Taking into account the results of the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours as well as the Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series Championships, seventeen teams have been given automatic invitations to take part in qualifying for the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours.[...]
The new Porsche 911 GT3 RSR is ready to race. The top model of Porsche Motorsport’s customer racing vehicles will head into the 2012 season with extensive modifications. Particularly striking at first glance are the changes to the body: the width of the new GT3 RSR has grown by 48 millimetres. Built to conform to the A.C.O. “LM” GTE regulations, the 911 represents the crowning pinnacle of a range of successful customer sport race cars that are based on the 997 type 911 GT3 RS street sports car.[...]
Major changes: Diesel vehicles such as the Audi R18 TDI which won in Le Mans will be subject to a further set of restrictions starting in 2012. As the coordinators of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the ACO announced that there would be reductions in the diameter of the air restrictors, the boost pressure, and the tank capacity of diesel vehicles.[...]
In 2012, the safety of all prototypes will be reinforced, and the equivalences between the different engines powering the LM P1 cars in the Le Mans 24 Hours, the FIA World Endurance Championship, the Le Mans Series and American Le Mans Series will be readjusted.[...]
Dyson Racing capped off its championship- winning season with a second in ALMS points at the 14th annual Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda. “The car was a bullet all day,” commented Chris Dyson. “After starting from the pit lane after a precautionary morning engine change, we had to go for broke. With the turbocharged Mazda engine behind us, we had the power and it was a thrill to carve through traffic. It was a joy to drive and I did not want to get out of the car. I was in it for almost three hours and felt like I could have done another two.”[...]
for us today. »It was mission accomplished for the ORECA 03 entered by Signatech-Nissan for the 14th edition of the Petit Le Mans, with a podium finish that gave them the Teams title Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.[...]
BRASELTON, GA, Saturday, October 1, 2011: The ending couldn’t have been written, or predicted by the best Vegas odds-maker. A drama-filled 1000-mile American Le Mans Series (ALMS) finale was decided a mere nine laps before the finish, and the result was two championships for CORE autosport.[...]
Lizards’ Last Lap Heroics Light Up the Night as Porsche Edges BMW in GT at Petit Le Mans[...]
A strong season finale for Porsche in the American Le Mans Series: At the thrilling 1,000 mile Petit Le Mans race in Road Atlanta, Porsche works drivers Joerg Bergmeister (Germany), Patrick Long (USA) and Patrick Pilet (France) snatched second place in a heart-stopping final.[...]
The No. 48 Chopard/Porsche/TOTAL/IPC Porsche 911 GT3 RSR team of Bryce Miller, Sascha Maassen and Emmanuel Collard from Paul Miller Racing came up just shy in their bid to close out the 2011 American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón season in the top 10 with an 11th-place run in the 1,000-mile Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.[...]