The rumours were true, Peugeot Sport has not just opted to join the FIA World Endurance Championship with a standard Le mans Hypercar, it’s gone radical too! The brand new hybrid, twin-turbo V6-powered 9X8, launched today, is set to stun fans around the world. It features plenty of nods and styling cues to the Peugeot […]
This is the second part of Travel Destinations’ deep dive into hydrogen technology at the Le Mans 24 Hours and the ongoing Mission H24 project. If you missed Part 1 you can read it by clicking HERE. Looking beyond the immediate future of the H24 project, 2024 and the implementation of the new hydrogen class […]
The automotive sector is undergoing major change. With manufacturers around the world scrambling to find more sustainable solutions for motoring and spending billions on R&D, it’s becoming clear that the cars we drive in a decade or two’s time will be radically different to the ICU-based machines we’ve been using since the inception of the […]
Historic racing event organiser Peter Auto, has announced that the 2021 edition of the Le Mans Classic in July has been postponed to 2022 and will now run from June 30th to July 3rd* next year. The decision has been made in light of the current health guidelines in France which would prevent it from […]
Travel Destinations customers have been given the chance to buy signed copies of Tom Kristensen’s brand new memoir ‘Mr Le Mans’ at a reduced price, courtesy of our friends at Evro Publishing. Mr Le Mans is a personal reflection on the astonishing career of Danish racing driver Tom Kristensen, who has a record nine overall […]
The ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest) announced yesterday that the 2021 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours has been postponed for the second year running, from its traditional mid-June date to August 21st – 22nd. This will be the first time that the race has been held in the month of August The ACO […]
Toyota, Glickenhaus, Peugeot, Alpine, Audi, Porsche, Acura… Just when you thought the flow of positive sportscar racing news was slowing down, Ferrari announces that it is committed to the Le Mans Hypercar category from 2023 onwards, as a full factory. News of this magnitude doesn’t come around often, but when it does, it makes an […]
Toyota Gazoo Racing has officially kicked off the Le Mans Hypercar era by formally unveiling its brand new GR010 HYBRID challenger, which will make its global race debut in the opening race of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship season at Sebring in March. After years of planning, designing, developing and more recently, manufacturing and […]
With 2020 in the rear-view mirror, the Travel Destinations office has now reopened for 2021. To our loyal customers, we wish all of you a happy and safe new year and look forward to seeing you all soon. Last year was incredibly challenging, but we are now fully focused on the coming months and excited […]
The dust has barely settled on Porsche’s withdrawl from IMSA’s GTLM category at the 2020 season finale in Sebring last month and already the German marque has announced its return to sportscar racing as a factory. Let’s not beat around the bush here, last night’s news that Porsche will return to top-class sportscar racing and […]