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This is one of the big ones. Many drivers have made their names in the Le Mans 24 Hours and some are synonymous with the event.

The unmistakable rumble of the Sauber-Mercedes C9’s V8 was the soundtrack to a breakout year in Kenneth Acheson’s racing career. Two wins in the 1989 World Sports Prototype Championship and second at the Le Mans 24 Hours marked a remarkable return to the international racing scene for the Ulsterman, who…

Paris (AFP) - The Le Mans 24 Hours celebrates its centenary on Friday - the mythic race's history marked by triumph and tragedy, and a hefty sprinkling of Hollywood stardust.

Unsurprisingly for a test of endurance that has been around for nearly a century, the Le Mans 24 Hours has had many heartbreaking late-race retirements. Given the amount of effort - physical and mental - that goes into the event, any failure to finish is felt keenly, but some really…

I'm not sure I’ve ever headed to the Le Mans 24 Hours hoping for high temperatures and sunny weather. I’m no sun worshipper, and too much heat doesn’t make life any easier for a pasty-faced Englishman over the busiest week of my year. But this time I’m praying that the…

There aren't too many 97-year olds that retain a capacity for constant reinvention to keep up with the times. But the Le Mans 24 Hours is a great exception to that norm and organising body the Automobile Club de l'Ouest has proven time and again over the years that it…

Audi didn’t have to look very far when it came to finding a race team for its debut at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1999. Joest Racing would have been top of anyone’s list after back-to-back victories in the French enduro in 1996 and ’97. But how it came…

What a story it would be if the Le Mans 24 Hours produced a grandstand finish — perhaps the closest ever in its history — in this the centenary year for the French enduro. I reckon there’s a decent chance of its happening as the clock strikes four on 11…

It feels fitting that one three-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours with Porsche should choose another as his all-time favourite team-mate, although Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert only won it together once.