The ACO and IMSA have announced a continuation of their decade-long global strategic alliance through 2032.This strategic alliance has allowed, among other things, for three IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship teams to earn automatic invitations to the Le Mans 24 Hours, as well as for the Motul Petit Le Mans at...

Tennis star Roger Federer has been named as the official starter of the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours by Automobile Club de l’Ouest.Swiss icon Federer, who boasts an outstanding record of 20 Grand Slam titles and 310 weeks as world number one, will lower the flag to get the race...

The MissionH24 H24EVO prototype is set to undergo a switch from gaseous to liquid hydrogen storage ahead of its final design freeze later this year.The MissionH24 project, led by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), is being pushed forward as a proof of concept for motorsport as the ACO and...

Four-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist LeBron James has been named the official starter for the centenary running of the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend.James, who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers and now holds the all-time NBA scoring record, will lower the French flag, signalling...

The ACO has appointed Frederic Lequien as the new head of Le Mans Endurance Management. The 48-year-old replaces Gerard Neveu, who stepped down from the role at the end of last year.Lequien's background includes roles at Eurosport International and Dakar Rally organizer Amaury Sport Organization. He founded specialist events and...

The Automobile Club de l’Ouest, organizers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, have announced the 2020 edition of the endurance race will be run without fans in attendance. The decision, wake with local health officials, comes one week after the NTT IndyCar Series announced the Indy 500 will be...

It's another special edition of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show from the 2020 Rolex 24 At Daytona where Graham Goodwin and Stephen Kilbey discuss the newly-announced prototype convergence with IMSA president John Doonan, ACO president Pierre Fillon, FIA WEC CEO Gerard Neveu, former IMSA president Scott Atherton,...

24 Hours of Le Mans competitors will qualify under a new ‘Hyperpole’ format in 2020; a change that the ACO says is “designed to encourage sheer speed and some spectacular track action”.Qualifying will now take place across two stages, opening on Wednesday with a 45-minute session from 11:15pm to 12:00am....

Martin Birrane, former driver and owner of the famed constructor Lola and the Mondello Park circuit, has died at age 82.The Irishman’s interest in the sport reached the heights of racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he made his first start in 1973 and contested the great...

The clock is ticking for the ACO, FIA and IMSA. We're now a midway through April, and the ACO's self-imposed deadline of June (at Le Mans) to reveal the outline of the 2020/21 regulations for the WEC's top class is approaching fast.Work is on-going in the background at some pace,...