Sportscars Archive

  • Felbermayr-Proton Porsche leads Ferrarr - Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    LMS Porsche Squads Lead GT2 Into Silverstone

    Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz only need to claim three points from the Le Mans Series (LMS) finale at Silverstone to claim the GT2 title, successfully defending the title the two Porsche works drivers won 12 months ago. Once more the pair will join in...

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  • Peugeot 908 HDI FAP at Le Mans - Photo Credit: Peugeot Sport

    Peugeot Sport Return To Racing At Silverstone

    <strong>Team Peugeot Total</strong> will return to the race track at Silverstone three months on from their desperate run in the Le Mans 24 Hours to contest the 1000km of Silverstone (September 10-12) – the first of the three races making up the Intercontinental Le Mans...

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  • The ORECA 03 - Photo Credit: Groupe ORECA

    David Floury: ORECA 03 “The Best LMP2 In The Field”

    When ORECA began the project to build an LMP2 car for 2011 – the project that spawned the ORECA 03 – the Signes-based outfit had a big ambition; to “build the best LMP2 in the field” according to David Floury, the group’s technical director. However,...

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  • ORECA's new chassis for the 2011 LMP2 class - Photo Credit: Groupe ORECA

    ORECA Unveil 2011 LMP2 Chassis

    French constructor ORECA have unveiled the ORECA 03, a brand new car designed for privateers in the LMP2 classes of the different Le Mans Series as well as the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours and Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Hugues de Chaunac’s squad began building...

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  • Mosport

    Robertson Racing Suffer First DNF In 19 Starts

    Robertson Racing were left ruing  what could have been after the teams Ford GT was forced to retire after damage caused in an incident with Dirk Muller’s Rahal Letterman Racing BMW M3 48 laps in to the race. The penultimate race of the season at...

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  • AMR

    Aston Martin Prepare For Home Challenge

    Aston Martin Racing are looking forward to a battle on home turf as the final event of the Le Mans Series lands at Silverstone for the Autosport 1000kms race on 11/12 September. Adrian Fernandez, Harold Primat and the newly-signed Andy Meyrick head up the line...

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  • Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Murrells And Pettit Share Ginetta Wins At Snetterton

    George Murrells took two wins, with Dominic Pettit taking the other, at an action packed Ginetta Challenge triple header at Snetterton. With the pair sharing the wins in the first two races, controversy reigned in race three, with Pettit winning on-the-road, before being later excluded...

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  • Mtech triumphant - Photo Credit: Chris Gurton Photography

    Mtech Win Relaunched Brit GT Championship Chase

    Mtech duo Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin led a Ferrari 1-2 at Snetterton, taking their third win of the season and reigniting their title chances as the Trackspeed Porsche could only struggle ninth. It was almost lights to flag victory for the pair, who won...

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  • Karl Leonard in action at Oulton Park 2009 - Photo credit: Pete Mainey

    Karl Leonard To Make Knockhill Return

    Karl Leonard will make his Porsche Carrera Cup GB return this weekend as the BTCC support series heads to Scotland and the Knockhill circuit. The Irish racer will be competing in a one off appearence for the first time since the end of the 2009 season...

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  • Photo credit: Patron Highcroft Racing

    Highcroft On Track For Back-To-Back Championships

    Simon Pagenaud and David Brabham kept their title hopes in place with the Patrón Highcroft Racing team at Mosport this weekend following a second place finish at the latest round of the American Le Mans Series. It has been a great year of consistency for...

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  • Photo credit: Drayson Racing

    Drayson Racing Score Fourth Place In Shortened Race

    Drayson Racing followed up their debut victory in the American Le Mans Series with a fourth place overall finish at an incident packed Grand Prix of Mosport. The race was cut short after an incident with Jonny Cocker an a GTC Porsche brought out the...

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  • Phillips-RLR

    Simon Phillips To Drive for Team RLR At Silverstone 1000km

    Simon Phillips will join the Le Mans Series for the final round of the 2010 season after making his series debut in Hungary with Team RLR. With Warren Hughes only available to Team TLR for the Hungary round, Phillips will join the squad for the...

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  • Chad Racing - Photo Credit: Chris Gurton Photography

    Chad Racing Win British GT Race One At Snetterton

    Though the three car effort they graced the earlier rounds of the British GT Championship with have been coppiced back to single Ferrari 430 Scuderia Chad Racing romped to their first victory of the year in the first of the series’ races at Snetterton. The...

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  • Jody Fannin - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    60 Seconds With… Jody Fannin

    Following our first 60 Seconds With… Dino Zamparelli, next up in the series is Jody Fannin. What are you racing at the moment? I am currently racing in the Ginetta Junior Championship – my first season in car racing which I’m really enjoying. How old...

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  • The Jones' Ascari - Photo Credit: Chris Gurton Photography

    British GTs Take on Snetterton

    Rounds nine and ten of the British GT championships will take place at Norfolk’s Snetterton circuit this Bank Holiday Monday, and it looks set to be a real show down as there is a different look for both race grids. A mid afternoon downpour has...

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  • Margaritis and Enge lead into Turn one, Dumbreck already in trouble - Photo Credit: DPPI

    First Turn Push Launches Young Driver AMR Domination

    Nearly four months after their Silverstone win was taken away from them after they failed scrutineering Tomas Enge and Darren Turner got to keep a win, dominating the Qualifying Race for the FIA GT1 World Championship at the Nurburgring. The race, the first of two...

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  • George Murrells - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Murrells back in contention as Ginetta Challenge heads to Snetterton

    Two wins last time out at Silverstone has launched George Murrells right back into the mix for the Ginetta Challenge title as the series heads to Snetterton. With only four races left after Snetterton’s triple header, the meeting looks to be vital in deciding the...

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  • Nygaard/Mucke Aston Martin - Photo Credit: DPPI

    Young Driver AMR Rule Friday GT1 Running

    Young Driver AMR led the way in the first day’s running at the German round of the FIA GT1 World Championship, topping both the Free Practice and Pre-Qualifying sessions at the Nurburgring. The first session for the event – the sixth round of the series...

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  • Trackspeed Porsche leads MTECH Ferrari - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Success Ballast For Trackspeed Porsche On Snetterton GT Weekend

    After the drama of a two-hour endurance race at Silverstone in the previous round the British GT Championship returns to its more familiar format of two hour long races for this weekend (29-30 August) and the August Bank Holiday meeting at Snetterton. However, the result...

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  • Audi R15 TDI - Photo Credit: Audi Motorsport

    Intercontinental Le Mans Cup: Audi R15 TDI’s World Tour

    A year in which Audi Motorsport reclaimed the Le Mans 24 Hours crown will end with the manufacturer taking its R15 TDI global as it participates in the inaugural Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC). The three race series begins on September 12 with a 1000km...

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  • Rory Butcher - Photo Credit: Xynamic.com

    Rory Butcher Joins Celtic Speed For Knockhill

    Rory Butcher will make his Porsche Carrera Cup GB return next weekend for rounds 15 and 16 as the series heads to his home track of Knockhill. The young Scot took part in the BTCC support race in 2008 when he starred in the VIP...

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  • Strakka

    Strakka Racing Make History With Hungaroring Win

    Strakka Racing made history in Hungary in the fourth round of the Le Mans Series (LMS) by taking the first ever overall win for an LMP2 class car in the 1000km of the Hungaroring. The team had already begun their entry in the record books...

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  • 24 HEURES DU MANS 2010 june 16-20 © CLEMENT MARIN

    OAK Racing Announces Manufacturer Plans

    OAK Racing has signalled it’s intentions to step up and become a manufacturer after putting the necessary infrastructure including a new base in Le Mans which includes a design office. The team are currently based in Magny-Cours and will retain the facilities there alongside the...

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  • Porsche hybrid: Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid Set For Petit Le Mans

    The Porsche works driver pairing of Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas are set to make a return to the American Le Mans Series for the thirteenth running of the annual Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta. Piloting the Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid the...

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  • Ahmad Al Harthy fending off Martin Ohlin - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Al Harthy Pleased With Silverstone Weekend

    Ahmad Al Harthy came away from Silverstone happy after two strong performances secured third and fourth in the Pro-Am 1 class of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB championship. Round 13 saw Al Harthy move in to the top six positions in the Pro-Am 1 class...

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  • 2010-Road-America-Drayson-Lola-On-Track-Image-by-Regis-Lefebure

    Drayson Look To Build On Inaugural Victory

    Drayson Racing will be looking to continue their winning performance after taking their first victory in the American Le Mans Series last weekend at Road America. With the series heading north to Mosport International Raceway drivers Paul Drayson and Jonnny Cocker hope to emulate their...

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  • The winning car on track - Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    Hungaroring Victory Has Porsche Pair Poised For Title Defence

    A third win of the season in the fourth round of the Le Mans Series (LMS) leaves Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz on the verge of successfully defending the LMGT2 class title. The pair of Porsche works drivers were once more victorious in the latest...

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  • Benji Hetherington leads Phil Broad - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Benji Hetherington Comes Out Top As Title Rivals Collide

    Benji Hetherington took his first ever win in the Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup with victory in Round 19 at Silverstone, though the main talking point after the race was contact between title rivals Carl Breeze and Frank Wrathall, that forced the latter into retirement, while...

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  • BMW Rahal Letterman - Photo Credit: James Boone

    Road America Success Again For Rahal Letterman

    For the second successive year BMW Rahal Letterman were the victorious GT team at Road America. The no.90 M3 GT of Joey Hand and Dirk Muller won the two-hour, 45-minute race the pair completing 66 laps of the four-mile Elkhart Lake track. The win was...

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  • Frank Wrathall - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Wrathall Takes Silverstone Win To Maintain Title Push

    Frank Wrathall took a hard fought victory in round 18 of the 2010 Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup to close the gap at the top of the standings to just ten points. Wrathall was clearly determined to get the better of Breeze to win, passing his...

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