Watching a 2018 Mazda Miata RF be driven by a skilled lunatic is always fun, but seeing one whip around in the green and orange quilting livery of Mazdaās famous Le Mans winning rotary-powered 787B is extra excellent.
It comes as no surprise that more attention was paid to Toyotaās overall win at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, with its triumph in the top class this year coming after two heartbreaking losses to Porsche in 2016 and 2017. Toyota also added Formula OneāsĀ two-time world champion Fernando Alonso to their driver lineup,ā¦
As an accredited motorsports photographer, Iāve been fortunate enough to cover many of the biggest series on the planet. With Formula One, MotoGP, WEC, IMSA, Pirelli World Challenge, and others on my rĆ©sumĆ©, Iāve experienced a solid mix of hurdles and successes at racetracks all over the globe. But until last week,ā¦
During a pre-race press conference for the Formula One French Grand Prix on Thursday, humanityās hero and one true savior Fernando Alonso said, verbatim, that his recent overall win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans was āa higher level than any other victory in Le Mans.ā Yes, the Le Mans thatās been around since 1923.
Getting to complete my photography bucket list didnāt come easy. For years Iāve bothered Jalopnik Editor-in-Chief Patrick George to get me there, but it aināt cheap, and credentials for the 24 Hours of Le Mans are not easy to obtain for anyone. Finally this year the stars aligned, and I made my way down to France forā¦
Some were there for the racing. Some for the engineering. Some for the crashes. But I was there for the memes. And boy, did Le Mans 2018 deliver.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans might not have had the riveting action like we expected it to thanks to some lame new rules, but at least one battle for the win did get interesting after the race ended. Officials disqualified the winning team in Le Mansā second-tier class, over an illegal device to speed up pit stops.
Motorsport renaissance man and two-time Formula One world champ Fernando Alonso was part of the winning No. 8 Toyota TS050 team that finallyāafter years of almost winning and absolute heartbreakāwon Le Mans. Now that heās got two of the three wins for the Triple Crown of Motorsport, itās obvious where heās headingā¦
There are a lot of awful rule sets in the world of racing, but this season the ACO and the FIA have combined to produce what is perhaps the worst rule in racing history. While the rule was technically implemented at the 6-hour race at Spa last month, the full extent of its impact on endurance racing was shown in starkā¦
After years of trying and failing, the No. 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid has finally taken the Le Mans victory the team has so desperately wanted. In doing so, Toyota has become only the second Japanese manufacturer in history to win the race overall, following on from Mazdaās 1991 victory. While Audi and Porsche both quitā¦
Look at this old thing, this 1966 Ford GT40. Right-hand drive, as un-American as you can get, and Ford doesnāt even have the decency to stick a passenger side mirror on it. Whatās so special about it anyway?
Some outlets are perfectly content covering the greatest race in the world, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with stock and wire service images. And... well we do that too, Iām not gonna lie, but this year we had to send one of our own ace shooters over there to go the extra mile. Hereās his report from Thursdayās day ofā¦
There are a few sporting events throughout the year that attract even the most casual of fans, just because theyāre so big and so important. Like the Indy 500, Daytona 500 or Monaco Grand Prix, the 24 Hours of Le Mans is one. If youāve committed to watching cars for 24 hours straight this weekend, hereās what youā¦
At the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Toyotaās LMP1 squad is basically the Highlanderāand weāre not talking about the truck. There can be only one...factory hybrid LMP1 team remaining in Le Mansā fastest class. Thus, weāre not that surprised to see the No. 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid set the fastest time in the first qualifyingā¦
Itās 24 Hours of Le Mans week! How will you, a fan of only the No. 69 Ford GT and none of the three others that look nearly exactly like it, ever manage? Never fear! Friend of Jalopnik Andy Blackmore put together his annual Spotter Guide with each carās unique marks just for trying times like this. Nice.
The 2018 Le Mans 24 field has been assembled for the first time today during pre-race testing. The Astons are eye-searing Green, and Porsche has a couple throwback livery 911 RSRs. Itās Toyotaās race to lose in LMP1, but LMP2 and the GTE classes are really anyoneās game. Who are you picking to win each class?
Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and probably something like a thousand Le Mans entries, Porsche is out to prove that Germans can occasionally be nostalgic about something. While practically every car on the grid for the last decade has been some combination of red, white, and black, Porsche has painted upā¦
Itās been almost a year since Porsche announced it was ending its 919 Hybrid LMP1 endurance racing program and focusing its efforts on Formula E, closing off an era of racing that saw 17 victories, and three Le Mans wins in a row. Now the car is on a farewell tour around the world, rolling through New York City andā¦
In 1991, little Mazda stood at the top of the world. It won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with its banshee Mazda 787B prototype, and here is the 700-horsepower quad-rotor engine that got it the win.
It was 1988 and Jaguar hadnāt won Le Mans since the 1950s. It was time to change that. It was time to change that with the Jaguar XJR-9. Hereās how Jag did it.
