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#37 COOL RACING – Oreca 07 – Gibson – European Le Mans Series – Official Prologue – Circuit de Barcelona – Catalunya – Spain –

COOL Racing’s Jakobsen, Miyata and Flux outclassed the field to take the win at the seasons opening round. The #37 Oreca Gibson LMP2 took the battle and ran with it to take the win at the 4 hours of Barcelona, #25 Algarve Pro Racing followed by the #22 United Autosport completed the podium. LMP2 Pro/AM […]

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Weight Breaks for Toyota and Ferrari ahead of Imola

April 14, 2024 Michael widdowson

WEC’s new Hypercar Balance of Performance system, see's changes ahead of the Imola round of the WEC

Le Mans

Habsburg Injured in Alpine Testing Crash

April 5, 2024 Michael widdowson

Ferdinand Habsburg could miss the second round of the FIA WEC at Imola after sustaining a back injury from a testing accident at Motorland Aragon. “On the afternoon of March 27, 2024, during the A424 test session in Motorland (Aragon), driver Ferdinand Habsburg had an accident at Turn 7,” a statement supplied by Alpine read. […]

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Porsche perfect podium

March 2, 2024 Michael widdowson

The No. 6 crew of Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer sealed the German manufacturer’s first WEC win since 2017, and the first-ever in the series for a LMDh car, surviving a late scare when Estre had to make an emergency stop to replace a number plate. Porsche claim the first win of the LMGT3 era

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CrowdStrike by APR Wins First Abu Dhabi Race

February 10, 2024 Michael widdowson

George Kurtz, Colin Braun, Malthe Jakobsen win Abu Dhabi race 1 to take points lead CrowdStrike Racing by APR came out on top in a chaotic first Asian Le Mans Series race at Abu Dhabi to take the points lead ahead of Sunday’s title-decider. The No. 4 Oreca 07 Gibson shared by George Kurtz, Colin […]

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99 Racing wins Dubai 4H

February 4, 2024 Michael widdowson

Second win in 3 races for 99 Racing, Al Harthy, Mazepin and Delatraz looking strong for the title. 99 Racing scored its second Asian Le Mans Series victory of the season in the 4 Hours of Dubai to extend its championship lead. Sharing the No. 99 Oreca 07 Gibson, Louis Deletraz, Nikita Mazepin and Ahmad […]

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Gibson Technology to continue their partnership through to 2030

October 30, 2023 Michael widdowson

Derbyshire Based Gibson Technology will continue to supply their power units as a spec engine for the LMP2 class through to the end of the 2030 season. Gibson Technology will continue to provide the spec powerplant in the LMP2 class for the platform’s new set of regulations beginning in 2026, officials from the FIA and […]

Le Mans

Nielsen Racing, CD Sport and Inception Racing Win in Dubai

February 12, 2022 Michael widdowson

The 4 Hours of Dubai, Race 1 of the Asian Lemans Series saw a clear domination of Nielsen Racing. CD Sport sounded the Marseillaise in LMP3 with a double of the Ligier JS P320. Inception Racing opens its counter in GT with the McLaren 720S GT3. Being the only LMP2 which is not entered in […]

Endurance

WILL OWEN STRIVING FOR FIRST PODIUM OF 2018 ELMS SEASON IN ITALY

May 10, 2018 Charles Côté

Will Owen and United Autosports have arrived in Italy for the second round of the 2018 European Le Mans Series, the 4 Hours of Monza. Finishing 9th at Paul Ricard was a great start to the season, but Owen and his teammates Hugo de Sadeleer and Wayne Boyd are ready to fight for the podium this weekend.

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WHELEN ENGINEERING RACING FINISHES EIGHTH AT MID-OHIO

May 7, 2018 Charles Côté

The No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing DPi-V.R finished the Mid-Ohio Grand Prix eighth on Sunday as Eric Curran and Felipe Nasr teamed for the fourth round of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The race marked the return of IMSA to the technical track set in rural Ohio with a long history of sports car racing through the decades.

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MUSTANG SAMPLING RACING FOURTH AT MID-OHIO

May 7, 2018 Charles Côté

Looking to make a successful defense of the team’s 2013 Mid-Ohio race victory, the No. 5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac DPi-V.R finished fourth with drivers Filipe Albuquerque (PRT) and João Barbosa (PRT) coming home just one spot shy of the podium despite excellent teamwork all weekend long.

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MAZDA SCORES FIRST IMSA PODIUM OF THE SEASON AT MID-OHIO

May 7, 2018 Charles Côté

Oliver Jarvis and Tristan Nunez team to finish third and score first IMSA podium for Mazda Team Joest.

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FIRST ACURA DPi WIN IN 1-2 ACURA TEAM PENSKE SWEEP AT MID-OHIO

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

The Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio was all about Acura Team Penske from the first practice session of the weekend on Friday through the checkered flag on Sunday’s two-hour, 40-minute IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. Every pre-race practice session ended with both of the team’s Acura ARX-05 Daytona Prototype international (DPi) cars sitting 1-2 … Continue reading → ...

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CADILLAC RACING TEAM MUSTANG SAMPLING FOURTH AT MID-OHIO

May 6, 2018 Charles Côté

Cadillac V-Performance Racing team Mustang Sampling Cadillac finished fourth today at the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio. The No. 10 Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-V.R finished fifth and the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R came home in eighth.

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ESM BRINGS NISSAN PROTOTYPES TO MID-OHIO

May 2, 2018 Charles Côté

Following a second place finish last month at the Long Beach Grand Prix, Tequila Patrón ESM will travel to Lexington, Ohio this weekend for the next round in the IMSA WeatherTech series, the Acura SportsCar Challenge at Mid-Ohio SportsCar Course. The No. 2 Nissan Onroak DPi and the No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi have each celebrated podium finishes in the last two races, and will look to carry that momentum into round four of the championship.

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ACURA DPi PROGRAM BATTLING TOUGH COMPETITION IN WEATHERTECH CHAMPIONSHIP

April 24, 2018 Charles Côté

The first three races of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have reinforced one thing about racing in the Prototype class: competition is really tough.

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WRIGHT MOVES INTO POINTS LEAD, JOINS CLAIRAY IN IMSA PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE WIN AT BARBER

April 22, 2018 Charles Côté

Kris Wright made a statement at Barber Motorsports Park – he is a title contender in the IMSA Prototype Challenge Presented by Mazda championship.

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WILL OWEN TO COMPETE AT GRAND PRIX OF ALABAMA IN IMSA PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE

April 20, 2018 Charles Côté

Will Owen will be stepping outside of his duties in the European Le Mans Series to pilot Charles Wicht Racing’s #7 Ligier JS P3 alongside teammate Leonardo Lamelas for the third round of the IMSA Prototype Challenge presented by Mazda this weekend at the Grand Prix of Alabama in support of the Verizon IndyCar Series.

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MATT BELL AND ANDREW BENTLEY TO DEBUT LIGIER JS P4 AT DONINGTON PARK

April 19, 2018 Charles Côté

United Autosports have confirmed that Matt Bell and Andrew Bentley will race the Ligier JS P4 as it makes its UK track debut at Donington Park this weekend (21-22 April).

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WILL OWEN CLAIMS FIRST TOP TEN FINISH OF 2018 ELMS SEASON

April 16, 2018 Charles Côté

Will Owen and United Autosports achieved their first top-ten finish of the 2018 European Le Mans Series over the weekend during the 4 Hours of Castellet where they placed 9th out of the 18 total entries in the LMP2 category.

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