Bmw’s secret path to le mans success

The idea of a racing car competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans emblazoned with the Harrods department store livery on its flanks sounds somehow incongruous. Just as unlikely back in 1995 was the notion

With the global sportscar scene buoyant right now and Le Mans upcoming, Matt James reflects back to a time when the World Sportscar Championship disappeared altogether against a highly political backdrop in 1991

Richard Attwood strides into the pub, dapper as ever just days after his 85th birthday, and greets me with an enormous grin. The pub is significant, not for what, but where it is. When we were arrangi

Few racing cars divide opinion like the Audi R8. Some regard the German manufacturer’s LMP prototype as the all-time great to which its record attests. Others have labelled it a boring winning machine

When Harry Tincknell was about to walk out onto the podium after winning LMP2 at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014, he received some sage advice from his manager, Allan McNish: “Be prepared for the best vi

There’s no getting away from it. Ferrari is favourite going into the Le Mans 24 Hours. No other conclusion can be reached based on its wins in the blue riband round of the World Endurance Championship