On Friday, the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and ORECA gave the green light to the Formula Le Mans Cup. Teams, drivers and the media discovered the new Endurance monotype formula, the Le Mans Cup, which will have 220 000 euros in prizes, at the official presentation ![…]
In future, the AUDI AG motorsport programme will be based on three pillars: During the 2009 season, the brand with the four rings will compete once again in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the DTM. Additionally, with the new Audi R8 LMS, Audi Sport offers for the first time a racing sports car specifically developed for customer use.[…]
Strakka Racing’s driver pairing of Nick Leventis and Peter Hardman were in Spain last week for some early winter testing ahead of finalising plans for next season. The two drivers have shared the team’s Aston Martin DBR9 this year in the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Le Mans Series, as well as raced their BMW M3 GTR in ETCS and Britcar events[…]
As the races and championships whose results are taken into account for the automatic selections for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours have finished, 29 entrants have been invited out of the 55 at the start.[…]
The organisers of the Dutch GT4 Championship made several announcements regarding the 2009 season today. After the confirmation of Michelin as exclusive tyre supplier of the championship next year it was now time for more news on the calendar and teams to join.[…]
Team Modena are delighted to today announce the first of their 2009 race campaigns to be unveiled, the team entering a Ferrari F430 GT in the LM GT2 category of the Le Mans Series and, entry permitting, the Le Mans 24-Hour race itself. Having won three out of five LMS races in the GT1 category this season, hopes are high the team can continue that form into 2009.[…]
In soaring temperatures the inaugural race at the stunning Potrero de los Funes circuit pushed the Scuderia Ecosse team to the limit throughout the final round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship during what turned out to be an exciting and incident packed race that thrilled the large and enthusiastic Argentinean crowd.[…]
Anthony Kumpen and Bert Longin won the last round of the FIA GT season in San Luis, Argentina. In their PK Carsport Saleen S7R they finished ahead of the Phoenix Corvette of Hezemans - Gollin and the SRT Corvette of Soulet - Ledesma.[…]
CRS’ 2008 FIA GT Championship campaign came to a close today with a fourth place finish for Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell and ninth for Chris Niarchos and Tim Mullen.[…]
The final round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship in San Luis was one with ups and downs. It promised to be a great event on a brand new circuit labelled as a ‘real racer’ track, but with Jetalliance Racing not making the trip to Argentina and the Gigawave MotorSport team withdrawn after a crash on Saturday the race was robbed of at least two potential race winners before it had even started. The fans in Argentina would see a nice finish of the 2008 season though.[…]