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LMP2 and LMPC Race Report: VICTORY IN IMOLA FOR THIRIET BY TDS RACING

Reigning ELMS Champions Thiriet by TDS Racing returned to the top step of the podium when Pierre Thiriet crossed the line in the team’s Oreca-Nissan to take maximum points in Italy for himself, the team and co-driver Mathias Beche. The gap of 46 seconds to the second placed nr36 Signatech Alpine Alpine-Nissan of Nelson Panciatici [...]

LMGTE and GTC Race Report: FERRARI TAKE TOP HONOURS IN ITALY

The 3 Hours of Imola saw a home win for Ferrari in both the LMGTE and GTC classes with the nr52 RAM Racing 458 Italia of Matt Griffin and Johnny Mowlem taking a lights to flag win in LMGTE and the nr69 SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 of Fabio Babini, Viktor Shaitar and Kirill Ladygin taking the GTC class win for the Russian team on their debut in the European Le Mans Series.[...]

An increased grid for round two of the ELMS

The opening round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series saw 23 cars racing on the Silverstone circuit in England on 13th April. However, 28 cars across the four categories will be providing a wonderful spectacle for the ‘tifosi’ on 17 and 18 May when they take to the Autodromo Enzo & Dino Ferrari circuit. The track is situated in the small town of Imola, 40 kilometres east of Bologna.[...]

Forza Ferrari! Winners in LMGTE Pro and Am

At this second round of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship, the LMGTE categories thrilled to the finish. Had the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps – which ran throughout the six hours under clear skies and bright sunshine – lasted one lap more, several results might have been different! [...]

Audi 1-2-3 Podium Lockout in Belgium

The sun shone on the Ardennes as World Champions André Lotterer, Benoît Tréluyer and Marcel Fässler took their first win of the 2013 season by turning the tables on their teammates to lead an Audi 1-2-3 in front of 35,000 endurance race fans at the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. [...]

Aston Martin beats Ferrari to poles in thrilling LMGTE session

For the second consecutive year, Fred Makowiecki’s name will be marked in the record books as having claimed the LMGTE Pro pole position at Spa-Francorchamps. However, unlike in 2012, the Frenchman’s pole will this year be shared with Bruno Senna – courtesy of the new qualifying format introduced at the start of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship.[...]

Audi Claim Pole Position in Belgium

The new FIA WEC qualifying format produced an exciting 30-minute qualifying session at Spa-Francorchamps with the nr1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Marcel Fassler and Andre Lotterer producing an average time of 1m59.961 over the four best laps for each driver to take pole position ahead of the nr3 Audi of Lucas Di Grassi and Marc Gene and the nr2 Audi of Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish.[...]

Kox and Rosina take epic Zolder win for Lamborghini

Peter Kox and Stefan Rosina driving a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 FL2 won the second round of the 2013 FIA GT Series today in a thrilling and nail-biting race at Circuit Zolder in Belgium.[...]

Aston Martin Win in Style at Silverstone

In the manufacturer’s centenary year, and in front of its CEO Dr Ulrich Bez and hundreds of guests, friends and families, Aston Martin Racing today celebrated a dominant double victory in both the LMGTE categories at the 6 Hours of Silverstone. [...]

Tourist Trophy Victory for Audi at Silverstone

A nail biting end to the 6 Hours of Silverstone saw the nr2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Allan McNish sweep past the nr1 Audi of world champion Benoit Treluyer with just five minutes of the race remaining to win the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The win adds the names of Audi, McNish, Duval and Kristensen to the 108 year Tourist Trophy roll of honour. [...]

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