Greaves Motorsport is pleased to confirm Lucas Ordonez as the final element in the team’s driver line up for 2012. Driving one of the team’s pair of Nissan powered Zytek LM P2 prototypes, Lucas will take part in the 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours, partnering Alex and Martin Brundle. He will also compete in the 2012 European Le Mans Series with Alex Brundle and reigning LMS LM P2 Champion, Tom Kimber-Smith.[...]
Nissan Europe announces 2012 drivers, all of whom have graduated from the Nissan PlayStation® GT Academy: Lucas Ordonez, Jordan Tresson and Jann Mardenborough.[...]
After a successful first season in 2011, the team will run again the LMP2 Norma into the European Le Mans Series and filed a request to participate for the 80th Le Mans 24 Hours.[...]
Gulf Racing, the UK-based GT racing team owned by Roald Goethe and Michael Wainwright, will be entering two McLaren MP4-12C GT3 cars in the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series.[...]
Status Grand Prix will this year develop an LMP2 sports car programme following its decision to acquire a new 2012 specification Lola B12/80 Coupe. The Silverstone based team will take delivery of the car in the coming weeks and is currently finalising its 2012 test and race programme with the ultimate goal of competing in the full FIA World Endurance Championship in 2013.[...]
All of us at Planetlemans wish you a happy new year and all the best for 2012!
The Le Mans Endurance Organisation has announced the provisional calendar for 2012 today. Five six-hour races have been announced as well as two days of pre-season testing at the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit in March.[...]
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.[...]
Greaves Motorsport are pleased to confirm that they will be running two 2012-spec Zytek chassis in next year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. In addition to the French Classic, the team will enter one of the chassis in the FIA World Endurance Championship and the other in the Le Mans Series.[...]
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.[...]