Team Pescarolo has partnered with Motul and so secured funding required to enter one car in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011, according to a news item posted on the team’s web site.
Henri Pescarolo and his team would need to close another partnership of the same magnitude in order to obtain [...]
After Pescarolo Sport, the legendary endurance sports car racing team built by multiple Le Mans winner Henri Pescarolo went bankrupt and was ordered into liquidation by the Tribunal de Commerce of Le Mans, its entire property, was auctioned in Le Mans last week.
Jacques Nicolet owner of Oak Racing and Joël Rivière owner [...]
Autosport.com are one of the many reporting on Lotus’ plans expand massively their sports car racing activity. Apparently Lotus is committed to build a closed top LMP2 car to race the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2012. In addition to that there will also be a brand new GT2 car, based on a [...]
Oreca revealed their LMP2 racer this week code named Oreca 03. Oreca who is already building the Formula Le Mans prototypes is planing to sell the 03 to teams for 345000 Euro each, which apparently falls in the spending limits mandated by the ACO for LMP2 teams in 2011. Oreca claims to be able [...]
Pescarolo Sport, the company behind the endurance racing team founded by Le Mans legend Henri Pescarolo, has been ordered into liquidation by the Tribunal de Commerce of Le Mans.
So how did Pescarolo get here? A couple of years ago Henri Pescarolo encountered difficulties finding sponsors and was looking for a solid partner [...]
Nigel Mansell of Beechdean Mansell Motorsport is recovering well after his severe crash at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year. The team’s Ginetta Zytek prototype was badly damaged and requires extensive repairs which will cause the team to miss the next Le Mans Series race in Portugal, mid July.
Beechdean Mansell [...]
Audi Sport boss Dr. Wolfgang Ulrich hinted that the prototype Audi will build for next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, the R18, will probably be a closed top. Up until this year Audi had a dilemma. Closed top prototypes are more efficient because of their superior aerodynamics but open prototypes can be more [...]
A local Le Mans radio station aired parts of an interview with Sebastien Loeb they have recorded during the 24 Hours race this past weekend inside the Peugeot pit box. Loeb said he was thinking about joining Peugeot for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2011 but only if there was a good [...]
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Scrutineering Pit Walk 24 Hours Race
Audi grabbed the first three places at the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010. All four Peugeot 908s have abandoned. Check in later for pictures and race review.