Audi Sport Team Joest has won the final American Le Mans Series 12 Hours of Sebring. Benoit Tréluyer, Marcel Fässler and Oliver Jarvis managed to beat their Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Lucas di Grassi after what could best be described as two-car battle for the overall victory. It was the first ever win for a hybrid diesel at Sebring and the 11th overall victory for the German manufacturer since 2000.[...]
ACO and United SportsCar Racing are pleased to announce a global strategic agreement to continue a relationship that started between ACO and ALMS 14 years ago to promote endurance racing in North America and the link with the 24 Heures du Mans.[...]
Audi Sport Team Joest will start the 61st running of the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh from Florida from pole position. In the final LMP1 qualifying ever at the Sebring International Raceway Audi R18 e-tron quattro drivers Allan McNish and Marcel Fässler battled each other for pole position. The World Champion won the fight, albeit just.[...]
Risi Competizione returned to the American Le Mans Series by taking the 12 Hours of Sebring pole position this afternoon. Gianmaria Bruni posted the fastest lap time in GT qualifying. Ten cars finished the session within a second of each other. In LMPC it was Colin Braun who secured pole position, while Andy Lally’s last lap attempt in GTC earned him pole position for tomorrow.[...]
Sliding into first place for events this year is Autosport International 2013, kicking off the new motorsport season in style on 12-13 January at the Birmingham NEC! This show is not to be missed, so we’re offering five lucky people the chance to win a pair of tickets![...]
BMW Motorsport will again compete in the American Le Mans Series in 2013. At the end of season party in Maisach the German manufacturer confirmed that the BMW Z4 GTE will replace the BMW M3 GT next season.[...]
Aston Martin Racing will travel to China this week for the final round of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the Six Hours of Shanghai, with the goal of extending its run of podium finishes and securing second position in the intensely competitive GTE Pro class.[...]
At Le Mans the LMP2 class was the biggest category in the race with 20 cars entered for the 80th 24 Hours of Le Mans. Some called it the most competitive prototype class category in the world and why would we disagree. There were fights throughout the field for most of the race. Strongest this year was Starworks Motorsport. Here’s a team-by-team review of what happened in LM P2 and what happened with the Nissan DeltaWing.[...]
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is behind us. We’ve seen great fights and dramatic pictures of cars retiring from the race. The two LM GTE categories had its share of drama before and during the race. AF Corse won its first Le Mans and Larbre Competition took a third consecutive class win. Here’s a team-by-team review of what happened in the GTE Pro and GTE Am classes.[...]
The 80th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans might not have been the most exciting race in years, but it was a nice race nevertheless. Toyota made its return to Le Mans, a hybrid won Le Mans outright for the first time and some of the Audi drivers didn’t feel like winning it. In the end it was the #1 Audi of Lotter, Tréluyer and Fässler that won Le Mans for the second time in a row.[...]