ORECA has been a constructor since the end of 2007, and it has already made a name for itself with the ORECA 01 racing in LM P1, and the Formula Le Mans prototypes. The Signes-based Group has used the experience gained with these two cars to build the ORECA 03. This new prototype will be on sale for teams wanting to race in 2011 in the Le Mans 24 Hours and in the different Le Mans Series in the LM P2 category.[...]
A challenging beginning to the weekend turned into a solid finish for Scott Tucker, Christophe Bouchut and the Level 5 Motorsports team Sunday at Mosport International Raceway. Tucker and Bouchut drove the No. 55 Microsoft-sponsored ORECA FLM09 to second place in the LMPC class in the Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Mosport, setting up a championship showdown in the season finale in October.[...]
Following a successful Le Mans Series debut in Hungary Team RLR has added Simon Phillips to its driver line up for the final round of the 2010 championship at Silverstone (September 10-12).[...]
Officially imported in Europe by Equipe Verschuur, the spectacular Chevrolet Camaro GT4 made its competition debut at the Nürburgring last weekend. The combined races of the HTC Dutch GT4 Championship and the GT4 European Cup saw a successful premiere for Equipe Verschuur’s pair of Camaros, driven by Mike Verschuur/Tim Buijs and Donald Molenaar/Ardi van der Hoek. “Calling it a dream debut is fully justified”, says initiator Frans Verschuur.[...]
The American Le Mans Series race on Canada’s Mosport circuit ended with an emphatic double victory for Porsche. On the demanding circuit close to Toronto, Porsche works driver Romain Dumas (France) and Klaus Graf (Germany) clinched the second overall victory this season at the wheel of the Porsche RS Spyder.[...]
The historic and challenging Mosport International Raceway was no match for Muscle Milk Team CytoSport as the team topped off a perfect weekend with its third victory of the season.[...]
After yesterday’s dramas within Risi Competizione, with major incidents and illnesses involving cars and drivers, today’s Mobil 1 Presents The Grand Prix of Mosport was thankfully, and blissfully, trouble free for the Houston-based team. It wasn’t quite so trouble free for the organisers, however, and the event finished behind the Safety Car 26 minutes earlier than scheduled following a massive crash involving a GTC Porsche. That car’s driver, like Risi’s Pierre Kaffer yesterday, was fortunate to walk away unscathed.[...]
Both Sumo Power GT Nissan GT-Rs fought their way through the field in a tough round six of the FIA GT1 World Championship at Nürburgring today. Car 22, driven by Warren Hughes and Jamie Campbell-Walter, climbed from 16th on the gird up to an impressive eighth and car 23, driven by Michael Krumm and Peter Dumbreck, went from 20th to 15th, in a race that featured some hard, panel-beating action.[...]
After the magnificent win of the Dutch Mad Crocs Xavier Maassen and Jos Menten in Spa, the Dutch pairing showed up at the German Nürburgring for the sixth round of the FIA GT1 World Championship with high hopes, just as the Finish paring Mika Salo and Pertti Kuismanen. But sport is not only about success, but also about fighting back after a defeat.[...]
Young Driver AMR gave a magnificent performance at the sixth round of the GT1 World Championship at the Nürburgring. On home ground the German team experienced a weekend that can only be described as dominant. After taking Pole Position and the victory in the Qualifying Race, Darren Turner (GB) and Tomas Enge (CZ) also took the victory in the Championship Race[...]