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BRIGHT START TO THE GREATEST RACE
The cars are soon on the famous Le Mans circuit for the first time in 2013 as the test day gets under way for the World's greatest motor race. For almost a year people everywhere have been waiting for this moment! The test day kicks off a hectic fortnight, which will climax on 23rd June with the huge crowd of supporters flocking to the track under the podium to crown the winner of this year's Le Mans 24 hour classic. Between now and then laughter and tears will follow each other in rapid succession! Thousands of stories, whether of great or little import, will be written between the centre of Le Mans and the Mulsanne corner at the southern extremity of the circuit. From this day, memories will be made, dreams will come true and the 56 garages will be a theatre of great joy and huge disappointments. There is always something at stake at the test day. It is THE day that plunges teams into a state of doubt or panic or, on the contrary, gives them the impetus and the confidence to reach for the heights. In short, it sets the tone. This year there are many questions: will Audi or Toyota come out on top psychologically speaking in LM P1? Which of the 24 LM P2s prototypes will find the best setup as they are all potential category winners? Will the new Vipers, back in GTE Pro after a 10-year absence, be able to match the pace of the Ferraris, Porsches, Corvettes and Aston Martins? For Austrlaian V8 Supercar Star Jason Bright, today is the fulfilment of a career long dream. For as long as I have known Jason he has always had a burning desire to race at this, the world's greatest race...
Continue reading...ORECA to build new LMP1 for Rebellion Racing
Saturday, June 8, 2013
ORECA’s Technology department has been chosen by leading privateer LMP1 team REBELLION to design, build and develop the new REBELLION R-One which will race in the LMP1 class, the top category in endurance. This new car, entered by the Swiss team REBELLION Racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and FIA World Championship, will benefit from ORECA’s know-how and expertise. The two outfits will work hand in hand to work on the exciting project. « ORECA and REBELLION Racing share in the desire for captivating challenge » "Everyone at ORECA is very happy with this partnership with REBELLION Racing " said Hugues de Chaunac, President of the ORECA Group. « They are a team who have proven their ability in running an LM P1 program and who are ambitious. Along with our partnership with TOYOTA Motorsport Gmbh regarding their Le Mans program, this project to design the REBELLION’s car fits perfectly with our developing constructor activities and we are motivated by the idea of doing so with a professional outfit. We share in the desire for a captivating challenge. » "The new Regulations for 2014 provide a great opportunity for Privateer LMP1 entrants to challenge for overall race wins” said Bart Hayden, REBELLION Racing Team Manager.
Continue reading...AUDI ON POLE IN SPA SHOOTOUT
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Audi has dominated qualifying for round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the famous Spa-Francochamp circuit. Marcel Fässler (CH), Benoît Tréluyer (F) and André Lotterer (D) are on pole with a four lap average of 1m 59.961s. The number 1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro were the only driver squad to break the two-minute mark. An impressive performance by Lucas di Grassi (BR), Marc Gené (E) and Oliver Jarvis (GB), they share the number 3 car which has been aerodynamically optimized for the upcoming run at Le Mans. But even on the track in the Ardennes that is less suitable for this body version, they qualified for the front row with a time of 2m 00.236, missing the best time by only 0.274s. di Grassi even set the fastest time of the day at 1m 58.934s. Third place is shared by the series leaders Tom Kristensen (DK) and Allan McNish (GB). They are contesting the race together with Loïc Duval (F). As Audi’s best immediate rival, the number 7 Toyota in position four missed the best time by 0.986s. It was a frustrating day for Toyota as its two TS030 HYBRIDs qualified fourth and fifth for the race.
Continue reading...WEBBER TO HEAD PORSCHE RETURN TO LE MANS ?
Monday, April 15, 2013
Radio Le Mans are reporting that Mark Webber has signed a five year deal to drive for Porsche in thee company’s long awaited return to Le Mans. The news came after the Australian endured another disappointing race in China. After starting from pitlane after a fuelling problem in qualifying, Webber was forced to retire after making contact [...]
Continue reading...DELAYED START FOR NEW ASIAN LE MANS SERIES
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
The start of the inaugural Asian Le Mans Series has been delayed, and the number of rounds cut to only four. In a media statement from the series organisers said that while they have been very encouraged with the number of entries in both the Prototype and GT categories, the organisers feel that due the current economic climate there is a strong demand from all parties to streamline the 2013 Series in terms of both overall cost and number of races. According to the statement the later start to the season will enable teams to finalise more efficient operating budgets thus opening up entry to even more teams to take part.
Continue reading...JASON BRIGHT HITS THE TRACK AT PAUL RICARD
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Australian V8 Supercar driver Jason Bright has taken his first step towards fulfilling his dream to race at the Le Mans 24 hour race with a test of the Ferrari 458 Italia that he will drive at the classic race in June. Bright currently has a fastest lap of 2:01.011, just outside the time set by [...]
Continue reading...LE MANS LEGEND IN ANOTHER RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK
Thursday, February 28, 2013
The famous Porsche 936/81 Spyder that dominated the 1981 Le Mans 24-Hour is again racing the clock – this time to make a ‘fashionably late’ appearance at the 2013 Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport from March 8-10. The 360km/h open Porsche is currently en route from the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, but the ship carrying [...]
Continue reading...SOCCER SUPERSTAR HEADS TO LE MANS
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Italian football great, and current Sydney FC A=League star, Alessandro Del Piero is heading to Le Mans. The race, not the football team. Del Piero is joining forces with US actor and reguler racer Patrick Dempsey to race at the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. Dempsey/Del Piero Racing have submitted an entry for one car to the [...]
Continue reading...THERE’S MORE TO LE MANS THAN LE MANS
Thursday, November 22, 2012
One of the great pleasures of going to Le Mans has been the opportunity to spend some time in the town and the surrounding regions. We've never been able to stay long enough to see and experience everything but this film gives you an idea of what the region has to offer apart from the world's greatest car race. <iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/53663755?autoplay=1" width="398" height="224" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>
Continue reading...TOYOTA & ASTON MARTIN TOP SLOT IN SHANGHAI SHOOTOUT
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Toyota have followed up their pole position at their home track in Fuji with a second consecutive pole in Shanghai. Alexander Wurz put the Toyota on pile with a lap of 1:48.273. He headed Allan McNish in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro by a tenth of a second and the gap between the Japanese manufacturer and the third placed car, the Audi of André Lotterer, was just three tenths. “We know we have to put in a good performance to beat the Audis in qualifying and the TS030 HYBRID was better today than the driver to be honest." said Mr Wurz. "In Brazil I got the perfect pole lap but here I didn’t have the best last sector and lost a few tenths. I didn’t calculate enough for the change in wind direction so lost some time there. Nevertheless it was good enough to fight the Audis for pole position so I am very happy." The LMP1 Privateer teams followed, with just a hair between the first three in the category...just three hundredths of a second. There was a gap of only 0.016 seconds between Karun Chandhok’s JRM HPD ARX 03a and Neel Jani’s Rebellion Racing Lola-Toyota, the Swiss entry being the interloper between the JRM car and its HPD ARX 03a twin at Strakka Racing. It’s the first time this season that JRM has been quickest amongst the LMP1 Privateer teams.
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