Audi grabbed the first four places at the second FIA World Endurance Championship at Spa. It was the first rollout of a new generation of top class Le Mans prototypes from the German manufacturer, the diesel powered R18 Ultra and the diesel hybrid R18 e-tron quattro. Both cars performed remarkably well for a first [...]
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Allan McNish stormed through the qualifying sessions of the World Endurance Championship Spa race this week, at the wheel of his brand new Audi R18 E-Tron Quattro, securing the pole position for his team. It will be interesting to see how the car behaves in the 6 hours endurance race. This will be the [...] Oreca are proudly reporting that Sebastian Loeb will be attending the official Le Mans test day at the weel of their very own Oreca 03. Looking forward to see how this works out. It’s been a difficult race so far. Both Aston Martin LMP1s gave up, first one after only laps. We all knew the Astons were not ready for a 24 Hours race but we would have expected a bit more than 2 laps. Anyways, the Aston Martin Racing boss apologized to fans and asked them [...] It was rainy and it was crowded and it was great! Been there, seen it, got the pictures! We are happy to share our 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011 Scrutineering photo album with all our readers who could not be in Le Mans last Sunday and Monday. [...] Audi managed to secure the first to spots on the starting grid at the 2011 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. A couple of factory Peugeot 908s are third and fourth, followed by the third Audi, the third factory Peugeot and the Oreca Peugeot. Audi could have gotten the first three [...] It had to rain. For nearly three months we didn’t get one drop of rain in Le Mans. Not one. But we had to have heavy rain Sunday, on the first scrutineering day, pouring down on the Pescarolo boys who opened this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. What is impressive, however, [...] So what conclusions can we draw from weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans test days? Audi and Peugeut are head to head. This is good news for Audi because it means the brand new closed top R18 drives well. Brute timing shows the fastest Audi, driven by Capello / Kristensen / McNish [...] It seems that Spyker Squadron have decided to drop out of competition in 2011 and dedicate all their resources at developing a new GT racer based on the Spyker C8 Aileron. PlanetLeMans has all the details. Looking forward to see these guys back in Le Mans in [...] Something nice to look at during your winter holidays: Sports Car Digest published some fine pictures taken at Le Mans Classic 2010. Click here and Enjoy! |
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