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 [...]
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The Hungaroring is a twisted and narrow track and it certainly makes passing a difficult taks. For the first Le Mans Series race ever to held there, being fast was not main requirement to win. As a result the LMP2s, fast but also smaller and more agile have stolen the show and took the [...] Confident after their victory at the 1000Km if Algarve in Portugal, Team Oreca Matmut are going to Hungaroring for the next Le Mans Series race next weekend and are aiming for victory. Oreca’s Peugeot 908 HDi FAP, driven by Olivier Panis, Nicolas Lapierre and Stephane Sarrazin will compete in its class against Signature‘s Lola [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Le Mans Sensations is happy to show you pictures from the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Click on the links bellow and enjoy! Scrutineering Pit Walk 24 Hours Race 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 [...] |
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