Oreca announced today that Stephane Sarrazin will be joining the team for the remainder of the Le Mans Series season. Sarrazin will share the seat of Oreca’s Peugeot 908 HDi FAP with Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre.
Sarrazin is currently second in the Le Mans Series drivers classification, following McNish and Capello who share [...]
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 Motorsport will [...]
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 efficiently [...]
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 opportunity, [...]
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Spyker Squadron have released their own 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 six hours race report along with a nice video.
Almost seven hours after the race started the remaining three Peugeot 908s are leading the pack. The Peugeot no 3 driven by Pedro Lamy abandoned in the early hours of the race. Sebastien Bourdais who qualified the car to pole position never got a chance to drive.
So in LMP1 the two factory Peugeot are [...]
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Risi Competizione was disqualified today following a surprise check of the car last night by ACO officials. The check revealed some irregularities on the rear wing the Ferrari no. 82. Risi Sompetizione’s qualifying times were cancelled and the car will start the race from the back of the grid. This change places the two corvettes [...]
The four Peugeot 908 HDi FAP from Peugeot Sport and Oreca have secured the first four position on the starting grid of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010, with Sebastian Bourdais being the fastest man around the the track at 3′19.711. The three Audi R15+ took the following three positions followed by Aston [...]