Corvette Racing will round off its 20th year of racing with a World Endurance Championship entry to help promote their new Redline special edition in China.
A double penalty saw Toyota Gazoo Racing lose a bit of their lead to Rebellion Racing whilst their were spins and mechanical pit stops in the GTE classes.
Fernando Alonso did a phenomenal job during his graveyard shift in the car, gaining a minute on the sister car ahead.
Penalties and trips to the garage dictated the action in the tenth hour of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
2018 24 Hours of Le Mans – Hour 6 Update – Class Leaders Remain the Same at Quarter Distance Mark
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The class leaders have remained the same at the 24 Hours of Le Mans during the sixth hour of the race.
A New BoP was announced for the 24 Hours of Le Mans yesterday evening, and it plays in favour of Aston Martin whilst trying to take away some of Porsche’s advantage.
It was a clean 45-minute warm up session this morning, ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, as the teams prepared and made the final adjustments to the cars ahead of the blue-ribboned event.
The pole position times for the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans were set in the final qualifying session, but the final order remains the same as it was Wednesday evening.
The threat of rain never appeared during the second qualifying session, leaving the class orders fairly unchanged.
Sensational lap times have secured provisional pole after the first qualifying session for the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The four-hours of practice at the 24 Hours of Le Mans has revealed what we can expect from the competitive order in the race on the weekend.
For the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans ten cars make up the LMP1 class, These cars will not only be aiming for class win, but also the overall win.
In the official FIA World Endurance Championship 24 Hours of Le Mans test day, Fernando Alonso and Toyota Gazoo Racing set a benchmark that no other team could beat.
TF Sport showed great promise in the opening rounds of British GT this season, and finally that pace paid off as they took a strong double victory at Snetterton last weekend.
Ben Keating and Giuseppe Risi have joined forces at Le Mans this year to battle for LM GTE Am victory. Ahead of this weekend’s test the crew are ready to go.
After Pietro Fittipaldi’s high-speed crash at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, DragonSpeed team principal Elton Julian has confirmed that the LMP1 entry will appear at the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.
It was a commanding victory from Toyota for the weekend’s first endurance race of the ‘Super Season’, but just how competitive were the other cars in their respective classes?
