Gallery: the cars to (maybe) win Le Mans in 2030

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?

Ever wondered what a Le Mans prototype racer will look like in the year 2030, 14 years from now? Pretty wild, most likely. The subject of this year’s Michelin Design Challenge was just that – to dream up a future LMP1 victor that ‘utilises future-looking technologies, innovations, and pioneering problem solving skills’. 

The winning design was this Infiniti creation from Chinese entrant Tao Ni, who hit upon the idea of using a part-autonomous car that’d take over driving from the human on-board after it went dark, safely guiding the car through the most treacherous phase of the famous race. 

Second place went to Portuguese designer Daniel Bacelar Pereira’s Bentley, with its innovative airless tyres and upright front grille motif harking back to the Blower Bentleys of the 1920s. Meanwhile, third place went to a Canadian praying mantis of a machine in Martini livery, dreamt up by Kurt Scanlan. 

We’ve rounded up pictures of the three podium finishers plus other commended designs to give you a flavour of how tomorrow’s car designers see Le Mans shaping up for the 2030s. Got any favourites?