Racing Team Turkey by TF has lost its place at the top of the LMGT3 order after its Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R failed post-qualifying scrutineering at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Peter Dempsey had originally delivered the fastest LMGT3 lap in first qualifying, setting a 3:55.744 in the No. 34 Corvette. His effort placed…
Kamui Kobayashi left it late to put Toyota at the head of the timesheets in the second free practice session for the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans, as teams completed their first major running under the cover of darkness at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The Japanese driver, one of Le Mans’ most accomplished…
Alpine stole the headlines in Qualifying for the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans, as Ferdinand Habsburg placed the #35 Alpine Endurance Team A424 at the top of the Hypercar order. The Austrian delivered a 3:23.135 around the Circuit de la Sarthe, edging Louis Delétraz in the #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA entry by just…
Doriane Pin continued her impressive Le Mans week by topping LMP2 Qualifying for Duqueine Team, while Peter Dempsey placed Racing Team Turkey by TF at the head of the LMGT3 order. The two classes opened Wednesday evening’s Qualifying action at the Circuit de la Sarthe, with the fastest 15 cars in each category securing places…
Qualifying for the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans will take on a revised structure, with a broader Hyperpole field, a two-stage knockout format, and a greater emphasis on the strength of the full driver crew. The basic objective remains unchanged: Qualifying determines the starting grid for the 24-hour race. However, the route to pole…
Cadillac made the strongest possible start to official running for the 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans, as Earl Bamber placed the #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA entry at the top of the Hypercar order in FP1. The three-hour session at the Circuit de la Sarthe opened Wednesday’s track action for the 94th running of…
Balance of Performance, widely known as BoP, has become one of the most important systems in modern endurance racing. It shapes how the FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans manage competition between cars with different designs, engines, aerodynamics and technical philosophies. In simple terms, BoP uses technical adjustments to keep…
The Circuit de la Sarthe stands as one of motorsport’s greatest challenges. Each year, it turns the 24 Hours of Le Mans into a test of speed, precision, endurance and survival. The current 24-hour layout measures 13.626km, making it one of the longest circuits in world motorsport. It combines permanent racing sections with public roads…
The 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans will bring together a 62-car field across three classes: Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGT3. The provisional entry list features 18 Hypercars, 19 LMP2 prototypes and 25 LMGT3 cars, with six further cars named on the reserve list. That mix gives the 94th running of the French endurance classic a…
Aston Martin and The Heart of Racing arrive at the 2026 edition 24 Hours of Le Mans with renewed momentum after delivering their strongest FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) result to date. Tom Gamble and Harry Tincknell took the #007 Aston Martin Valkyrie to fourth place at the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, finishing just…
