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Promising Debut for all new Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:18:57 +0000

AutoBlog Green is reporting about the all new Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid obtaining a very promising sixth place this past weekend at the Nürburgring Long Distance Championship opening race.

Porsche will put its new racing hybrid on the starting grid at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring and rumor goes the car will make it to the ALMS and other Le Mans racing series if regulation differences between the series can be worked out.

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Aston Martin Racing wins at Nürburgring

admin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:58:35 +0000

Aston Martin Racing takes the LM-P1 and overall win at this year’s 1000 Km of Nürburgring, the 4th event in this year’s Le Mans Series championship. Pescarolo Sport‘s Pescarolo Judd no. 16 driven at that moment by Jean-Christophe Boullion broke the gear box and had to retire permanently.

So, Aston Martin Racing secured the first two places followed by AMR Eastern Europe. In LM-P2 the first three places went to Quifel – ASM Team, Racing Box and Oak Racing, in this order. In GT1 Larbre Competition‘s Saleen S7R prevailed over Luc Alphand‘s Corvette C6.R while in GT2 the winner was Team Felbermayr Proton who raced a Porsche 997 GT3 RSR, followed by Snoras Spyker Squadron and their Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2 – R and team FBR who raced a Ferrari F430 GT.

Nürburgring Entry List

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:13:53 +0000

The Le Mans Series championship will continue the weekend to come with the 1000 Km of Nürburgring. The race shows an interesting entry list with no less than three Lola Aston Martin prototypes being entered, two by Aston Martin Racing and one by AMR Eastern Europe. After being beaten by Pescarolo Sport in Algarve, it really seems Aston Martin is very keen to score some valuable points. The Pescarolo-Jud no 16, the only official Pescarolo car to race at this year at Nürburgring, is currently leading this year’s Le Mans Series with 26 points, followed by the Lola Aston Martin 007 with 22 points.

The GT1 category – which will disappear next year – will only see one of Luc Alphand‘s Corvettes C6.R racing against one of Larbre Competition‘s Saleen S7R

So the question everybody’s going to ask this weekend is: will the three Aston Martins manage to beat Pescarolo Sport, or is Henri’s extensive Le Mans and endurance racing experience going to pay again and lead his team to victory? Can’t wait to see.