Planetlemans.com | 2009 December

Aston Martin Vantage for JMW Motorsport in LMS

By Team Update ⋅ December 23, 2009 ⋅ 13 comments

JMW Motorsport, runners up in their debut Le Mans Series GT2 season in 2009, will be switching allegiance for 2010 and 2011 with the announcement they will be competing with the Aston Martin Vantage GT2 in the 2010 Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hour, having become Aston Martin Racing’s official global GT2 Development Partner.[...]

Aston Martin Racing confirms FIA GT1 teams

By Team Update ⋅ December 23, 2009 ⋅ 6 comments

Aston Martin will be represented by two teams in the new FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010. Teams Hexis AMR and Young Driver AMR have applied for entry and each plan to run two Aston Martin DBR9s in the championship. Entries are subject to approval by the FIA and the confirmed entry list will be issued in January.[...]

Kolles plans return to LMS in 2010

By Team Update ⋅ December 23, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments

After its debut season in the Le Mans Series (LMS), team Kolles is planning to take part again in the most prestigious sports car championship of the world with the Audi R10 TDI in the upcoming season 2010.[...]

Strakka Confirms move to HPD ARX-01 for 2010

By Team Update ⋅ December 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Silverstone-based Strakka Racing is pleased to confirm that the team will be competing in the 2010 Le Mans Series with Honda Performance Development (HPD) and the ARX-01 LMP2 sports prototype.[...]

Ragues and Mailleux confirmed at Signature

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ December 21, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As we mentioned in the Endurance News Briefs on December 19th Signature will enter a Lola Aston Martin LMP1 in the Le Mans Series in 2010. Even though no drivers were confirmed on Saturday the expectation was that Pierre Ragues and Franck Mailleux would be retained…and that is what happened today.[...]

Endurance News Briefs – December 19

By Marcel ten Caat ⋅ December 19, 2009 ⋅ 9 comments

Even though the announcements of Peugeot and Team Oreca Matmut regarding 2010 and 2011 and the confirmation of a rather interesting lineup for Extreme Speed Motorsports were the most important and positive news facts for the week there was more. Here are some news briefs of other things that happened (or are bound to happen).[...]

Extreme Speed Motorsports reveals lineups

By Series Update ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ 26 comments

Extreme Speed Motorsports, the new race team created and owned by veteran race car driver Scott Sharp, revealed today its driver lineup for the American Le Mans Series’ GT class in 2010. The announcement follows a successful day of testing the team’s first new Ferrari F430 GTC on Wednesday at Sebring International Raceway – the car’s first run on American soil after arriving from the factory in Italy.[...]

Oreca & Peugeot Sport sign a long-term partnership

By Team Update ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ 8 comments

Oreca & Peugeot Sport sign a long-term partnership.
2010: A Peugeot 908 HDi FAP entered by ORECA, 2011: A Peugeot engine to power the new LM P1 “ORECA 02.”[...]

Team Oreca to race 4th Peugeot at Le Mans

By Team Update ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

After taking time to consult the various teams which expressed an interest in running a Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in 2010, Peugeot Sport has finally decided to provide Team ORECA MATMUT with a car.[...]

Olivier Pla to race for Quifel-ASM Team again

By Team Update ⋅ December 18, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Olivier Pla continues his adventure in endurance racing, a discipline he discovered in 2008, with the Quifel-ASM Team. For the third straight year, the Portuguese team will be Oliver’s home. With teammate Miguel Amaral, the Toulouse native will again drive a Ginetta-Zytek in the Le Mans Series and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[...]

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