Endurance Racing Archive

  • A works Peugeot leads the LMS field - Photo Credit: Peugeot Sport

    Le Mans Series 1000km of Silverstone: Preview

    The 1000km of Silverstone will be two races in one, with points for two separate championships being awarded on the results of the six hour race. Not only does the race once more fill its traditional place as the finale of the Le Mans Series...

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  • Rebellion Racing have run two LMP1 Lola Coupes this year - Photo Credit: Jakob Ebrey Photography

    Lola “Technology Ready” For 2011

    Lola Cars today (Wednesday 8 September) announced the latest evolution of their successful LMP1 coupe program, offering a “technology ready” car to customer teams for next season. The Cambridgeshire, UK based company have been among the leaders in research of alternative energy sources in racing...

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  • Witt Gamski - Photo credit: Chris Gurton

    Gamski And Robinson Do It Again

    Witt Gamski and Keith Robinson’s amazing win streak in the Britcar Championships continues as they took their sixth win from as many races at Rockingham on Saturday. 25 cars turned up to do battle at the Corby circuit in the two and a half hour...

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  • 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

    Team Peugeot Total 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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    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: 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • CRS Racing drivers celebrate

    CRS Racing Take Silver In Hungary

    Le Mans Series pairing Tim Mullen and Andrew Kirkaldy finished a tremendous second in the GT2 class for CRS Racing, only narrowly falling short of a victory, losing out to a star-studded Porsche line-up in the closing stages of the race at the Hungaroring. Continuing...

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  • Cocker and Drayson celebrate their win - Photo Credit: Regis Lefebure

    Dramatic Win Completes Drayson Racing’s “Great Day”

    Drayson Racing left Road America having taken every award available to them as the Anglo-American team won their first ever race is superlative fashion, dominating the American Le Mans (ALMS) weekend in Wisconsin. The team – with drivers Paul Drayson and Jonny Cocker – topped...

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  • JaguarRSR at Mid Ohio - Photo Credit: JaguarRSR

    JaguarRSR Up For Competitive Road America Outing

    Buoyed by their increasing competitiveness – scoring two consecutive top-ten results in the GT class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) – JaguarRSR are optimistic that this weekend’s round at Road America could see another step forward for their program. The team, headed by...

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  • Corvette Racing - Photo Credit: Richard Prince/GM Racing Photo

    The French Connection: Corvette Racing Road America Ready

    France – of all things – is the source of the most help for Corvette Racing this week as they prepare for the seventh round of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at Road America. The Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin track – one of the US’s...

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  • Felbermayr-Proton, IMSA Performance at ProSpeed on track - Photo Credit: Porsche AG

    Porsche Drivers On Title Hunt In Hungary

    Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz could wrap up the defence of their GT2 class title with round remaining by winning the inaugural Le Mans Series race at the Hungaroring. The two Porsche work drivers, racing for Team Felbermayr-Proton, began the season with wins in the...

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  • Drayson Racing, Mid-Ohio - Photo Credit: Regis Lefebure All Rights

    Character Building Mid-Ohio Weekend For Drayson Racing

    “A disappointing end to a great week” was how driver and team co-owner summed up the end of Drayson Racing’s weekend at the Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course, the team’s race coming to an early conclusion after an accident with a GTC class Porsche. The team –...

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  • Dyson Racing at Mid-Ohio: Photo Credit: Dyson Racing, Dan Boyd and John Dagys

    Dyson Racing Victorious At Mid-Ohio

    At the end of a classic American Le Mans Series (ALMS) race Chris Dyson brought home the Mazda-powered Lola coupe of Dyson Racing to win the Mid-Ohio Sportscar Challenge, the team’s first win of the season and first overall win using bio-butanol fuel. The American...

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  • Drayson on track - Photo Credit: John Dagys

    Dominant Drayson Racing On Mid-Ohio Pole

    Drayson Racing won their first ever pole in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) after dominating the qualifying session at Mid-Ohio. Drayson Racing had already led both of the practice sessions for the race when, fulfilling his normal qualifying duties, Jonny Cocker took the car...

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  • Corvette Racing - Photo Credit: Richard Prince/GM Racing Photo

    Corvettes Third And Fourth in Mid-Ohio Qualifying

    One year on from their debut in the GT2 class of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) Corvette Racing qualified third and fourth in the GT class at Mid-Ohio. The no.3 car will fittingly start from third in class, Oliver Gavin lapping the 2.25 mile...

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  • BMS Scuderia Italia Porsche - Photo Credit: DPPI/gt2europe

    Late drama gives Porsche Spa 24 glory

    It came down to the final 40 minutes of the Spa 24 Hours to decide the overall winner. BMW had led since the opening hours of the race when the no.2 AF Corse Vitaphone Ferrari encountered problems after dominating from pole at the start of...

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  • United Autosports at Spa

    United Autosports score “magnificent” podium in Spa 24 Hours

    United Autosports went into the Spa 24 Hours in search of a podium in their first major endurance race and the Anglo-American team left the Ardennes with just that after the no.68 Audi R8 LMS finished third in the GT3 class. In a race which...

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