Le Mans News

Hollywood star Michael Fassbender completed a fairytale appearance in the 24 Hours of Le Mans - but he crashed three times.

The #8 Toyota of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa have won the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans to give the Japanese manufacturer its fifth consecutive victory in the French endurance classic.

The #8 Toyota of Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa is closing on a fifth straight victory for the Japanese manufacturer as the race entered its final three hours.

The #8 Toyota has moved into a clear lead in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans with six hours of the race to go after the benefiting from technical issues for the #7 machine, as the race was brought under a lengthy slow zone to clear a big crash for the #64 Corvette

Toyota remains on course for a fifth consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans victory as its two GR010 Hybrid Hypercars continued to build on their momentum out front, even if the fight for victory remains very tight.

Toyota has strengthened its grip on the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans after its closest competitor in the #708 Glickenhaus slid down the order after a spin, while Corvette’s GTE Pro lead was wiped out by lengthy repairs for the erstwhile dominant #63 entry.

The Toyota Gazoo Racing Hypercars continued to control the pace out front in the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans as the race reached the quarter-distance mark with surprisingly little disruption to disturb the momentum.

All 62 cars that started the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans are still circulating three hours into the endurance race, despite several on-track incidents, including one involving three LMP2 favourites before the first corner.

Toyota was forced to call upon all of its experience and performance to rescue a 1-2 start for the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans after Alpine and Glickenhaus used Hyperpole to demonstrate they could cause an upset this weekend.

Michael Fassbender, the Hollywood star making his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut, crashed during qualifying.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world famous endurance race, is finally back.

Toyota remains well on track for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours as the #7 GR010 Hybrid extends a lead it has held since the very first corner 21 hours ago

Full Classification of the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours at the half-way mark (21 hours of 24 hours)

Toyota tackle its first gremlins of the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours but the team insists it has everything in hand with six hours left to run

Toyota tackle its first gremlins of the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours but the team insists it has everything in hand with six hours left to run

As dawn breaks over the Circuit de la Sarthe, it is as you were up front with Toyota controlling the pace and both WRT cars a lap up on the competition

Toyota continues to manage its advantage out front with its only threat now surely from within as the #7 and #8 cars head into the second half of the race smelling glory

Toyota stretches its advantage with the #7 car comfortably ahead of the sister #8 GR010 Hybrid, while Alpine drops back after Matthieu Vaxiviere spins

The 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours has seen its fair share of incidents in tricky conditions, but there are some in particular that will need some explaining first

Toyota continue to pull clear of Alpine and Glickenhaus in the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours as intermittent rainy conditions prompt offs and action further down the field

Classification of the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours after 6 hours of 24 at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France

Toyota dodges tricky conditions, contact with rivals and various slow zones to firmly stamp its mark on the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours

There may be 23 hours and 50mins of the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours still to go but that didn't stop some Turn 1 drama on a very wet Circuit de la Sarthe

No fewer than 17 ex-Formula 1 drivers will be battling it out for victory at this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.