Le Mans

The car was testing at Sebring

It took Porsche a year, but it finally has revealed the first images of the 991-chassis 911 RSR. The car was testing at Sebring International Raceway in Florida with other GTE cars. Its race debut is still a few months away on April 14 at the firs...

Changes made to monocoque and for better reliability

Toyota has taken the subtle route for its upgrades to the 2013 TS030 Hybrid prototype, but it says that it is already working on an entirely new car for the 2014 season. The TS030 was a major surprise last year. No one expected it to be so com...

Taking over for M3 GTE in the ALMS

BMW unveiled its new Z4 GTE at Daytona International Speedway. The car will be campaigned by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the American Le Mans Series, and for this year at least, the car will only be raced in North America. The Z4 GTE will re...

Eleven cars represent the history of the race

A jury comprised of former racers in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, officials from the FIA and Internet voters have voted on eleven cars, one from each decade and one tie, to represent the history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The eleven cars will be on d...

Will have 4 Vantages in two classes at Le Mans

Aston Martin is celebrating 100 years of racing this year, and it is hoping to end the year with a wall full of trophies. Specifically, the team says that it is aiming to win its class in both the World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of L...

New cars coming in GTE-Pro Field

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest recieved 71 applications for 55 spots on the grid for the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans. Among them were brand new entries from Porsche and the SRT Viper. In the top LMP1 class, Toyota and Audi will go head-to-he...

Series will have either four of five classes, depending on final questions

The American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am Series have officially announced their class structure for the 2014 and 2015 seasons today. The series will be made up of four, or possibly five, classes.  The first class will be a unified class b...

It is likely the most written about car ever that only has been raced twice

The Nissan Deltawing raced just twice in 2012 but was perhaps the most written about car of the year. Planning for the project began in 2009, but the final assembly did not come until early 2012. The concept was to see if a car could have similar ...

Video Shows GT3 Racing Around Porsche Test Track

Porsche has just added a video to Youtube showing the testing of the new 991-chassis 911 GT3 Cup car. Just to be clear, this is not the 911 GTE that Porsche announced last week that wil race in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, this is the first h...

Hinting that it will be the car's debut

It has not been a major secret that Porsche had already begun testing a racecar based on its new 991-chassis 911. We saw it testing at Oschersleben in August, but the assumption was that Porsche would wait and homologate the latest GT3 to hav...