Archive for November, 2008
FIA GT round 10 – San Luis preview
A new destination. A new circuit. And a wonderful backdrop for the season finale ! The 2008 FIA GT Championship is heading further south than ever before, for its first-ever race in the southern hemisphere. Argentina will host the tenth round of 2008 at the exciting new circuit at Potrero de los Funes, in the Province of San Luis.[...]
CR Scuderia: The Last Tango of 2008
The final race of the year for CRS is a trip into the unknown, to San Luis in Argentina and a brand new race track, the “Lago Potrero de los Funes”. This is an important race for CRS as the team wants to end the season on a high note, in the same way the British GT and Formula Renault seasons ended. The drivers have a new circuit to learn and, with no extra track time allocated, it’s going to be the fast-learners who have the upper hand.[...]
Barwell Motorsport confirms its 2009 plans
British GT/sportscar team, Barwell Motorsport, is returning to European competition in 2009, having spent this season contesting the American Le Mans Series (ALMS). The former British GT Champions operated under the banner of ‘Drayson-Barwell’ in the 2008 ALMS, as part of its joint venture with driver Paul Drayson.[...]
RML announces Mazda AER deal for 2009
RML’s LMP2 sports prototype programme has been one of the most successful of the last five years, with back-to-back victories in the Le Mans 24 Hours, and the class title in the Le Mans Series in 2007.[...]
Dyson Racing: Statement on Porsche Partnership
Dyson Racing has announced that with the end of the 2008 American Le Mans Series season, they will be concluding their partnership with Porsche Motorsport and Porsche Motorsport North America. For the 2007 and 2008 race seasons, Dyson Racing campaigned two Porsche RS Spyders in the ALMS LMP2 class, successfully assisting Porsche in winning back-to-back manufacturer’s championships[...]
The FIA announces the 2009 FIA GT Calendars
The 2009 calendar for the FIA GT Championship was released during today’s session of the FIA World Motor Sport Council.[...]
Racing Box to enter two Lola B08/80s in ’09
After a disastrous season for Racing Box, which saw them leaving circuits before the actual racing had actually started, the Italian team is looking forward to the 2009 season. In the last couple of weeks the team has worked hard and this week the first news was announced[...]
Michelin Tyre Test at Estoril – news and views
With the American Le Mans Series and Le Mans Series seasons over it is time to switch the focus on the 2009 season. Michelin did so by organizing a tyre test at the Circuito do Estoril in Portugal. The French tyre manufacturer took six manufacturers with them to the Portuguese track and on all four [...]
2009 Corvette Competition Cup Announced
A new racing category for Corvettes will be included in the 2009 BF Goodrich Long Distance Championship. The Corvettes will race at the Nurburgring in a category called the Corvette Competition Cup. The Cup will feature 2009 Corvette C6s and they will join other competitors at the Nurburgring racetrack. The specially designed Corvettes for this series will be named Corvette Competition R.[...]
A look back at the 2008 LMS season – LMP vs GT
One of the hot items this Le Mans Series season was what seemed to be a never ending story of LMP’s and GT cars colliding. At almost every race some of the faster prototypes had a coming together with one of the (slower) GT cars[...]
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