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Archive for December, 2005

Audi R10 Diesel presentation in Paris

By Team Update ⋅ December 13, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Sports car racing fans from around the world tuned into Audi’s site for one of the most anticipated events in the history of the sport: the premiere of the Audi R10 in Paris, the replacement for […]

J3 Racing’s Sugden Wins Porsche Cup

By Team Update ⋅ December 11, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Eight Porsche drivers who regularly competed in the American Le Mans Series in 2005 were among the top 10 finishers in the 2005 Porsche Cup, announced Saturday at the manufacturer’s annual banqu […]

FIA’s Christmas present for Gardel - a championship!

By Team Update ⋅ December 10, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Gabriele Gardel, from Lugano in Switzerland, will tonight be officially crowned 2005 FIA GT Drivers? Champion after the FIA?s International Court of Appeal found in favour of Larbre Competition’ […]

Duncan Dayton to Campaign ex-#16 Dyson in ALMS

By Team Update ⋅ December 7, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Duncan Dayton, who has a stellar reputation in formula car, vintage and endurance sports car racing, has always enjoyed driving famous race cars. He has countless victories in vintage racing with the […]

Shell appointed new official fuel supplier for the Le Mans 24 hours

By Team Update ⋅ December 5, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Shell and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO), organiser of the “24 Heures du Mans”, are very proud to announce a major technical partnership that will introduce Shell as the official fuel supp […]

FIA GT3 test day at Paul Ricard

By Team Update ⋅ December 5, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The first day of testing for the new FIA GT3 European Championship took place at the impressive Paul Ricard High Tech Test Track. […]

Date announced for Larbre exclusion appeal hearing

By Team Update ⋅ December 4, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

It has been announced that the International Court of Appeal will hear the appeal on behalf of Larbre Competition against decision nr 9 of the Stewards of the Meeting, concerning the exclusion of car […]

Introduction of all new FIA GT3 European championship

By Team Update ⋅ December 4, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

SRO is very proud to present a new GT3 class, exclusive to the FIA, and an innovative new Championship, the FIA GT3 European Championship, which will make its debut on the European circuits in 2006, a […]

Lexus IS350 joins ALMS GT2S class

By Team Update ⋅ December 1, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

The American Le Mans Series announced today the Lexus IS350 will be joining the BMW M3 in the maiden season of the GT2S class in the series. The Lexus IS350, a four door entry-level luxury sedan marke […]