Le Mans 24 Hours - Class results Full class results from the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours LMP1: 1. Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer\tAudi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-Tron Quattro\t378 laps LMP1 * 2. McNish/Capello/Kristensen\tAudi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-Tron Quattro\t377 laps LMP1 * 3. Ja...
Le Mans 24 Hours - WEC race results Audi take a 1-2 finish while Rebellion round out the podium amongst the World Endurance Championship entrants at Le Mans 1. Lotterer/Fassler/Treluyer\tAudi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-Tron Quattro\t378 laps LMP1 2. McNish/Capello/Kristensen\tAudi S...
Davidson suffers broken back Anthony Davidson breaks his back in Le Mans accident Despite initial reports that he had escaped his huge accident in the Le Mans 24 Hours without injury, Anthony Davidson has confirmed that he suffered a broken back in the shunt that put him out of the race. Davidso...
McNish crashes out of Le Mans lead Allan McNish goes off at the Porsche Curves to lose the lead in the Le Mans 24 Hours Allan McNish has lost the lead in the Le Mans 24 Hours after an astonishing spell where two of the Audis crashed within minutes of each other in the 22nd hour of the Le Mans 24...
Three to one for OAK OAK Racing lose two cars in the Le Mans 24 Hours OAK Racing's hopes of a finish in the Le Mans 24 Hours rest with the team's delayed LMP2 Morgan-Nissan after its LMP1 entry joined the LMP2 Morgan-Judd in retirement on Sunday morning. The car shared by Franck Montag...
Davidson suffers broken back Anthony Davidson breaks his back in Le Mans accident Despite initial reports that he had escaped his huge accident in the Le Mans 24 Hours without injury, Anthony Davidson has confirmed that he suffered a broken back in the shunt that put him out of the race. Davidso...
Lotterer handed back the lead as dawn breaks Andre Lotterer in the #1 Audi was handed back the lead of the race at the restart following a safety car, as the race entered a fast but fairly quiet early morning stage. Once the wreck of the #75 Prospeed Porsche was cleared away and the damage to th...
McNish takes lead under second safety car A mishap for Marcel Fassler in the #1 Audi gave Allan McNish the opportunity to pounce and claim the lead for the #2 Audi team during a brief early morning safety car period. The factory Audi R18 e-tron Quattro #1 seemed to be continuing its serene march...
Audi comfortable at half way Audi holds a comfortable lead in the Le Mans 24 Hours at half way Audi remain comfortably out front in the Le Mans 24 Hours at the half-way stage after Toyota's challenge was finally extinguished. Despite losing some time in the ninth hour, the #1 R18 e-tron Qua...
No DeltaWing flight for Franchitti this time Marino Franchitti missed out on his chance to pilot the Nissan DeltaWing, after contact with the Toyota #7 hybrid sent it into the wall at the Porsche Curves six hours into the race. The Nissan DeltaWing cut an impressive figure out on track at Le Man...
Troubled times for Pescarolo Pescarolo down to one car in the Le Mans 24 Hours Pescarolo has endured a rough ride thus far in the Le Mans 24 Hours having lost its new Pescarolo 03-Judd in the opening half of the race. Already down to two drivers after the withdrawal of Jean-Christophe Boullion, ...
Audi in control at third distance Audi in control at the front of the Le Mans field after issues for Toyota Audi are firm control of the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours at third distance after both Toyota entries ran into problems at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Heading into the fifth hour of competition, th...
Safety car out after huge Davidson off The Safety Car appears at Le Mans after huge accident for Anthony Davidson The Safety Car has been deployed for the first time in the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours after a huge accident involving the Toyota of Anthony Davidson. The Briton was on a charge in third p...
Mazda announces diesel LMP2 engine for 2013 Le Mans Saturday, June 16th 2012, 10:50 GMT Mazda has announced that it will supply a customer diesel engine for LMP2 cars to be used for the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours. The new 2.2 litre turbocharged diesel engine will be tested later on this year by Demps...
Boullion withdraws from Le Mans Jean-Christophe Boullion ruled out of the Le Mans 24 Hours after Wednesday accident Jean-Christophe Boullion had withdrawn from the Le Mans 24 Hours following his accident on Wednesday, leaving Stuart Hall and Emmanuel Collard as the only drivers in the new Pescar...
Strakka lead privateer challenge Strakka Racing head the privateer challenge in Le Mans qualifying Strakka Racing will start the Le Mans 24 Hours from the unofficial privateer pole position after a fine performance from Danny Watts in qualifying at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Watts was the first d...
DeltaWing ready to race The DeltaWing crew prepare to race at Le Mans after qualifying at the Circuit de la Sarthe The Highcroft-run Nissan DeltaWing passed more important tests on the second day of qualifying for its race debut in the Le Mans 24 Hours. Having chased a quick time in Wednesday...
Lizards Am crew shine in qualifying Flying Lizard's GTE-Am car leads the Porsche challenge in qualifying at Le Mans Porsche factory driver Patrick Pilet produced an impressive performance in qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours to put the Flying Lizard Motorsport team in pole position in t...
Lotterer: Le Mans pole a 'cool feeling' Andre Lotterer pleased with pole for the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours Andre Lotterer insisted it was a 'cool feeling' after snaring pole position for the 2012 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The German posted a time of 3min 23.787secs shortly...