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It was a case of so close, yet ultimately so far for Simon Pagenaud in the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours - the Frenchman's first finish in four starts in the La Sarthe round-the-clock classic - and just 13.8 seconds away from victory...

Nicolas Lapierre admits that even without the team's night-time troubles in the 79th edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours earlier this month, it would have been difficult for Oreca to finish any higher than fifth at La Sarthe

Having again found himself in the fight for victory only to be denied by 'bits-and-bobs' going wrong, Nicolas Minassian reflects that Peugeot will need to up its game to defeat arch-rival Audi at Le Mans in 2012

Former F1 star Olivier Panis has renounced his dream of adding to his Monaco Grand Prix success with glory in the Le Mans 24 Hours after witnessing the terrifying high-speed accidents suffered by Audi rivals McNish and Mike Rockenfeller last weekend

After witnessing two of his team-mates exit contention in terrifying accidents only to go on to triumph himself in company with Andr? Lotterer and Marcel F?ssler, Audi star Beno?t Tr?luyer has confessed that success in the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours somewhat overcame him

As the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours enters its closing stages, drops of rain and Peugeot drivers distinctly unwilling to be lapped have set up the prospect of a grandstand finish at La Sarthe...

Following the terrifying high-speed accident suffered by his Audi team-mate Mike Rockenfeller, Romain Dumas has hit out at the differences in ability between Le Mans' professional drivers and its amateurs

The #3 Peugeot 908 was the first of the Lion's four-strong challenge to depart the fray in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours - and here Pedro Lamy, the driver behind the wheel at the time, muses just what went so badly wrong...

Whilst reflecting that he is 'sorry' if he inadvertently brought an end to the #64 Corvette's race in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours last weekend, Peugeot star Anthony Davidson maintains the whole incident could have been avoided had only Emmanuel Collard given him 'more room'

Oliver Gavin was left fuming after what he described as a risky lapping manoeuvre by the Peugeot of Anthony Davidson abruptly ended Corvette Racing's challenge for GT2 class glory in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours

Le Mans rookie Andy Meyrick offers his thoughts on the build-up to his debut in the world's most famous round-the-clock race - and admits he 'couldn't ask for a better place to be' than Oreca

Benoit Treluyer has admitted that he stood no chance of keeping control of his Pescarolo Sport-entered Peugeot 908 ahead of the high-speed accident at Le Mans which destroyed the car and left the Frenchman lucky to escape injury.

They had always described the programme as a three-year project, and Peugeot have proven to be every bit as good as their word in the 77th edition of the legendary le Mans 24 Hours this weekend - finally bringing to an end Audi's domination of the race dubbed the 'hardest in the world' with a com

Nicolas Minassian has revealed that he is not going to make any predictions about the forthcoming sportscar campaign given what happened to Peugeot in 2008, but he does, he concedes, have one set objective - victory in the race dubbed the hardest in the world to win, the legendary Le Mans 24 Hour

As he prepares to launch a renewed assault on two of sportscar's greatest trophies in 2009 - the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours and the Sebring 12 Hours later this month - Nicolas Minassian has been reflecting on a 2008 campaign during which Peugeot had it all in the palm of their hands...only to throw

He may already be known as a record-breaker, but 'Mr Le Mans' Tom Kristensen has admitted that he is now a rule-breaker too, after claiming that Audi overcame three unwritten rules to triumph in the 76th edition of the round-the-clock French classic this year.

Though he may have finished in the runner-up spot in only his second appearance in the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours, Jacques Villeneuve insisted he was far from satisfied, and has vowed to return to finish the job off.

Frank Biela has admitted he is unsure whether Audi will be quick enough to prevail in the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours for the eighth time in nine years this weekend, confessing that he was 'annoyed' by the speed arch-rivals Peugeot demonstrated in qualifying.

Tom Kristensen insists he is pleased to not be entering the Le Mans 24 Hours as the favourite for once this year, suggesting that by stealing all of the headlines, Peugeot have also taken away from Audi all of the pressure.

by Russell Atkins TO LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW IN FULL: CLICK HERE

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