Le Mans related web sites and forums

Congratulations, you’ve made it to the last chapter of this guide. OK, this is a print publication, but since you have downloaded it from the web we assume you’re able to handle a web browser. There are plenty of web sites where you can glean loads of additional information or join in the chat with fellow Le Mans enthusiasts; here is a selection of CA members’ favourites. We have checked every single website mentioned below at the time of writing, but websites come and go, so some of the URLs might not be valid any more when you read this. Unless stated otherwise, all websites are in English language.

• www.lemans.org (French) or www.lemans.org/en/ (English) – The A.C.O.’s own official website, in French and English. Also it contains a large archive of teams and results etc from past years.
• www.fiawec.com (English) or www.fiawec.com/fr/ - Official website of the World Endurance Championship, with news, results, pictures, videos and information about all the tracks and ticketing.
• www.europeanlemansseries.com or www.lemans-series.com - Official website of the Le Mans Series, with news, results, a photo library and live timing.
• www.americanlemans.com – The American Le Mans Series, probably the best sports car race series in the world. Founded 1999 by American Don Panoz, 10 races are planned for 2010 with the 12 hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans being the most famous ones.

• www.fiawec.com - Website for the series
• www.sebringraceway.com - Sebring, Florida, USA
• www.spa-francorchamps.be - Spa, Belgium
• www.lemans.org - Le Mans, France
• www.silverstone.co.uk - Towchester, UK
• www.autodromodeinterlagos.com - São Paolo, Brazil
• www.bahreingp.com - Sakhir, Bahrein
• www.fsw.tv - Fuji, Japan
• www.icsh.sh.cn - Shangai, China

• www.europeanlemansseries.com - website for the series
• www.circuitpaulricard.com - Le Castelllet, France
• www.donington-park.co.uk - Donington, United Kingdom
• www.brno-circuit.com - Brno, Czech Republic
• www.autodromoalgarve.com - Portimao, Portugal

• www.alms.com - Website for the series
• www.sebringraceway.com - Sebring, Florida
• www.gplb.com - Long Beach, California
• www.laguna-seca.com - Laguna Seca, Monterey, California
• www.limerock.com - Lime Rock, Connecticut
• www.mosport.com - Mosport, Ontario, Canada
• www.midohio.com - Lexington, Ohio
• www.roadamerica.com - Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
• www.baltimoregrandprix.com - Baltimore, Maryland
• www.virnow.com - Alton, Virginia
• www.roadatlanta.com - Braselton, Georgia

• www.lizardms.com – Flying Lizard Motorsports, based in California, U.S.A., regular ALMS and Le Mans participants with their Porsche in GT2 class.
• www.corvetteracing.com – Corvette Racing, they run the General Motors factory team at Le Mans and they do it very successful: 3 class wins in a row (2004-2006)!
• www.highcroftracing.com - A very successful American sports car racing team, regular participants in the ALMS, they run LMP1 prototypes. They have recently withdrawn from the 2011 event
• www.welterracing.fr – Welter Racing Salini, a small French team, regular participants at Le Mans in the LMP2 class, they almost won their class in 2002. The team is planning to participate in the LMP1 class with a diesel engine in 2011. (in French)
• www.championracing.net – The Champion Racing Team from the U.S., 2005 ALMS winners.
• www.seikelracing.com – Seikel Motorsport , a German sports car racing team, almost won their class (GT2) in 2006, kept the lead for about 20 hours but with one hour to go the gearbox shifter of their Porsche caused trouble.
• www.pescarolo.com – The team of local hero Henri Pescarolo and somehow also the French National Team at Le Mans. Winning team of the LMS and second place overall at the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2006. Sadly the team withdrew it's entry for the 2010 edition of the race. but now back in 2011 (in French language).
• www.oreca-racing.com – The French Team Oreca, regular Le Mans and LMS participants. (in English and French language).
• www.draysonracing.com - Lord Drayson's team from 2010
• www.rebellion-racing.com – Swiss racing team, participating with 2 cars in LMP1 this year.
• www.saleen.com – Californian sports car manufacturer, a Saleen S7R finished 11th overall in the 2006 edition of the 24 hours of Le Mans and won its class in 2010
• www.racingforholland.com – The team of 1988 Le Mans winner Jan Lammers, regular participant at Le Mans and in the LMS (in English and Dutch language).
• www.strakkaracing.com – UK team based near Silverstone contesting LMP2 with a Ginetta-Zytek.
• www.dome.co.jp – Dome, a Japanese manufacturer of prototype chassis (in Japanese and English language).
• www.creationsport.net – Creation, LMP racing team from the U.K.
• www.joest-racing.de – They have run the Audi factory team at Le Mans in the last years, with 9 overall wins at Le Mans since 1984 and 4 ALMS championships in a row probably the most successful sports car team ever. (In German and English language).
• www.kruse-schiller-motorsport.com – Located near Cologne, Germany, LMP2 class contestants.
• www.peugeot-sport.com – The 2009 Le Mans 24h winners. (in French and English language).
• www.oak-racing.com – Now named OAK Racing, the team runs a pair of LMP2 Pescarolo-Judds both in LMS and at Le Mans this year (in French and English language).
• www.rml-adgroup.com – Team RML winners of the LMP2 class in 2005 and 2006.
• www.larbre-competition.com – French team which runs a Corvette in the Le Mans 24h.
• www.jloc-net.com – website of the Japanese Lamborghini owners club, ran a Murcielago at Le Mans in 2009 (in English and Japanese language).
• www.astonmartinracing.com – The Aston Martin factory team website.
• www.afcorse.it – Italian GT2-team, fielding Ferraris 458 in GTE class.
• www.spykersquadron.com – Dutch GT2-team contested LMS and Le Mans previously with the Spyker C8 Laviolette, very informative website with pictures and video.
• www.bmw-motorsport.com - Two BMW M3 GTE's will take part this year.
• www.kronosracing.com - Racing a Lola Aston Martin in GT1
• www.racealliance.at/2index.php - Racing a 2 car Lotus team for 2011.

• www.tomkristensen.com – The website of the Danish driver Tom Kristensen, record 7-times winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans (in Danish and English language).
• www.andywallace.com – Andy Wallace, winner of the 24 hours in 1988.
• www.janmagnussen.com – Jan Magnussen, Danish driver, 3-times Le Mans class winner with Corvette Racing (in Danish, some parts in English language).
• www.frank-biela.de – German driver Frank Biela, 5-times Le Mans winner, got also famous in 2003 when he managed to run out of fuel on the race track during the 24 hours of Le Mans (in German language).
• www.allanmcnish.com – Scotsman Allan McNish, 2-time winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans, 3-times ALMS champion.
• www.pirro.com - Emanuele Pirro from Italy, 5-times Le Mans winner driving for Audi (in English and Italian language).
• www.marco-werner.de – German Marco Werner, 2008 ALMS Champion and 3-times Le Mans winner (in German and English language).
• www.nigelmansell.co.uk - Nigel Mansell, F1 and IndyCar champion.
• www.hansstuck.com – Hans-Joachim “Striezel” Stuck, 2-times Le Mans winner (in German and English).
• www.olivergavin.com – Oliver Gavin from the U.K., 4-times Le Mans class winner with Corvette Racing.
• www.manucollard.com – Emmanuel Collard, 2nd place in 2005 with Team Pescarolo (in French language).
• www.davidbrabham.com – David Brabham, ALMS regular and 2007 and 2008 Le Mans class winner.
• www.sjvaxjo.com - Stefan Johansson from Sweden, Le Mans and Sebring winner 1997.
• www.guysmith.com - Guy Smith, ALMS regular and 2003 Le Mans winner.
• www.sebastien-bourdais.com – Sébastien Bourdais, born in Le Mans, several participations with the Pescarolo team, will race for Peugeot again this year (in French and English language).
• www.dindocapello.com – Rinaldo “Dindo” Capello, 3-times Le Mans winner (in English and Italian language).
• www.nicolasminassian.com – Nicolas Minassian, Le Mans regular, Pescarolo, Creation and Peugeot driver.
• www.stephane-sarrazin.com – Stephane Sarrazin, Le Mans regular, Aston Martin, now Peugeot driver.
• www.romaindumas.com – Romain Dumas, Porsche and Audi works driver.(English and French).
• www.olivier-panis.com - Olivier Panis, former F1 driver this year in the Oreca Peugeot (in French language).
• www.alexwurz.com – Alex Wurz, 1996 Le Mans winner (in English and German language).
• www.haroldprimat.com - Harold Primat, (in English, French and German).
• www.andypriaulx.com - Andy Priaulx, 3 time FIA WTCC champion.
• www.giancarlofisichella.com - Giancarlo Fisichella, Formula 1 winner.
• www.jean-alesi.com - Jean Alesi, ex Formula 1 and DTM driver (in French language).
• www.marc-lieb.de - Marc Lieb, 2005 GT2 class winner with T.W.A.T.S. sponsored BAM!/Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 and regularly wears the T.W.A.T.S. team shirt on the start line!!

• www.clubarnage.com - Of course, this is where you downloaded this guide from! OK, the website itself isn’t up-to-date but the forum will save your day. Lively discussions about Le Mans all year round!
• www.drinkingforholland.com - In effect, CA’s sister site in Holland – we have so much in common! Has a forum and a guestbook (in Dutch and English language).
• www.dailysportscar.com - A commercial site with some of the most up-to-date info’ around. Includes a free forum which is very knowledgeable and technical.
• www.sportscar-racing.com – News about sports car racing, also a forum.
• www.pistonheads.com - A huge site with some LM sections. Forum becomes more active as the race approaches.
• www.lemans24.piczo.com - A nice personal site from one of CA’s regulars.
• www.planetlemans.com – Dutch website publishing the latest sports car racing news.
• www.racingsportscars.com - An ambitious project pulling together sports car photographs across the years. Wonderful for research.
• www.sniffpetrol.com - The pit lane jostling of motoring, very funny.
• www.ten-tenths.com - Large and active forum site with specialist Sportscar/GT and Le Mans sub-forums.
• www.beermountain.com - The name of this site doesn’t quite tell it all but you get the picture. Good info for campers at LM, including campsite maps.
• www.gt-eins.at - Large German sports car-site with forum (in German language).
• www.lemanszone.de - fan website from CA forum member Werner (in German language).
• www.project-lemans.de - regular news about endurance racing (in German language).
• www.sebringfans.com - Although mainly a forum about the Le Mans counterpart across the pond, a must for all US sports car fans.
• www.endurance-info.com - Large and comprehensive news, info and forum site (in French language).
• www.larrylemans.co.uk – UK fan site.
• www.porschecurvepirates.co.uk – Another UK fan website.
• www.24h-le-mans.dk – Danish fan website (in Danish and English language).
• www.aysedasi.co.uk – Ayse's Le Mans enthusiast site since 2001. Pictures, news, entry list - excellent site.
• www.blokesatlemans.co.uk – Le Mans veterans, funny, with lots of good pictures.
• www.teamjpc.co.uk – in association with “tropicoma”.
• www.the-twats.com - the yellow shirt brigade from the UK.
• www.maisonblanche.co.uk - Rick Wilson's site with news and history of the Le Mans 24 hours.

• www.racetours.co.uk – CA member Neil aka Dobbo is organizing tours to the 24 hours of Le Mans.
• www.teamlangoustine.com – Team Langoustine, a company put together by motor sports fans for motor sport fans. Le Mans 24h specialists since 1989 with first hand experience of the circuit and its facilities. Have private facilities inside the circuit at Tertre Rouge and a dedicated campsite near Tertre Rouge.
• www.clubmotorsport.org.uk - UK based site.
• www.motorracinginternational.uk.com - UK based site.
• www.gptours.com - US based site.
• www.speedchills.com – UK based.
• www.grandstandmotorsports.co.uk – UK based.
• www.whiterabbitracing.co.uk – UK based, have a dedicated campsite at Beausejour.
• www.mc-travel-events.de – German motorsport travel company (in French, German and English language).
• www.airtrack.co.uk – they are running their own, exclusive VIP-campsite at Le Mans.
• www.lemansrace.com - ABTA bonded official ACO reseller. They have a secure campsite at Porsche Curves.

• www.porscheclubgb.com – Porsche Club Great Britain - they organize annual tours for their members to the 24 hours of Le Mans.
• www.porscheclubgbforum.com – Forum of the Porsche GB Club, has a Le Mans sub-forum.
• www.mscc.uk.com – Morgan Sports Car Club.
• www.cobraclub.com – Forums of the UK Cobra Replica Club.
• www.xpowerforums.com - an enthusiasts website dedicated to the products of MG & XPower following the split from BMW in the Spring of 2000.
• www.tvr-car-club.co.uk – The UK TVR car club, many of their members travel to Le Mans each year.
• www.gt40enthusiastsclub.com - The British GT40 Enthusiasts Club

• www.classicbw.org – About the Saint Saturnin Classic British Welcome (in English and French Language).
• www.lemans-racing.com – Website of French magazine (in French language).
• www.motorracinglegends.com – Usually the organisers of the Le Mans support races with historic cars.
• www.grande-parade-des-pilotes.com – About the drivers parade which is held on Friday 18.00h until 20.00h prior to the race in the centre of Le Mans.
• www.mulsannescorner.com – A great site about sports prototypes, very detailed, very technical. If you want to look up e.g. the specs of the 1989 Aston Martin Group C, here you can find them.
• www.jacky-ickx-fan.net – Great website on one of Le Mans greatest drivers, 6-times winner Jacky Ickx.
• www.24h-en-piste.com – Lots of news, facts, history and photos (French language).
• www.formula2.net – All Le Mans 24h results from 1923 until now.
• www.lemansdriver.fr – Drive yourself on the Bugatti or Maison Blanche circuit (French language).
• www.groupcracing.com – The cars of one of the greatest eras in sports car racing, support race in 2010.