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2012 Le Mans 24h in slow motion

If you watched any of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Eurosport a couple of weeks back you’ll have no doubt appreciated the ultra motion camera work. Seeing the cars flex and wobble about—as well as the obligatory flaming Ferrari, of course—was quite something. If you missed it, or if you just want to […]

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Motorsports Nissan

2012 Le Mans 24h: DeltaWing post-race report

We bring you another belated Le Mans catch up, this time featuring the doomed Nissan DeltaWing. The car itself ran pretty well, it was the tap from the #7 Toyota TS030 that ultimately ended the DeltaWing’s race. After crashing into the wall, driver Satoshi Motoyama tried valiantly for an hour and a half to repair […]

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2012 Le Mans 24h: JRM post-race report

It’s been a bit remiss of us to not better acknowledge the effort of the JRM Racing team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. So here is their post-race report. Heading the driving talent was Australian, and 2009 race winner, David Brabham. The youngest of the Brabham brothers was running in his 18th 24 […]

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Audi Motorsports

2012 Le Mans 24h: Audi photo gallery

As promised we bring you a comprehensive selection of images from Audi showcasing their successful Le Mans defence. There’s over 80 pictures featuring the R18 e-tron quattro and R18 ultra in all and we’re confident there’ll be a few in there you like.

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Audi Motorsports

2012 Le Mans 24h: Audi post-race report

The sun has set on a remarkable 11th 24 Hours of Le Mans win for Audi and but for a minor lapse of concentration from Marc Gene in the #3 R18 ultra they would have filled the first four places. Still, seeing your team standing on all three podium steps would no doubt please those […]

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Motorsports Toyota

2012 Le Mans 24h: Toyota post-race report

While compiling this gallery of images and general tale of woe from Toyota, we kept wondering just what could have been. Perhaps, with a limited development program, expectations of a strong finish for Toyota were always optmistic. Yet, with all four Audis stumbling off track at some stage during the race, it would have spiced […]

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2012 Le Mans 24h: Live streaming guide

Live 24 Heures du Mans 2012 : lemans-tv.com by lemans-tv NOTE: As you can see above, we’ve added the main feed from the dailymotion link (see below) so you can watch the race right here on AUSmotive. If you follow that link you can choose from 11 onboard cameras to view the race as well. […]

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2012 Le Mans 24h: Qualifying videos

With only a couple of hours to go before the race start here’s three videos from qualifying at the 24 Hours of Le Mans to get you in the mood for all the action at Circuit de la Sarthe. We start off with a clip of Tom Kristensen onboard the #2 R18 e-tron quattro. Just […]

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Motorsports Toyota

2012 Le Mans 24h: Toyota qualifying report

In their first serious hit out Toyota should be applauded for qualifying in P3 and P5 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Of course, with the way the LMP1 cars are structured, the drivers in the TS030 Hybrid had every right to expect a top six qualifying result. Although, to split the Audis as […]

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Audi Motorsports

2012 Le Mans 24h: Audi qualifying report

Audi is pretty chuffed that its R18 e-tron quattro has found itself on pole position for the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hour race. It’s no surprise then that there’s lots of exuberant quotes from the team after such a strong qualifying performance. Andre Lotterer, the man responsible for the 3:23.787 pole winning lap, reckons his […]

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2014 DeltaWing Coupé revealed

Don Panoz is determined to power on with his DeltaWing project, now without the backing of Nissan. Evidence of Panoz’s commitment has just been revealed in Sebring with the first image of a new DeltaWing Coupé being published. The DeltaWing Coupé is being prepared for 2014 LMP1 racing and will use a new engine built […]

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Vote for the 10 best Le Mans cars of all-time

Next year marks the 90th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Race organiser, Automobile Club de l’Ouest (the ACO), is running a poll allowing people to vote for their favourite cars from each decade, starting with the 1920s and running right through to the current day. You get a choice of three cars […]