The 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Round 7 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship, finished with a third victory in a row for the no8 Toyota Gazoo Racing and for Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastien Buemi, while Brendon Hartley celebrates his second overall win at La Sarthe, once with Porsche and now with Toyota.

At the end of an adrenaline-fuelled 24 Hours of Le Mans, both FIA Women in Motorsport supported crews with the Richard Mille Racing Team and Iron Lynx in the Iron Dames project impressed and claimed top results in the 88th edition of the world’s greatest endurance race.

As the sun rose above the Circuit de La Sarthe the big news of the last six hours was the no7 Toyota had to pit for a power issue that forced the team to make a lengthy pitstop to change the turbo.  The TS050 Hybrid regained the track in 4th overall but six laps behind the leading no8 Toyota and two adrift of the third placed no3 Rebellion R13.  The no1 Rebellion is second two laps behind the no8 Toyota.

This weekend, two all-female crews will line up for the world’s most famous endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans (19-20 September). Six FIA Women in Motorsport Commission-supported drivers - competing with the Richard Mille Racing Team and Iron Lynx in the Iron Dames project - have secured coveted places on the 60-car grid for the 88th edition of the race, the first time since the mid-1970s that more than one female crew has been on the start line.

Despite gathering storm clouds, and the threat of rain,  the 24 Hours of Le Mans has stayed dry for the first 12 hours of the race.  The drivers now face the long night with almost 12 hours of running in the dark.

The 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans has begun with 59 cars taking the start of the 88th edition of the world’s greatest endurance race.

The provisional 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship calendar* announced today is aimed at offering the WEC’s manufacturers, teams and partners exposure in key regions while recognising the global economic challenges linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peugeot Sport has confirmed its commitment to the Le Mans Hypercar category, the incoming the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The French manufacturer’s programme is set to commence in 2022.

Tonight saw 59 LMP and GTE cars line up on the grid for the official 24 Hours of Le Mans class photo.  The 24 Hours of Le Mans is Round 7 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Originally scheduled for 13–14 June 2020, the 24 Hours of Le Mans will now be held behind closed doors on 19–20 September 2020 due to the global health crisis. The ACO has worked closely with the FIA and the local authorities to establish a COVID-19 protocol to ensure safe working conditions for everyone involved in the world’s greatest endurance race.

Today in Bergamo (Italy), Jean Todt, President of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), and Francesco Rocca, President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), paid tribute to the work carried out worldwide by Red Cross teams against COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Based on feedback from the opening events of the FIA Formula One World Championship, and taking account of the evolving situation surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) of the FIA, the governing body of world motor sport, has approved today an extended scope of the Appendix S of the International Sporting Code.

The WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup will #RaceToCare when the eagerly anticipated 2020 season gets underway at WTCR Race of Belgium this week (September 11-13).