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Genesis brand to race at Le Mans — possibly as early as 2026

Published 13 September 2024
By Matt Robinson
Hyundai Motorsport and Genesis confirm LMDh programme with one eye on Le Mans.
Alfa Romeo at Le Mans

Alfa Romeo eyes up Le Mans return

Alfa Romeo is weighing up competing in the World Endurance Championship (WEC), which would see the marque return to top-level sports car racing.
Published 05 December 2023
2023 Porsche 963 racer

Porsche 963 aims for victory at Le Mans

Porsche has unveiled its new Le Mans Daytona hybrid (LMDh) racing car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Published 24 June 2022
Lotus reveals futuristic electric endurance racer concept

Lotus reveals electric endurance racer concept

Meet the Lotus E-R9, a futuristic endurance racing concept that might find itself on the starting grid of Le Mans in 2030.
Published 18 February 2021
Virtual 24 hours of Le Mans scheduled

Virtual 24 hours of Le Mans scheduled

A virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans has been organised, to replace the endurance race postponed due to coronavirus.
Published 21 May 2020
Aston Martin puts its Valkyrie Le Mans racer programme on hold

Aston Martin halts Valkyrie Le Mans plans

Aston Martin has made the surprise announcement that it won't be racing its Valkyrie hypercar at Le Mans next year.
Published 20 February 2020

Toyota's hybrid hypercar takes to the track

Toyota is hard at work on the wildest car it's devised to date: a hybrid hypercar built to take the fight to Aston Martin and more at Le Mans.
Published 18 June 2019

Hypercars to replace LMP1 at Le Mans in 2021

The latest hypercars are poised to race at Le Mans by 2021, as part of a massive new shake-up in the rules for endurance racing.
Published 15 June 2018
Ford GT at the 6 hours of Silverstone, April 2016

Both Ford GT cars complete Silverstone 6hrs as Le Mans...

Ford described a largely trouble-free six hour race at Silverstone as a "positive start to the FIA World Endurance Championship" (WEC), as both GTE...
Published 18 April 2016