Le Mans News

Anthony Davidson has been dropped by Toyota from its full-season line-up in the FIA World Endurance Championship, making way for Formula 1 star Fernando Alonso.

Fernando Alonso believes he has a "50/50" chance of appearing at this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans as he looks to further his bid to complete the 'triple crown of motorsport'.

Ginetta has revealed its initial shakedown running of its new LMP1 challenger as it steps up preparations for the 2018-19 World Endurance Championship.

Former Caterham and Sauber F1 driver Giedo van der Garde has secured a full World Endurance Championship 2018-19 campaign with LMP2 challengers Racing Team Nederland.

A year on two fronts beckons for Fernando Alonso as he looks to balance WEC duties with his F1 commitments.

Five-time rally world champion Sebastien Ogier says he will keep racing once his time in the World Rally Championship comes to an end, setting his sights on a future entry to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Brendon Hartley doubts he would have got a second chance to reach Formula 1 with Toro Rosso had it not been for his dramatic victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Porsche in June.

Fernando Alonso remained coy on his chances of making his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans next June with Toyota following a report that a deal has been signed and he will test the Japanese manufacturer's LMP1 car in Bahrain next week.

The FIA has updated its Super Licence points reward system for 2018, placing a greater focus on Formula 2 as the final step towards reaching Formula 1.

TDS Racing's Matthieu Vaxiviere apologises to his fans and to Pierre Kaffer for causing the latter's hefty crash during the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

A bizarre and unfortunate moment of confusion led to the #7 Toyota retiring from the lead, it has been revealed.

Jackie Chan's DC Racing team just misses out on a shock Le Mans 24 Hours win but podium still marks a historic moment for Chinese motorosport.

The crazy 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans takes another twist as Rebellion Racing's #31 car is disqualified.

The #2 Porsche has climbed on to the lead lap after passing the leading #38 Jackie Chan DC Oreca with two hours to go.

The new leader is LMP2's #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing Oreca as the #1 Porsche is forced into retirement with an oil pressure problem.

Problems for the second place #31 Vaillante Rebellion Racing lift the #38 Jackie Chan DC Racing car into podium contention.

Sebastien Buemi has wrestled the lead for the #8 Toyota from its sister #7 driven by pole-sitter Mike Conway.

The #7 and #9 Toyotas retire within minutes of each other, all but ending the manufacturer's hopes of an elusive Le Mans win.

Kamui Kobayashi has set a new lap record during qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours in the #7 Toyota Gazoo TS050 Hybrid of 3m 14.791s.

Rubens Barrichello is hitting higher speeds in his LMP2 Dallara than he managed in his final year of F1... but it isn't necessarily a good thing.

Porsche LMP team principal Andreas Seidl says the option of returning to a three LMP1 car attack for Le Mans was declined due to budget issues.

Neel Jani has stormed to the top of times in the final five minutes of the sole Le Mans 24 Hours free practice session.

The FIA and ACO reveal the teams it has selected to compete in the 2017 Le Mans 24 Hours and the 2017 World Endurance Championship.

A turbocharger issue is revealed as the reason for Toyota's agonising retirement in the Le Mans 24 Hours.