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The ACO has revealed the 55 entrants and eight reserves for the 2008 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The full season entry list for the 2008 Le Mans Series has been revealed, with 50 cars set to take part in the five-event calendar during the season ahead.

Allan McNish has sent out a warning to drivers entering Formula 1 to be prepared to have to battle at the back end of the grid before making their way up the pecking order, after he finally got his big break in the top flight more than a decade on from first getting a taste of F1 power.

The British Racing Drivers' Club has confirmed that Le Mans legend Tony Rolt died earlier this week, aged 89.

James Watt Automotive has confirmed that it will expand to run two cars in the 2008 Le Mans Series after purchasing a new Aston Martin Vantage for the coming season.

1. Minassian/Gene Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 374 laps LMP1 2. Sarrazin/Lamy Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 362 laps LMP1

Larbre's hopes of keeping the fight for second place in the GT1 championship standings alive has ended after rivals Luc Alphand Aventures protested a plan by the French team to run its lone entry into the Mil Milhas under as the #50.

Henri Pescarolo and Saulnier Racing's Jacques Nicolet are to join forces to create new organisation to run under the title of Group Pescarolo Automobiles.

Sixteen year old Max Chilton is to make his Le Mans Series debut alongside his brother Tom in the latest round of the championship at Silverstone.

Darren Turner is to return to the Team Modena line-up for the second time this season at Silverstone as he aims to help the team to success in its home round of the Le Mans Series next month.

Team Modena secured a podium finish on the resumption of racing in the Le Mans Series, with Antonio Garcia and Christian Fittipaldi taking second in the GT1 class at the Nurburgring.

Although unable to match the top ten result collected in 2006, Team Modena was given reason to smile at Le Mans after the British outfit was chosen by the Auto Club de L'Ouest as recipients of the Prix Escra for the best technical performance of any team at this year's race.

The race leading Audi of Dindo Capello, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen has hit trouble at Le Mans after losing a wheel and going off into the tyre wall.

The official running order of the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours as the race passes the halfway mark at 2am local time.

For the second successive season, Audi trio Emanuele Pirro, Marco Werner and Frank Biela have secured victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

1. Pirro/Biela/Werner Audi Sport North America Audi R10 Tdi 369 laps LMP1 2. Bourdais/Sarrazin/Lamy Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 359 laps LMP1

Team Modena is fighting back in the Le Mans 24 Hours after losing time following a failed suspension damper that dropped the #59 Aston Martin DBR9 out of the battle for the top three places.

The Safety Car is back on track at Le Mans with Mike Rockenfeller having gone off heavily in the #3 Audi R10 an hour and a half into the race.

The 75th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours will feature 54 cars after the JLOC Isao Noritake team was given permission to compete in the event.

Full times from the two wet qualifying sessions - sessions three and four - for the 75th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Marco Apicella has escaped serious injury in his high-speed accident during qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours - although the same cannot be said for the JLOC Isao Noritake Lamborghini he was driving at the time.

The opening qualifying session for the Le Mans 24 Hours has been red flagged following a huge accident involving the JLOC Isao Noritake Lamborghini Murcielago.

Ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend in France, the Audi factory drivers talk through a lap of the famous La Sarthe circuit... Frank Biela on the Dunlop corner/chicane:

Audi's decision to rest Tom Kristensen from DTM duty while he recovered from his round one accident at Hockenheim appears to have paid dividends as the Dane has been given the go-ahead to race at Le Mans.