New Porsche LMP1 Turns First Testing Laps
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Timo Bernhard gave Porsche’s brand new LMP1 car its first laps as he completed initial checks for the car that will represent the manufacturer in next year’s FIA World Endurance Championship.
Though their three cars entered for the race ended the day first, second and third fastest Audi Motorsport were left frustrated at the end of the test day for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Mark Blundell is stepping down from United Autosports’ Avon Tyres British GT Championship team, the former F1 and Indycar driver citing increasing business commitments for his decision.
Aston Martin Racing dominated the LMGTE classes of the test day for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, ending the day first and second in both the Pro and Am categories.
Strakka Racing completed a relatively trouble free test day for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the all-British team coming away unscathed from a day that began with difficult conditions on the Circuit de la Sarthe.
Loic Duval endured a roller coaster 24 Hours of Le Mans test day, crashing his Audi R18 e-tron quattro in the morning session before taking a repaired #2 car to the fastest time of the day late in the afternoon session.
The SRO Motorsports Group and the RACB are preparing themselves for what they expect to be the biggest and best edition of the Total Spa 24 Hours with more than 70 GT3 cars expected for the 65th anniversary running of the race in July.
Greaves Motorsport have revealed the livery their Zytek-Nissan will carry at the 24 Hours of Le Mans later this month.
The driving combination of Stephen Jelley, Benji Hetherington and Ollie Hancock gave Fortec Motorsports a creditable sixteenth place finish in their first venture into the 60 car Blancpain Endurance Series field.
Aston Martin Racing scored a straight-forward win in their home round of the Blancpain Endurance Series as the championship visited Silverstone.
Jordan Taylor and Max Angelelli scored their second race win of the Rolex Series season, and with it took the class points lead away from Belle Isle in Detroit.
Home teams dominated the qualifying for the Blancpain Endurance Series race at Silverstone with British teams taking both spots on the front row of the grid and pole position in all three classes of the race.
A late session charge from Adam Sharpe deprived Horsepower Racing’s Andy Schulz of pole position for the MSA British Endurance Championship at Rockingham.
The team behind the GreenGT H2 project have announced their withdrawal from the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they were due to fill Garage 56.
Jordan Taylor took his first career Daytona Prototype pole position from qualifying for the Rolex Series’ Chevrolet Grand-Am 200 on Detroit’s Belle Isle.
Fortec Motorsports will enter their first Blancpain Endurance Series race this weekend, with a single GT3 Mercedes SLS set to be on the grid at Silverstone.
Four Aston Martin Vantage GT3 will ensure that the brand is represented in every class of this weekend’s Blancpain Endurance Series race at Silverstone.
