2012 24 Hours Of Le Mans Preview: Overview
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The 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans remains as true to the original intent of the event as ever.
Toyota Racing returns to the Le Mans 24 Hours next weekend, with the team aiming to show the potential of its TS030 Hybrid car.
As rules in Formula One become more and more restrictive, an increasing number of manufacturers are now electing to race at Le Mans to develop new technologies. Nissan is one of those. This year, the Japanese manufacturer’s engines will power half the field in the increasingly competitive LMP2 class. This year also sees the arrival of the exciting Garage 56 project – the Nissan Deltawing.
Guillaume Moreau has been making progress in hospital following surgery after his accident during the 24 Hours of Le Mans test day last Sunday.
With teams and drivers preparing ahead of the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours organisers have been busy making improvements to the circuit….
Aston Martin Racing have said they were ‘encouraged’ by their pace at the Le Mans Test Day after their two entries posted competitive times in their respective classes.
2011 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Benoît Tréluyer made his return to the Circuit de la Sarthe yesterday as preparation for the 2012 running of the twice around the clock race heated up.
1959 Le Mans winner and former Formula 1 driver Roy Salvadori has passed away at the age of 90.
Corvette Racing finished the Le Mans Test Day in first and fourth in the GTE Pro class after Oliver Gavin managed to put his #74 Compuware Corvette C6.R on top of the time sheets with a 3:58.971.
Audi Sport Team Joest left the Le Mans test day satisfied after setting the fastest time of the day and gaining valuable knowledge about the track and their cars before the 24 Hours of Le Mans later this month (June 16-17).
We’ve just launched our dedicated Le Mans 24 newsletter which will be sent out on a daily basis with a round up…
OAK Racing have released an update on the condition of their driver Guillaume Moreau who suffered injury after a heavy impact at the exit of the “Karting Track” corner towards the end of the morning session of the Le Mans 24 Hours Test Day.
California-based Flying Lizard Motorsport completed a successful run at the official 24 Hours of Le Mans test day. The team used…
The revolutionary Nissan DeltaWing completed its first running on the racing Circuit de la Sarthe in the official 2012 24 Hours…
Toyota Racing's pair of TS030 Hybrid cars moved one step closer to the 24 Hours of Le Mans after successfully participating…
Despite not competing in this year's event, Sébastien Loeb Racing were present at the 24 Hours of Le Mans test day…
JRM Racing marked another milestone on the road to their 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours debut as they competed in the pre-race test with drivers Drivers David Brabham, Peter Dumbreck and Karun Chandhok.
