Intercontinental Le Mans Cup 2011

After including only three races in 2010, the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup will more than double the number of events in 2011. There will be seven races in total: Spa, Le Mans, Imola and Silverstone in Europe, Sebring and the Petit Le Mans in America plus the 6 Hours China in Asia.

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Spyker Squadron will spend 2011 to develop a new car

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 [...]

Pescarolo secures funding for 24 Heures du Mans 2011

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 [...]

Peugeot wins the 1000Km of Silverstone

Team Peugeot Total have won the 1000 Km of Silverstone the last round of the 2010 Le Mans Series championship and also the first round of the 2010 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup.

With this last victory Peugeot are are not only winning the the 2010 Le Mans Series championship but are also taking a [...]

Signature Plus ahead of Silverstone

Signature Plus, the LMP1 team that races a Lola Aston Martin in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans are laying out their thought before the 1000 Km of Silverstone. Read here.

1000 KM of Silverstone

Endurance racing teams are prepping up for the 1000 Km of Silverstone coming up this following weekend, the Le Mans Series season’s finale and the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup opening race.

47 teams have registered, including Audi and Peugeot. Being part of the ILMC makes the 1000 KM of Silverstone a very interesting race. [...]

Oreca reveals LMP2 prototype

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 [...]

LMP2 teams rule at Hungaroring

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 [...]

Oreca Aiming for Victory at Hungaroring

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 [...]

Pescarolo Sport has Entered Liquidation

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 [...]