Good news for Team Felbermayr Proton just ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours. After being excluded from the Le Mans Series 1000KM of Spa and therefore losing the win the German team appealed the decision by the race organisers. This weekend the RACB communicated its verdict on the matter to the team.[…]
The second round of the Le Mans Series from Spa-Francorchamps was truly like an action movie! From Prototypes going off on the warm up lap to punctures to, well, more prototypes going off - it was all drama.[…]
Team Modena took a superb win in the LM GT2 category of the Spa 1000km race today, round two of the Le Mans Series, driving through the entire GT2 field after starting the race from the pit-lane. In second place at the end of the race, the team only learnt late on Sunday night that the leading car had been excluded for a technical infringement after the race - handing Team Modena the win in only their second race in the category.[…]
A month after retiring from Round 1 of the 2009 Le Mans Series in Barcelona with engine problems, Mike Newton and Thomas Erdos in the RML AD Group Lola Mazda pulled out of Round 2 at Spa when a second engine failed to go the distance. Just as he had in Barcelona, Thomas Erdos drove a faultless first stint, and worked through to be running third in class from a pitlane start in under half an hour.[…]
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps seldom disappoints and Sunday’s 1000Km de Spa was no exception. Drayson Racing came to the legendary track for the final Le Mans Series race prior to the 24 Heures du Mans with the focus to perform well at the Belgium facility and learn for Le Mans.[…]
A couple of hours after yesterday’s Le Mans Series 1000KM of Spa several cars were still in the parc fermé area at scrutineering. Late in the evening the scrutineers confirmed what some people already feared: cars #26, #29, #32 and #77 were excluded from the results.[…]
After a disappointing start of the weekend, the team struggled to find the time to work towards a proper setup, the team claimed a hard fought fifth place in the Le Mans Series 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps. Dutchman Tom Coronel was joined by Scotsman Peter Dumbreck. SNORAS Spyker Squadron regular Jarek Janis receives medications to recover from an inflammation of the jaw and was advised by his doctors not to drive this weekend.[…]
The opening laps of yesterday’s 1,000km of Spa race indicated great promise for the latest Ginetta-Zytek prototypes. Within seven laps 2003 Le Mans winner Guy Smith had fought his way up to fourth overall while Olivier Pla took his LMP2 GZ09S into first in class within the opening laps. The Frenchman also posted fastest lap in his category.[…]
Strakka Racing’s three drivers, Peter Hardman, Nick Leventis and Danny Watts, spent much of yesterday’s Spa 1000 Kilometres playing catch-up after having to start the race from the pitlane. Without a series of minor glitches, they could have confidently hoped for a top-six finish, but the trio still put on a brave display of dicing through the field to record nineteenth overall at the chequered flag.[…]
After a third place in the Barcelona 1000kms the aim of the Team ORECA-Matmut-AIM was another rostrum finish. The team was waiting impatiently for the second round of the Le Mans Series, which saw the competition debut of the ORECA 01. The new car showed its qualities in the Ardennes as it spent most of the event in the top three.[…]