On top speed, Le Mans cars can exceed 340 km/h (211 mph) on the long Mulsanne Straight at Circuit de la Sarthe. F1 cars reach similar or higher speeds of around 370 km/h (230 mph) at high-speed ...

Joining them was Audi, making its debut at the race with four cars: two R8R open-air prototypes run by Team Joest, which had won Le Mans twice in the 1980s running the New Man-sponsored Porsche 956s.

Hydrogen-Powered Le Mans Cars Are COVID-19’s Latest Victim The new hydrogen class of cars set to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans have been delayed until 2026 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This has happened before The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the world's oldest motor races, and it's a strenuous test for both people and machines. Over the years, Le Mans has attracted more than a ...

The 21 cars that will contest it are actually built to two separate rulebooks. One, called LMH (for Le Mans Hypercar), was written by the organizers of Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship.

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But Duff wanted to do it again, and he asked Walter Owen Bentley himself to set up the car for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where factory test driver Frank Clement joined Duff. The duo finished fourth ...

With 10 hours and 36 minutes remaining in the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans early Sunday morning, the three safety cars were running low on fuel. They had already been shepherding racers around the 13. ...