Behind The Scenes Of Nissan's Crazy NISMO Le Mans Pit And Paddock

Le Mans has some of the most pimptacular pit areas of any race on the planet, and newcomer Nissan’s hospitality and work space is no exception. In addition to an extremely organized garage, there’s a full suite with a DJ, a smoothie bar and a slide. That’s right: a giant...

Mar 30, 2026

Giant Flies Of Le Mans Are Wreaking Havoc On Corvette Racing's Camera

One of the most unexpected things I’ve discovered from my first trip to Le Mans is that this part of France has heinous, giant flies everywhere, particularly on muggy, sweaty days like today. It looks like I’m not alone in total fly hate mode. Number 64, clean your onboard camera....

Mar 30, 2026

This Isn't The Kind Of Open Door Policy Nissan Wanted

Nissan has lovingly to their ambitious LMP1 program, however, I don’t think they meant for this one to open while the car was in use. Oops. Lucas Ordóñez’s left side door on the number 21 GT-R LM Nismo popped open after his first pit stop for fuel. It failed to...

Mar 30, 2026

Porsche Dressed Like Rocketship Imitates Rocketship, Burns

Porsche’s current livery reminds me just a bit of the Space Shuttle: all whites, blacks and greys. Unfortunately, the Space Shuttle can pull off big fiery rockets in the back, and a terrestrial Porsche 911 RSR cannot. Porsche Catches On Fire At Le Mans 2015 The number 13 Rebellion Racing...

Mar 30, 2026

Audi Creates Obstacle Course On Track After Botched Pass

Remember the Aggro-crag? Yeah, you do. If you didn’t, that’s okay. Pieces of Loïc Duval’s broken Audi definitely chunked off in a way that resembles the star of Nickelodeon’s “Guts.” The number 8 Audi caught up with traffic and just couldn’t quite pull off an ambitious pass around a Ferrari....

Mar 30, 2026

Porsche Has A Brown Manual Turbodiesel Catering Van

If there’s one thing I’ve been impressed with during my first trip outside of North America, it’s HOLY CRAP, LOOK AT ALL THE WEIRD CARS WE DON’T GET. Porsche’s factory LMP1 team doesn’t just have a weirdo you’d never see in the United States, but they have a meme. One...

Mar 30, 2026

Driver Unhurt After Horrifying Indy Lights Airborne Crash

Nelson Piquet Jr. made his Indy Lights debut in Toronto on pole, but a horrifying crash with another driver dashed his hopes for a win. The good news is that he and the driver he collided with, RC Enerson, were both uninjured. That’s kind of a miracle when you see...

Mar 30, 2026

Here Are The Grueling Ways Le Mans Is Destroying Cars This Year

Did you take a catnap, have to wee and/or get held up by some fartknocker making an eighteen-point turn in a Ferrari on a glorified cowpath? Never fear! In addition to the , here’s our round-up of the biggest reminders so far that endurance racing will eat your car. Let’s...

Mar 30, 2026

Watch A Toyota Almost Mow Down Another Team's Crew Man

Toyota almost re-borked the on their number 1 car after fixing it in the pits. Fortunately, both the Toyota driver and Larbre Competition’s crew man were extremely accomodating about the unsafe release (“Here, please, go by!”), and the crew man wasn’t hurt. Look at that careful hop to the side,...

Mar 30, 2026

Fox Sports Interrupted The Biggest Event In Motorsport For A Soccer Game

Woe be unto you if you’re trying to watch the 24 Hours of Le Mans in America and accidentally decided to trust Fox Sports to cover it. Hahaha. Haha. No. . I’m not sure I’d trust them to broadcast without randomly preempting it for poker, or quilting, or professional farting....

Mar 30, 2026

Aston Martin Hits Concrete Wall At Le Mans; Driver In Medical Center

Several unfortunate incidents in NASCAR recently have brought the importance of impact-absorbing barriers to light, however, it looks like the Automobile Club l’Ouest didn’t get the memo. Roald Goethe’s number 96 Aston Martin hit an unprotected concrete wall hard this morning. In an attempt to stay out of the way...

Mar 30, 2026

Please Don't Hit The Monkeys

It’s been derp o’clock for a while now as people really start to feel the effects of racing for an entire day. Here’s the number 9 Audi having a moment where he plowed straight into runoff and had to dodge a tire chicane as a pair of stuffed monkeys from...

Mar 30, 2026

What's With The Slow Pace On The Nissan GT-R LM Nismos At Le Mans?

If there’s any phrase that best describes the bizarre , it’s “work in progress.” We sat down with the team’s chief engineer Zach Eakin and driver Max Chilton earlier this year to ask what was going on with the car, exactly, and what they were working on next. [Full disclosure:...

Mar 30, 2026

Porsche's Le Mans Special Car Wins The 24 Hours Of Le Mans

In case you missed twenty-four hours of nailbiting action where any number of six German LMP1s could be a possible winner for the 83rd 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche’s Le Mans-only trio of Nico Hülkenberg, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy took the win. Porsche has been a qualifying superstar...

Mar 30, 2026

Winning Le Mans Is So Stressful You Pass The Time Sitting On The Can

The end of the 24 Hours of Le Mans was so stressful for Jordan Taylor that he hid in the bathroom for the end of the race. His Corvette Racing team was chasing AF Corse’s #51 Ferrari in GTE Pro until #51 , at which point, it was Corvette’s race...

Mar 30, 2026