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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...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...GT WORLD SERIES STARTS THIS WEEKEND
Friday, March 29, 2013
<strong>After a 2012 season that finished on a disappointing note, the 2013 FIA GT season gets underway at the Nogao circuit in France this Easter weekend.</strong> Fifteen teams representing eight manufacturers will contest the series, although a last minute withdrawal by the Vita4one BMW team will see only fourteen teams on the grid at Nogaro. McLaren will be represented by multiple World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb, who will no doubt be a crowd favourite at the opening round.
Continue reading...BAIRD BLASTS TO AN OPENING WIN IN CARRERA CUP
Friday, March 1, 2013
Four-time Porsche Carrera Cup Australian champion Craig Baird has began his 2013 campaign with victory at the season’s opening race at the Clipsal 500, while Elite Class race winner James Koundouris was pleased with his top-10 race finish. Baird, who started the race alongside pole-sitter Nick Percat, led into the opening corner and quickly took control of the race lead ahead of Percat, Steven Richards, Warren Luff and Shae Davies. Baird was unchallenged at the front in the opening two laps until the safety car was called onto the track after Duvashen Padayachee made contact with Marc Cini at Turn 9, ending the race for both drivers. The race resumed on Lap 7 and was shortened to just nine laps, leaving a two-lap sprint to the finish. After the restart, Baird retained the lead of the race until the chequered flag from debutant Percat, Richards and Luff. Behind the leading quartet was a close and exciting battle pack between several newcomers, with Davies holding off Karl Reindler, Matt Kingsley and Steven Johnson to the finish.
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...MERCEDES WINS DUBAI 24 HOURS
Saturday, January 12, 2013
The Black Falcon team Mercedes SLS of Jeroen Bleekemolen, Sean Edwards, Bernd Schneider and Khaled Al Qubaisi have won the 2013 Dubai 24 Hour race. It was a dominant performance by the team finishing the race two laps ahead of the AF-Corse Ferrari of Lorenzo Carvalho, Lorenzo Case. Marco Cioci and Mika Salo. The winners completed a total of 600 laps of the 5.390 kilometres long Dubai Autodrome, a distance of 3,234.000 kilometres, the equivalent of almost three and a quarter Bathurst 1000 races. The win was all the more impressive after a tough week when their original Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG cars was damaged beyond repair due to a crash in testing. The team bought a spare car from the British Preci Spark outfit and converted that to endurance racing specifications, but that meant the mechanics had already worked two nights before the race even got underway. In the race, the car was in the top five for almost all of the 24 hours and as various other contenders either lost time or retired with numerous incidents and accidents, the SLS AMG gradually moved up through the ranks and went on to an impressive win. It was a great debut for the Hong Kong based Craft Racing AMR Aston Martin Vantage GT3 of Darren Turner, Stefan Mucke, Darryl O’Young, Frank Yu and Tomonobu Fuijii who finished in third place.
Continue reading...PEUGEOT HEADING TO BATHURST
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Peugeot has confirmed it will enter two RCZs in the upcoming Liqui-Moly Bathurst 12 hour race in February, 2013. The weekend of February 8-10, 2013 will be the home of Australia’s international endurance race and Peugeot Sport will be the only factory-based team taking part on the mountain. The lead car will be driven by three French [...]
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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