Tag Archive: le mans

Join WTF1 and friends in online racing club

While we’re all twiddling our thumbs and wondering what to do during the off season, I thought I’d write a post about an online racing club I race with and see if any WTF1 readers might be interested in joining too. Our club Really Rubbish Racing is now well over a year old and we’re …

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Heroic: Guy does own 24 Hour of Le Mans on his Mobility Scooter

If you thought the Le Mans 24 hour was the toughest race of 2012 then think again. 51 year old Steve Tarrant has just broken the world record for travelling 175 miles on his mobility scooter. He was severely injured after marshaling at the 2000 Goodwood Festival of Speed, when John Dawson-Damer crashed his Lotus 63, tragically killing himself and …

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Caravan Club: The 24 Hours of LeMons

So 24 Hours Le Mans is over and we’ll have to wait a whole year for  another brilliant endurance race… or will we? The 24 Hours of Le Mons is a spoof version of the famous race and features endurance races all over America for cars costing less than $500. So you’re probably wondering what some of …

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Opinions, Endurance Racing and Beards: WTF1 Interviews Karun Chandhok

Something of a WTF1 first now, our first interview. Former F1 driver and current World Endurance Championship racer Karun Chandhok has kindly answered some questions for us. Don’t worry, we haven’t gone all formal, we’ve been talking endurance racing, helmets, liveries and beards. Click below for the very first WTF1 Interview.

Seriously?: Nissan to enter Batmobile at Le Mans 24 hour

That’s right this car really is going to be racing at the Le Mans 24 hours, as well as the Le Mans series. This futuristic design was one of the rejected concepts for the new 2012 Indy Car. Nissan has taken the DeltaWing prototype, fitted it with an engine and plans to race the car …

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Top Ten: Motorsport Epic Fails

Many of you will have already seen the ridiculous start to the Le Mans Series race at Le Castellet. It’s not the first time things haven’t gone to plan in a motor race with the sport having its fair share of epic fails. Below are ten of the best.