Le Mans Features

Having just celebrated its 130th Birthday on June 14, British tyre manufacturer Dunlop heads into this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend looking to claim an eighth consecutive victory at the Circuit de la Sarthe. 

Maybe just by writing this headline, fate has been tempted. Maybe we’re set for the same heartache that has burdened Toyota in recent years. Or maybe, this time around, Toyota will finally take its elusive maiden victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

As we near the start of the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans at 3pm on Saturday, the focus of the pre-race coverage has, unsurprisingly, centred on one driver: Fernando Alonso.

Formula 1 drivers have never been strangers to Le Mans but amid the fanfare surrounding Fernando Alonso’s debut at the iconic 24 hour race it appears a number of former famous faces of Grand Prix racing have been pulled to the attraction.

Finally, finally  we can put an end to one of the longest-running and perhaps most predictable stories from the last few months in motorsport.

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Michel Vaillant may not be real but he could win the Le Mans 24 Hours this year...

Last year's heart-breaking end to Toyota's victory charge demonstrates how the magic and passion of Le Mans 24 Hours burns so brightly. Now it is time to return.

Mark Webber is known-best for his F1 exploits, but his racing career could have been very different but for 'that' crash at the 1999 Le Mans 24 Hours...

After Nico Hulkenberg and Nicky Tandy grabbed the headlines as Le Mans winners in 2015, what happened to their unknown co-driver?

Nissan's much anticipated LMP1 debut nears with the Le Mans 24 Hours... but as Max Yamabiko explains, the GT-R LM NISMO remains something of an enigma

On Le Mans weekend, Crash.net's Kate Walker looks back at some all-women teams who made their mark during the 24 Hours...

Fancy being James Bond for a day, and experiencing the ultimate thrill of getting behind the wheel of an Aston Martin and letting rip around one of the UK's premier race circuits? That's what I was asked too. Silly question really...

Ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend in France, the Audi factory drivers talk through a lap of the famous La Sarthe circuit... Frank Biela on the Dunlop corner/chicane:

On Saturday 17 June, Audi will become the first major manufacturer to launch an assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours with a diesel powered car - and Michelin will play an important role in trying to help the R10 follow in the footsteps of the ultra successful R8.

This weekend the eyes of the motorsport world will be firmly fixed on France for the 73rd running of the most famous endurance race of them all - the Le Mans 24 Hours.

As one of the driver for the Tracsport team, Rick Pearson is a regular contributor to Crash.net in the teams monthly 'Tracsport Talkback' column.

Le Mans is right there alongside Monaco, Monza and the Nurburgring as one of the top circuits in motorsport, a venue where drivers dream of racing in one of the most famous races that there is.

The Tracsport team has had an amazing year, jumping from Caterham racing into the thick of the action in the Le Mans Endurance Series.

Last weekend British motor racing fans were treated to the sights and sounds of Le Mans, as the LMES came to Britain.

Bentley boy Mark Blundell finished a fantastic second at the Le Mans 24 Hours two weeks ago, driving the number eight car, with David Brabham and Johnny Herbert, here the Brit reflects on that race, the team's one-two result, thrashing the Audis and much, much more...

Sunday was an historic day for Bentley and Le Mans, as the famous British marque finally retook the 24 Hours title for the first time since 1930, and, although he was not part of the winning crew, honorary Brit David Brabham was able to reflect on the event and what success meant to the team.

After a couple of season's spent campaigning F3000 and GT cars in the Orient, Michael Krumm received the call from Audi Sport to race the creme de la creme of endurance sportscars - the Audi R8 - at the king of enduros - the Le Mans 24 Hours. This is his story....