pescarolo

Pescarolo Team leads the 8 Hours of Le Castellet

Pescarolo Team leads at Le Castellet after two hours [...]

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 [...]

Pescarolo Sport is no more, long live Pescarolo Team

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 [...]

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 [...]

Pescarolo will not race the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year

Local radio stations here in Le Mans confirmed this morning that Pescarolo Sport will not be able to honor the two invitations they were awarded for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. This is most certainly due to their inability to raise necessary funds. This is sad. But it won’t keep me from [...]

Pescarolo’s Worst Fears Are About to Become Reality

If you were following what was going on in the Le Mans racing community over the last years you might remember Le Mans legend Henri Pescarolo criticizing the A.C.O. for the inclusion of diesel prototypes in the LMP1 category. Back in 2006 Henri wrote an open letter explaining why it is unfair to have [...]

Peugeot Partners with Oreca for the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 and 2011

Peugeot Sport announced they have decided to trust Team Oreca Matmut with a LMP1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP prototype for the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2010 and 2011. According to the announcement, Oreca was chosen for their professionalism, performance record and because they were able to prove the availability of the funds required [...]

Sora Racing’s Pescarolo-Judd Wins First Asian Le Mans Series Race

Henri Pescarolo and the rest of the his Le Mans based team must have uncorked some nice bottles yesterday after the results of the first Asian Le Mans Series. That, of course, in order to celebrate the double victory the Pescarolo cars have scored at the Okayama circuit this weekend.

First, Sora Racing’s [...]

Asian Le Mans Series goes to Okayama

Many teams have already signed up for the Asian Le Mans Series race, an event that will take place on October 31^st at the Yokohama track in Japan. Some important names have put their names on the list, one of them being Aston Martin Racing. Indeed, the British team is sending over a Lola Aston Martin prototype to compete in its class against a couple of Kolles’ Audi R10s and Team Oreca Matmut’s Oreca AIM. [...]

Team Oreca-Matmut AIM wins at Silverstone

Team Oreca-Matmut AIM has won the 1000 Km of Silverstone, in front of Aston Martin Racing and Pescarolo Sport. This race concludes this year’s Le Mans Series with Aston Martin winning the overall first place. LM-P2 team Oreca-Matmut snatches the second overall place thanks to their Silverstone victory while Pescarolo Sport, third overall, pay [...]

24 Hours of Le Mans: News, Photos and Travel Tips