Peugeot Sport Total turned the table at Spa-Francorchamps today and took a 1-2 victory in the second round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the Le Mans Series. After a dramatic qualifying in which the Peugeots were unable to set a proper lap time due to a red flag, they were quickly back at the front and as the Audi’s hit trouble they took control and secured the victory.[...]
Timo Bernhard secured pole position for the 1000 KM of Spa-Francorchamps for Audi Sport Team Joest in a dramatic qualifying session on the Spa circuit.[...]
Timo Bernhard put an Audi R18 TDI on top again in the third free practice season for the second round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and Le Mans Series at Spa-Francorchamps.[...]
The second free practice session at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit was cut short this afternoon by two red flags. The first red flag was shown after Jean-Christophe Boullion crashed his Lola B10/60 Coupé Toyota in the Raidillon and shortly after the green flag had been shown the nº9 Peugeot 908 of Pedro Lamy and the nº36 HPD ARX-01d of Mike Newton crashed heavily in the ‘Pif Paf’.[...]
The Audi Sport North America Audi R18 TDI was fastest in the first practice session of the second round of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup and the Le Mans Series at Spa-Francorchamps.[...]
The McLaren MP4-12C GT3 and its 2011 race schedule were officially unveiled in Woking, England today. At the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking it was also announced that the expertise of McLaren Racing, McLaren Automotive and CRS Racing were brought together in one company: McLaren GT.[...]
Hope Racing has confirmed its Oreca 01 SwissHyTech Hybrid LMP1 car will not take part in this weekend’s 1000 KM of Spa-Francorchamps, round 2 of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Only a few days after announcing Jan Lammers as part of the Hope Racing driver line-up the Swiss team has pulled out of the 1000 KM of Spa.[...]
Ware, Hertfordshire-based racing driver, Martin Rich, is set to fulfill a lifelong ambition by competing in this year’s famous Le Mans 24 Hours endurance race. He has been named as a member of the Lotus Jetalliance team that will see Lotus return to this historic event for the first time this century.[...]