Le Mans Features

The Tracsport team has had an amazing year, jumping from Caterham racing into the thick of the action in the Le Mans Endurance Series.

Last weekend British motor racing fans were treated to the sights and sounds of Le Mans, as the LMES came to Britain.

Bentley boy Mark Blundell finished a fantastic second at the Le Mans 24 Hours two weeks ago, driving the number eight car, with David Brabham and Johnny Herbert, here the Brit reflects on that race, the team's one-two result, thrashing the Audis and much, much more...

Sunday was an historic day for Bentley and Le Mans, as the famous British marque finally retook the 24 Hours title for the first time since 1930, and, although he was not part of the winning crew, honorary Brit David Brabham was able to reflect on the event and what success meant to the team.

After a couple of season's spent campaigning F3000 and GT cars in the Orient, Michael Krumm received the call from Audi Sport to race the creme de la creme of endurance sportscars - the Audi R8 - at the king of enduros - the Le Mans 24 Hours. This is his story....

British GT driver Martin Short reflects on the Le Mans 24 Hours with JMB Racing and team-mates Cort Wagner and Sam Hancock: ''Sadly I have to report that Le Mans was a bit of a disaster....

The field at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours is two cars larger than usual, but not because the Automobile Club de l'Ouest felt sorry for the many teams that wanted to enter.

Le Mans is the one of the toughest test in motorsport for both man and machine, and to prepare for this year's event, the MG Sport and Racing team visited the Lausitzring circuit in Germany to put the MG Lola EX257 through its paces.

Frank Dernie, Senior Engineer at Lola Cars, has been deeply involved in the design of MG's Le Mans challenger, the MG Lola EX257 sports car.

The MG Lola EX257 sports car visited the MG Rover Group international headquarters - Longbridge, Birmingham - on Wednesday June 27 2001. The car was accompanied by MG XPower Le Mans drivers: Anthony Reid, Warren Hughes, Jonny Kane and Kevin McGarrity.

Bentley's return to Le Mans for the first time in more than 70 years has created a whirlwind of enthusiasm, expectation, and a sense of another successful chapter of Bentley's long history about to be opened.

Johnny Herbert may have seen his Formula One dream flicker and die last year, but he is back in the hot seat this weekend at Le Mans.

LMP 675 Class MG Lola EX257 Car 34 1st 3:40.243 MG Lola EX257 Car 33 2nd 3:42.476 Car 34 Drivers: Anthony Reid, Warren Hughes, Jonny Kane

If you want to compete in the world's greatest sportscar race, you first have to acquire one of the extremely rare world's greatest sportscar race certificates of eligibility....

Since its introduction to the motoring press in August of 2000, the Saleen S7 has managed to captivate a broad range of enthusiasts and racers alike.

After a decade of worldwide touring car success and an increasing presence in rallying, Ray Mallock Ltd [RML] is returning to endurance racing in which its reputation was made in the 1980s.

Racing drivers have long been considered hot stuff but, with fire an ever present spectre in the sport, that is one thing they don't want to be...

Back in the 1920s, crash helmets were only ever worn by racing motorcyclists and, even though a few motor racing drivers made early adaptations, head protection was not widespread for many years - at Le Mans this year, crash helmets will add to the colour and spectacle of the annual 24 Hours.