Archive for September, 2009
Le Mans Series 1000KM of Silverstone – The Race
Despite a rather messy starting grid, with cars being positioned at the wrong grid place and therefore a slightly delayed start the spectators at Silverstone saw an interesting final round of the 2009 Le Mans Series season. With two championships yet undecided the battles throughout the field were fought out from start to finish. Here’s a recap of the Autosport 1000KM of Silverstone.[...]
Another podium finish for SNORAS Spyker Squadron
Although the team started this morning from ninth position on the fourteen car GT2 grid, both Jarek Janis and Tom Coronel fought their way to the front of the field to finish in a strong second place. It is the second time in a row that SNORAS Spyker Squadron finishes on the podium. In the previous round, the 1000 km of the Nurburgring [...]
Strakka concludes first LMS season on a positive note
Strakka Racing rounded off their 2009 Le Mans Series season with a strong run to ninth place overall, eighth in LMP1, for the final 1000 Kilometre race at Silverstone on Sunday. The weekend concluded a debut season that has seen the team pitched from the highs of pole position, to the lows of two non-finishes. [...]
OAK Racing Team Mazda France on the podium again
OAK Racing Team Mazda France made it four podium finishes from the last five races in 2009 as Jacques Nicolet and Richard Hein took a fine third place in the LMP2 class during the final round of the Le Mans Series at Silverstone. Once again the French team’s pair of gentlemen drivers drove faultlessly throughout the 1000km race [...]
Victory for the ORECA 01 driven by Panis & Lapierre
The Team ORECA-Matmut-AIM has scored that elusive victory! For the first time, the ORECA 01 took the chequered flag in first place only 5 months after its initial shakedown. Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre were on the pace straight away, and put on a superb show to overcome strong opposition led by Aston Martin. [...]
Drayson Racing faces bittersweet homecoming result
Drayson Racing had a truly bittersweet weekend culminating with today’s running of the Autosport 1000km of Silverstone. The event brought the highest practice, qualifying and race-running results ever enjoyed by the British team whilst running the Aston Martin Vantage GT2. However, with two hours remaining in the six hour event [...]
Porsche works drivers win championship at Silverstone
After a dramatic finale of the Le Mans Series, works drivers Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz celebrated the first championship title win for Porsche this year. With a clear nine-point advantage, the two had taken up the race in Silverstone from pole position. But the fifth and last round of the season turned into a real thriller right to the flag. [...]
Nigel delights crowds in Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S
Nigel Mansell returned to Silverstone today, the scene of three of his thirty one Grand Prix victories to a rapturous reception from his army of fans. Racing for Team LNT in an LMP1 Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S at the Le Mans Series finale, crowds were overwhelmed to see the 56 year old line up on the grid, as he started the race for team mates [...]
Promising start ends in disappointment for Zytek
The newly crowned Le Mans Series LMP2 Champions, Olivier Pla, Miguel Amaral and the Quifel-ASM Racing Team started today’s Autosport 1,000km of Silverstone strongly in their Ginetta-Zytek. Olivier was up among many of the LMP1 cars and was looking to add to his tally of victories this season. [...]
Le Mans Series 1000KM of Silverstone – Qualifying
Nicolas Lapierre secured pole position for Team Oreca Matmut AIM in this afternoon’s qualifying session for the Autosport 1000 KM of Silverstone. In a rather messy LMP session the French driver set a 1:32.798, almost a full second ahead of the second placed car. Thirty-nine cars took part in the qualifying session.[...]
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