Three-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and 2013 World Endurance Championship winner Allan McNish has announced his retirement from racing. 

"You have to get out at some point and everything lined up to make this an extremely good time to do it. Everything has fallen into place,” said McNish.

"I have won pretty much everything I wanted to and I ticked the last box with the world championship. It is good to do it now with the change over to the new car and new rules, which would have required a big commitment."

McNish has not said what he will do next. When not racing last season, he did several Formula One commentaries for Radio 5 Live in the UK. He is also coaching young British driver Harry Tincknell who races in Formula 3.

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Sport racing team over the course of his career. He had his first major success in 1998 when he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche GT1Porsche 911 GT1Germany, 1996 > present1 photo
. He moved to Audi in 2000 and won the American Le Mans Series championship for the team. He did one year in Formula One in 2002 for the ToyotaToyota TF102Japan, 2002 > present1 photo
team, and with no finishes in the top ten and multiple retirements, he returned to prototype racing after one year.

Since then, McNish has been a staple of the Audi Sport team in prototype racing and scored eight podium finishes for the team, including two overall wins for Audi.

"As a racing driver you never say never, but I am hanging up my helmet as far as anything serious goes. Perhaps I could do the Daytona 24 Hours in the future…but I will not be committing to a full championship again,” he said.

Source: Autosport