Tail Spotted “Flying” at Monza
Audi R18 Long-Tail Spotted “Flying” at Monza

2 May 2013, 15:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / About a week ago we were telling you about Audi testing a new, longer version of their R18 e-tron quattro hybrid race car ahead of this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans race. With just a few day...

 
Audi to Introduce Long-Tail R18
Audi to Introduce Long-Tail R18

25 Apr 2013, 13:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Audi Motorsport has announced the introduction of a new long-tail version of their Le Mans-winning R18 hybrid race car at round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship set to take place at Spa. ...

 
Le Mans Track Replica Built in Minecraft
Le Mans Track Replica Built in Minecraft

23 Apr 2013, 16:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Gentlemen, geeks, car nerds, gather round for the story of the day. As you all know, playing with legos, building model cars or actually going to the park to ride a bicycle has long been obsolete wi...

 
Unique 1965 Healey Race Car to be Auctioned by COYS
Unique 1965 Healey Race Car to be Auctioned by COYS

19 Apr 2013, 10:07 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A 1965-built Healey prototype which was raced at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans will go under the hammer at COYS’ Ascot Auction on April 27. Also driven at the 1966 Sebring race and later in ...

 
Watch a Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans Winner Do a Burnout
Watch a Bentley Speed 8 Le Mans Winner Do a Burnout

21 Mar 2013, 12:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Turning racing rubber into smoke via burnouts isn’t the kind of activity that you’ll see during a Le Mans race, but this is exactly what we’re going to watch today. The clip above ...

 
Alpine Returns to Le Mans, Teases LMP2 Prototype
Alpine Returns to Le Mans, Teases LMP2 Prototype

8 Mar 2013, 15:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Renault's Alpine brand has announced its comeback to endurance racing after 35 years with a Le Mans 24 Hours race LMP2 prototype teaser. With the production model set to debut in 2016, Alpin...