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Le Mans 24h, Hour 1: Ferrari, Porsche locked in tight battle at the start

Nielsen was running fractionally ahead of the #6 Porsche of Laurens Vanthoor after one hour of racing, but must serve a 10-second penalty at his next pitstop for an unsafe release.

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Le Mans 24h, H1: Ferrari, Porsche locked in tight battle at the start

Nielsen was running fractionally ahead of the #6 Porsche of Laurens Vanthoor after one hour of racing, but must serve a 10-second penalty at his next pitstop for an unsafe release.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Kubica tops warm-up, Toyota's De Vries crashes

As most teams elected to give drivers pitstop practice in live conditions, only 12 of the 23 Hypercar entries set a time during the short 15-minute session that precedes the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event, with Kubica heading a Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar 1-2 in his customer #83 AF…

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Kubica tops warm-up, De Vries Toyota crashes

As most teams elected to give drivers pitstop practice in live conditions, only 12 of the 23 Hypercar entries set a time during the short 15-minute session that precedes the World Endurance Championship’s blue riband event, with Kubica heading a Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar 1-2 in his customer #83…

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Estre's "exceptional" pole lap "not 100% representative" of Porsche Le Mans pace

The Porsche Penske factory team barely got one 963 into Hyperpole with an initial eighth time in the first qualifying session for Estre, before the #7 Toyota lost its laps due to causing a red flag, promoting Jota's #12 Porsche into the top eight.

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Jota completes Le Mans airfield shakedown of rebuilt Porsche

The #12 Jota entry was put through its paces on the Le Mans-Arnage Airport adjacent to the track on Friday evening by Callum Ilott, who crashed the car in second free practice for the centrepiece World Endurance Championship round on Wednesday night.

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Confirmed: Audi Q6 E-Tron Sportback And RS Q6 E-Tron Coming Next Year

Audi also said that a PPE-platform-based A6 is also in the works.

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Who are the former F1 drivers set to take part in the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours?

The Le Mans 24 Hours entry list has been announced and features a number of former F1 drivers, with 18 of the 186 drivers having previously competed in a Formula 1 grand prix.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: What's changed for WEC's main event in 2024?

The world’s most prestigious endurance race is back as this weekend drivers will tackle Circuit de la Sarthe for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Ferrari are the defending champions having won the race’s centenary edition in 2023, which was its first overall victory at Le Mans since 1965. But the…

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Full starting grid

The #6 Porsche will line up on pole position after Kevin Estre topped Thursday's Hyperpole session, with the #3 Cadillac that was qualified by Sebastien Bourdais completing the front row.

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2024 Le Mans 24 Hours: Full starting grid

The #6 Porsche will line up on pole position after Kevin Estre topped Thursday's Hyperpole session, with the #3 Cadillac that was qualified by Sebastien Bourdais completing the front row.

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Porsche: Winning Le Mans and Daytona in same year would be "amazing"

The factory Penske squad is heading to this week's blue riband round of the World Endurance Championship at Circuit de la Sarthe with an eye on the top prize, as it aims to expand on the success it has enjoyed so far in 2024.

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‘F1 was forever ago, a different life’: Jenson Button relishing Le Mans bid

Former F1 champion says he is ‘racing for fun’ these days and is tackling the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend

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Friday favourite: The Can-Am beast that put F1 cars in its shadow

There were times during the 1960s and 1970s when Formula 1 cars weren’t always the fastest cars in the world around a road course. Big-banger sportscars sometimes grabbed that accolade and few provided bigger bangs than the machines of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Toyota edges Ferrari in final night practice

Hartley clocked a best time of 3m29.451s in his #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar after 20 minutes of the hour-long session, and remained at the head of the leaderboard as rain began to fall at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Porsche snatches pole from Cadillac with last-gasp effort

Estre was the last Hypercar runner to cross the chequered flag and clocked a time of 3m24.634s in the #6 factory Porsche Penske 963, overhauling the #2 Cadillac of Alex Lynn and the sister #3 car that had led for the majority of the 30 minute session in the hands…

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Six Electric Sedans Were Driven Until They Died. The Results Are Fascinating

CarWow tested BYD, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Polestar and Tesla EVs. One had the best range.

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Le Mans 24 Hours Hyperpole session delayed due to barrier repair

The pole shootout for the fourth round of the 2024 World Endurance Championship did not begin as scheduled at 8pm local time, with the race control subsequently communicating 8:30pm as the new start time.

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Le Mans 24 Hours Hyperpole qualifying delayed due to barrier repair

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Ferrari leads Porsche, BMW in tight FP3

With Hyperpole the only pure-performance exercise still coming up – and involving just 24 of the 62 entries – everyone focused on race preparation with long runs during the three-hour Thursday afternoon session.

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Jota, Wayne Taylor teams favourites for Cadillac switch in WEC, IMSA

Jota and WTR are looking increasingly certain to move over from Porsche and Acura respectively to replace Chip Ganassi Racing in the General Motors brand’s roster of teams.

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Jota facing "fastest ever" Porsche rebuild after Le Mans FP2 crash

Team principal Sam Hignett has revealed that the quickest Jota has built up a 963 since starting racing the Porsche in the middle of last year is three weeks.

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Jota in race against time for record Porsche rebuild after Le Mans FP2 crash

Team principal Sam Hignett has revealed that the quickest Jota has built up a 963 since starting racing the Porsche in the middle of last year is three weeks.

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Palou: Top speed weakness could hinder Cadillac at Le Mans

Two-time IndyCar champion Palou made the comment after two of three factory Cadillac V.Series.R LMDh cars progressed into hyperpole, but were the slowest in a straightline in Wednesday’s first qualifying at the Circuit de la Sarthe.

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Liberty Global gains controlling stake in Formula E

The telecommunications business will see its ownership share of Formula E increase to 65%, and therefore become the controlling shareholder in the series, with the remaining 35% made up of minority shareholders. Liberty Global, which initially invested in Formula E 10 years ago, will acquire the shares from Warner Bros…

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