Audi banks on efficiency at Le Mans

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Audi will fight for victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours on June 12/13 with an evolution of the R15 TDI diesel race sports car. An extensive testing program with the revised LMP1 vehicle has just begun in the United States.
“From Audi’s perspective, the LMP1 is the better alternative to Formula 1 […]

ACO: “GT2 has a wonderful future beckoning”

Last week SRO announced the cancellation of the 2010 FIA GT2 European Championship due to a lack of commitment from teams and manufacturers. Today the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) has issued a press release stating quite the opposite for the various Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans. The ACO goes even further, saying that the GT2 class is “a category of the future for endurance racing”.[…]

Marc VDS Racing Team confirms Le Mans drivers

Bas Leinders, Eric De Doncker and Markus Palttala have been confirmed as the three drivers that will contest this year’s 24 Heures du Mans, at the wheel of the Marc VDS Racing Team’s Ford GT40.[…]

Loïc Duval completes ORECA Peugeot line-up

Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre, winners of last year’s Silverstone 1000kms, have raced together in the Team ORECA-Matmut for two years. In 2010, they will drive the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in the Le Mans Series. In the Le Mans 24 Hours they will be backed up by Loïc Duval who will also join them for the Le Castellet 8-Hour race.[…]

Spyker Squadron announces 2010 motorsport plans

Following last year’s fifth place in the Le Mans-GT2 category, Spyker Squadron, the factory race team of Spyker Cars, has received an invitation from the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans on 12 and 13 June 2010.[…]

Pierre Kaffer returns to Risi for the Classics

Pierre Kaffer, GT2 winner of all three of 2009’s sports car endurance classics – the 12 Hours of Sebring, 24 Hours of Le Mans and Petit Le Mans – in a Risi Competizione Ferrari F430 GTC, is set to return to the Texan team in 2010 to defend those titles.[…]

Peugeot Sport confirms 2010 program

Peugeot Sport announced its long awaited plans for the 2010 season this afternoon. After winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans last year the mission for this season is clear: another win at Le Mans. For the final year of the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP the French manufacturer has improved the car once again and a series of test sessions and races are planned to accomplish that mission.[…]

Marco Andretti joins REBELLION Racing for LM24

It was a busy week for Le Mans Series team REBELLION Racing this week. On Monday it announced that Guy Smith would join the team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June and the team went to the Iberian peninsula to test at the Portimao circuit on Wednesday and Thursday as well as the Monteblanco circuit on Saturday and Sunday. And then on Sunday the sixth driver for Le Mans was confirmed as Marco Andretti.[…]

Westbrook and Sugden join JMW Motorsport

JMW Motorsport are pleased to welcome reigning FIA GT2 Champion, Richard Westbrook as their second driver in the 2010 Le Mans Series. Richard will partner fellow Brit, Rob Bell as JMW Motorsport begin their three year LMS campaign with the Aston Martin Vantage GT2.[…]

Emanuele Pirro joins Drayson Racing

Drayson Racing has signed sports car racing legend Emanuele Pirro (Rome) to race the team’s No. 8 Drayson Racing Lola Coupé with Judd Power at the three major, Automobile Club De l’Ouest (ACO)-sanctioned, endurance races of 2010.[…]