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Russian driver Sergey Zlobin hopes to field an LMP2 car at Le Mans in 2014, with a cast of Russian drivers.

Ninety years ago this coming Sunday 26th May, the first Le Mans 24 Hours got under way. Since then what was called the 24-Hours Endurance Grand Prix has become one of the greatest motor races in the world.

Jim France will give the green flag to the field for the 90th anniversary 24 Hours of Le Mans, following in his father's footsteps, Bill France Jr. who gave the green flag to the field in the 1976 edition of the race.

Sixty years after his grandfather won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Archie Hamilton will make his debut with the Delta-ADR Oreca Nissan at the historic event.

The teams entered for the 2013 Le Mans 24 hours have announced the names of the three drivers who will relay one another in their cars. The list in question is a particularly high-quality one for the 90th anniversary of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Lotus is fielding two of the new Lotus Praga T128 LMP2 car with Kevin Weeda, James Rossiter and Christophe Bouchut driving #31 while Thomas Holzer, Dominik Kraihamer and Jan Charouz will compete in the sister car #32

Micro-tube radiator optimizes airflow of Audi R18 e-tron quattro.

Fernando Costa is a well known French sculptor who has a passion for motor sports.

GP2 title contender and Caterham F1 Team's reserve driver Alexander Rossi will step into the cockpit of the LMP2 for his first 24 Hours of Le Mans challenge.

Beechdean AMR is one of only ten Aston Martin Racing partner teams in the world.

Since the start of the year numerous special operations have taken place and they will continue to multiply until the start of the race on 22nd June.

Eleven victories at 14 runs and absolute distance record by Audi at Le Mans

AF Corse makes official one of the squads engaged in the next 24 Hours of Le Mans: Piergiuseppe Perazzini, Darryl O’Young and Lorenzo Casè in the GTE AM Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 No. 55

Mercedes already has cars that compete in GT and endurance series and question is will they built a prototype for Le Mans in the future? IndyCar entry would probably be Mercedes engines if they do elect to go that route.

Benoît Tréluyer and his two co-drives André Lotterer and Marcel Fässler celebrated their first win of the WEC season at Spa-Francorchamps. Now they will focus on the premier endurance race: the 24 Hours of Le Mans!

The race ended in an Audi one, two, three and a Ferrari double in LM GTE as the Italian cars triumphed in both Pro and Am.

The two-time Daytona 500 winner and Advisory board member of Motorsport.com, Michael Waltrip celebrates his 50th birthday today, April 30th 2013.

Due to the Gulf Racing Middle East team withdrawing their No. 29 LM P2 entry, the DKR Engineering bumps up to an official entry for the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

The driver line-up for Le Mans will remain the same as at Spa except for Richie Stanaway who will be replaced in France by American Le Mans Series racer, Bill Auberlen, who celebrated victory at Long Beach last week.

Former Ferrari factory sportscar racing star has been arrested in his homeland

Gil de Ferran: Honda has been a common thread in my racing career

Romain Dumas: "The marque of my heart"

Audi to test tire technology for 2014. Early preparation for new regulations and Marco Bonanomi planned as test driver.

Head of Development Wolfgang Dürheimer: “"Reaction to the increasing demands”." Audi Sport optimizes its organizational structure; DTM and Le Mans Prototype areas reinforced.

The long-time Porsche duo will be responsible for the bulk of testing for the LMP1.

The German team takes the lead on the route to Le Mans, which began this weekend in front of 35,000 spectators in the Silverstone 6 Hours, the opening round of the WEC. The European Le Mans Series had a 3-hour race.

On April 3rd, the news that Mark Webber may leave Formula One at the end of 2013 was a rumor. Now it seems that apparently the Australian will join Porsche to take on the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Following the withdrawal of Starworks Motorsport from the FIA World Endurance Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours, it will be replaced on the Le Mans 24-Hours grid by Swiss team Morand Racing.

The 23-year-old American joins Patrick Bornhauser and Julien Canal at the French squad that has claimed GT class victories in sportscar racing’s blue riband event for the last three years.

Eric Thompson, the first driver to be honoured as he will be the first to be inducted into the Le Mans Drivers Hall of Fame

Cooper MacNeil will join Larbre Competition in the No. 70 WeatherTech/Chevrolet Corvette C6.R for his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut

Porsche not denying the possibility of Webber joining the team for their return to La Sarthe next year.

Porsche has not ruled out signing Webber as Le Mans driver

With alternative fuels and energies quite popular in racing these days (Le Mans has an extra, non-points awarding, entry devoted to exactly this), Motorsport.com thought it would be fun to explore the ultimate alternative energy sourced racer.

The joint Praga/Lotus project was unveiled on the Paul Ricard circuit during the WEC official test.

With works Porsche backing and official drivers, the German team manager is setting his sights high for the return to top level endurance racing.

The new GT race car for the World Endurance Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours is the 911 RSR: consequent lightweight design for 50th anniversary.

The 6 Hours of Silverstone will be the first real FIA WEC test of the year before the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, and the hybrid war between Audi and Toyota will be there too.

Nelson Panciatici and Pierre Ragues, the two drivers who will share the car at every round of the ELMS, will be joined for the Le Mans 24 Hours by Tristan Gommendy.

Bentley will have major presence at the annual Festival of Speed.

This Strategic Alliance will lead to a close collaboration between the ACO and United SportsCar Racing to promote, develop and reinforce endurance racing in North America.

"Le Mans remains an important objective for us and we are starting the work today to be there in 2014 in accordance with our ambitions," explains Dominique Heintz, team manager.

On Friday 8th March, the French make announced its Le Mans 24-Hours comeback in the LM P2 category. The Automobile Club de l’Ouest is very happy about this entry 35 years after the Alpine-Renault A442B’s famous victory in 1978.

As reported earlier in the week, the famous Renault brand Alpine will be returning to sportscars this year. It's official.

The ACO has called a press conference for this Friday and could answer many questions about Renault's potential involvement at Le Mans.

The two SRT Viper GTS-Rs competed in four ALMS races in 2012.

With Extreme Speed Motorsport's withdrawal, the spot goes to Aston Martin Racing, first reserve.

Nissan is targeting a return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with a pioneering Nissan race car showcasing electric technology.