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Archive for February, 2005

Maserati MC12 to compete in 2005 ALMS

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 23, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) today announced that it has invited Maserati to enter the MC12 in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) as a guest of the sanctioning body. The invitatio […]

Team Jota announce 2005 Le Mans Endurance Series drivers — Kurosawa joins Stack and Hignett

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 21, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Team Jota today announced Haruki Kurosawa as their third driver for the 2005 Le Mans Endurance Series. Haruki, 27, will join Team Jota veterans & owners John Stack and Sam Hignett in the teams Zyt […]

RML to run MG Lola EX264 in LMES and Le Mans — Erdos and Newton confirmed

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 21, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

RML will enter this year’s LMES and Le Mans 24 Hours in the P2 category in a brand new MG Lola supported again by the AD Group […]

Farewell season for the BMW M3 GTR — BMW sets its sights on the Nurburgring 24 hours again

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 20, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

BMW will again be fielding its two BMW M3 GTRs in the Nürburgring 24 Hour Race on 7th/8th May. It will mark the final season for the two muscle cars with their 500 bhp V8 engines that claimed a one-tw […]

RML appoint Le Mans winner Alastair Macqueen

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 19, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

RML are pleased to announce that Alastair Macqueen will be joining their sportscar team from this week as Race and Development Engineer working on the Le Mans and Le Mans Endurance Series MG Lola LMP2 […]

Le Mans 24 Hours entry for Scuderia Ecosse

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 19, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Scuderia Ecosse is delighted to confirm that the team is one step closer to achieving its long term ambitions having secured an entry into the 2005 Le Mans 24 Hour race. […]

ACO releases first list of competitors — 34 invited for test day

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 15, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

In accordance with the 2005 Supplementary Regulations, the Selection Committee of the ACO des “24 Heures du Mans” has recently held a meeting. In this meeting a first version of the entry list for the […]

FIA GT television for 2005 — more live races on Eurosport

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 12, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

There will be live coverage of the FIA GT Championship on Eurosport for a number of races, including Magny-Cours (live start/finish), approximately five hours of live coverage for the Proximus 24 Hour […]

RAM Racing enters former Konrad car for 2005 FIA GT Championship

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 12, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Polish team RAM Racing is due to take part in a limited campaign in the 2005 season of the FIA GT Championship. The team will also be competing in the Polish GT Championship, which clashes with Silver […]

Russian Age Racing joins FIA GT — Fomenko, Vasiliev joined by Bouchut

By Sander van Dijk ⋅ February 12, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Rob Schirle has announced that Cirtek Motorsport will be running a Ferrari 550 Maranello in the 2005 FIA GT Championship, under the name Russian Age Racing. The car will be driven by the two Russian d […]