Primat joins Creation for Petit Le Mans assault

Geneva-based racing driver Harold Primat has been signed by Creation AIM for the British team’s assault on the prestigious Petit Le Mans endurance race in the USA.[...]

DKR-Engineering to make FIA GT debut at Nogaro

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Belgian team DKR Engineering, a regular in the FFSA French GT Championship, is making its FIA GT debut in Nogaro, with a Corvette C6R driven by Jean-Philippe Dayraut and Julien Canal. Team principal Kendy Janclaes gave his comments on this first appearance: “Although we have worked with other teams in the FIA GT [...]

Olivier Pla to drive Team LNT Ginetta-Zytek

Team LNT is pleased to announce that the rapid Frenchman Olivier Pla is to drive the new Ginetta-Zytek LMP1 at next week’s Petit Le Mans race. He will join Danny Watts at the wheel of the latest Ginetta-Zytek for the American Le Mans Series flagship event, which takes place over 10 hours or 1,000 miles on Saturday October 4[...]

Kruse-Schiller Silverstone report

The preparation phase for the last round of the Le Mans Series started with a test at the German Hockenheimring during which the team gathered a lot of valuable information, but unfortunately the test ended with an engine failure. There was not enough time left to change the engine at the teams workshop in Siegburg, so the Kruse Schiller Motorsport team traveled earlier than planned to Silverstone to change the engine at the British racetrack on Wednesday. The following shake-down at Stowe on Thursday proofed that all systems were OK and that everything was in order for the practice sessions to come.

Marc Lieb joins Lizards for Petit Le Mans

The final countdown for the 2008 ALMS championship has begun. Just two races remain of the 11-race season: Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta and the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Laguna Seca. The flagship race of the ALMS season, Petit Le Mans — which runs 1000 miles (or 10 hours maximum) — will be held on October 4. The 4-hour season finale at Laguna Seca will be held on October 18.

Conquest Racing with Zytek and LNT at Petit Le Mans

After taking on a new project in the IndyCar Series this season, Conquest Racing will now be taking on a second one as it makes its first foray into the world of sports car racing. The open-wheel team announced today that it will be present at Petit Le Mans on October 4 by providing Zytek and Team LNT with personnel, engineering and logistical support[...]

Confirmed: only one Peugeot for Petit Le Mans

After a particularly intensive and fiercely-fought campaign in 2008, Peugeot Sport has already started to look ahead to next season and has stepped up its work programme which began several months ago. Its visit to Road Atlanta stands out as a key session with a view to acquiring additional experience and furthering the development of the 908 HDi FAP.

Audi adds only one extra driver for Petit Le Mans

Two of this year’s Le Mans 24 Hour race winners Dindo Capello (Italy) and Allan McNish (Scotland) strengthen the Audi driver squad at the 1000-mile race Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta (Georgia) on 4 October. Audi is unbeaten to date in this classic US long-distance race. The Audi R8 won six times in succession between 2000 and 2005. In 2006 and 2007, Dindo Capello and Allan McNish triumphed with the Audi R10 TDI diesel-powered sportscar.

Yamamoto and Primat test Charouz Lola Aston Martin

Formula 1 test driver Sakon Yamamoto and Harold Primat tested Charouz Racing System prototype at Brno this week. They shared the Aston Martin powered LMP1 prototype. The Japanese driver of the ING Renault F1 team ran in both dry and wet conditions. Primat drove only on Wednesday when the track was dry.

Ginetta-Zytek LMP1 for Team LNT at Petit Le Mans

Team LNT today are pleased to announce their entry to the 2008 Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta with a Ginetta-Zytek LMP1 car. Team LNT’s previous LMP entry was a ‘one off’ LMP2 Zytek at Silverstone exactly 12 months ago. That effort resulted in pole position, fastest lap and second place having dominated the race early on with Danny Watts and Tom Kimber Smith at the wheel. Prior to that, Team LNT was an ever-present part of the LMS and Le Mans 24 Hours with TVR in 2004 and 2005 and the Panoz GT2 team during 2006 & 2007.