This is The Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one…
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Le Mans is an endurance test of man and machine run at the pace of a 3-hour sprint for 24 hours straight. This leads…
Looks like the seized Lotus Cars will get to run as the team says a French court gave them their steering wheels back. Read more
There are a crap ton of cars at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend, and let's be real here, class-by-class they…
Thanks to a loophole, one team built their own Porsche 917 and raced it at Le Mans in 1981, ten years after the car was effectively banned. Maison Blanche has the whole story. (H/T!) Read more
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans hasn't even started and already a Ferrari has crashed. This impact was big enough to break…
Check out Fourtitude's interview with Andre Lotterer, who will be piloting one of the etron Quattros at Le Mans.
Aston Martin Racing and Gulf have unveiled the winner of their livery design competition. Say hello to the #97…
Lotus' Le Mans LMP2 program just got some of their suspension pieces, steering wheels, and other components seized…
These shots were all taken at just five years ago the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans, but in black and white they start to…
Saturday. The mad 24 hour sprint in the French countryside is going down. June 22nd-23rd.
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Porsche has been doing a lot to promote its newest racing driver, sometimes-actor and team owner Patrick Dempsey.…
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Ten years ago, the Bentley Speed 8 gave the historic British marque its first win at Le Mans since 1930, finishing…
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is coming. June 22nd to 23rd. Mark your calendars.
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With the 24 hours of Le Mans coming soon, it's a good time to review Steve McQueen's classic Le Mans, which someone…
It starts June 22 and it ends June 23rd. Get excited.
Is the Toyota Le Mans race car also a long tail? Mulsanne's Corner has the full tech analysis of the TS030, postulating that German rulers may be longer than Japanese ones...
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This is Audi's new "long tail" R18 Le Mans racer taking a corner flat out at 212 miles an hour. It sounds like a…
Audi is preparing a new aerodynamic variant of the R18 e-tron quattro racecars for the next round of the FIA World…