Archive for June, 2010
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Hours 16-18
Early in the sixteenth hour the #83 Risi Ferrari came into the box with smoke pouring out of the car from the left rear. Unfortunately for the American team it’s not from the tires but from the engine. Upon arrival the car was pushed backwards into the box. Down the pitlane an other car returned, the #11 Drayson Lola.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Hours 13-15
As we passed the halfway point of the race the single Peugeot at the front was rejoined by the Team Oreca Matmut Peugeot, having spent almost a quarter of an hour in the pit.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Hours 10-12
Fifteen minutes into the tenth hour of the race the safety car was sent out again after the Ford GT of GT1 race leader Thomas Mutsch and the OAK Racing Pescarolo of Jean-Francois Yvon. The Ford GT was tapped by the Pescarolo and then hit again as it came back on the track after spinning.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Hours 7-9
Hour seven started behind the safety car, which came in after some fifteen minutes. Even though the timing screen said it would be in (and teams relaying that message to their drivers) it took more than one lap before the safety cars finally left. [...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Hours 4-6
The fourth hour started with the Spyker Squadron crew working hard to repair their Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R after the accident with the Pegasus Norma. The Norma apparently pushed into the path off the Spyker by an Audi.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Hours 1-3
>The 78th Le Mans 24 Hours got underway at exactly 3 pm local time and the four Peugeots went onto the Mulsanne straight ahead of the three Audi’s. McNish immediately opened the attack on Nicolas Lapierre, but the Audi driver was unable to pass the Oreca Peugeot.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Qualifying 3 report
The third and final qualifying session took place one hour after session 2 on Thursday night. Another two hours of action before the traditional no-race-action Friday.[...]
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Qualifying 2 report
After rain fell for most of the day at Le Mans it stopped raining before the first qualifying on Thursday and the track slowly started to dry. The track slowly started to dry, but it was way too early for teams to improve their fastest lap times.[...]
The ACO press conference – a look at the future!
A tradition on the Thursday before the 24 Hours of Le Mans is the annual Automobile Club de l’Ouest press conference held in the museum next to the circuit. This year the ACO had lots of news to unveil.
24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 : Qualifying 1 report
Peugeot dominated Wedneday’s qualifying session. On a dry track the Peugeot 908’s were first, second, third and fourth. The Audi’s were some four seconds behind provisional pole-sitter Sébastien Bourdais.[...]
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