RNW Staff

After six hours of racing in the 87th Le Mans 24 Hours, Larbre Competition’s #50 Ligier JS P217 has run well and, despite a puncture and minor contact, currently holds 23rd out of the 61 starters.

Fabien Lavergne and Mikkel Mac of the No. 71 Luzich Racing Ferrari 488 GT3 celebrated their second win of the weekend in style, after starting 4th on the grid.

18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) overcame challenging slippery conditions to take a commanding pole position at Croft. The current championship leader topped Saturday’s qualifying session with a lap time more than 1.2secs faster than his closest rivals – Lewis Plato (Motorbase Performance) in P2 and George Gamble (Amigos Redline Racing) in P3. The trio, who also currently occupy the top three places in the driver’s championship standings, will start the first of tomorrow’s two races ahead of former Porsche GB Scholar and 2014 Carrera Cup GB champion Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing).

The four Porsche 911 RSR contesting the GTE-Pro class have made up several positions in the initial phase of the Le Mans 24-hour race. After the first 90 minutes of the final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in France, the No. 93 Porsche 911 RSR lies in second place with Nick Tandy (Great Britain) at the wheel. The identical ca. 510-hp car with the starting number 92 driven by the world championship favourites Kévin Estre (France), Michael Christensen (Denmark) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) has moved up into third place during the starting phase.

Adam Carroll won the fourth round of the Ferrari Challenge Europe held today at Le Mans, ahead of the 24 Hours. At the end of a race full of twists and turns, the British driver finished ahead of new standings leader Louis Prette, and Sam Smeeth. The Italian Emanuele Maria Tabacchi, the American James Weiland and the Belgian Laurent De Meeus all won in the other classes..

Following the traditional Drivers’ Parade in downtown Le Mans, and completing the Saturday morning warm-up session, the start of the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours dawns for Larbre Competition.

Cetilar Racing is all set for the 87th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, that marks the third participation of the Italian squad at the legendary “La Sarthe marathon”. After the mid-week qualifying, when Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi put on P25 their #47 Dallara-Gibson LMP2 car technically supported by Villorba Corse, working on the different setup solutions for race, […]

Larbre Competition was satisfied with the running it completed during practice and the three qualifying sessions ahead of the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours.

Cetilar Racing completed yesterday the 24 Hours of Le Mans qualifying, taking the 25th overall place over 62 cars and the 17th of the LMP2 category, as well as making a great job to improve the setup of the car looking forward the Saturday’s race.

Following both qualifying sessions of Thursday and after scrutineering, #28 Oreca07 will start the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans in LMP2 pole position.

Former Porsche GB Scholar and 2014 Carrera Cup GB champion Josh Webster (Team Parker Racing) topped Friday practice at Croft. Returning to the North Yorkshire circuit for the first time since 2016, the Porsche Carrera Cup GB was met with wet conditions for the morning session, and a tricky drying track in the afternoon. Mastering the slippery surface to rank alongside championship returnee Webster came 18-year-old Porsche GB 2018 / 2019 Junior Dan Harper (JTR) and George Gamble (Amigos Redline Racing).

The new Ferrari Challenge UK Series 2019 series heads to Snetterton on the 22 and 23 June 2019. Snetterton is the 2nd of 4 iconic UK circuits that will be visited by the new for 2019 racing series. As the second longest circuit in the UK, the track features a mixture of tough, technical challenges and high-speed sections, with the grid of 21 488 Challenge cars promising to replicate the thrilling action displayed at Brands Hatch.

Will Owen is back in France to compete in his third year of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with United Autosports. Owen will be looking to better his 3rd place result of 2018 with teammates Alex Brundle and Ryan Cullen.

With two rounds of the Michelin Le Mans Cup complete, Nielsen Racing has already secured two podium positions with Tony Wells and Colin Noble and head to Circuit de la Sarthe for the Road to Le Mans, determined to take to the top step of the podium.

On 4 August 2001, a new era dawned at Spa-Francorchamps. For the first time, the legendary Belgian circuit was staging its annual 24-hour race as a contest for GT machinery. It would prove to be an inspired move.

Team Cetilar Racing started in a good mood the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2019, as the#47 Dallara-Gibson LMP2 car technically supported by Villorba Corse showed consistent pace taking the P13 of category in the yesterday’s first qualifying, in the hands of Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto and Andrea Belicchi.

The weather in June started so well, a beautiful day to attend the British Automobile Racing Club meeting at Silverstone.  After a walk around the paddock it was time to head out on track and take the images shown here. Due to other commitments I couldn’t make it back there on Sunday to take some […]

The GT4 South European Series heads to Spain for its second round this weekend, at the magnificent Circuit del Jarama, which will provide some remarkable novelties.

At the first qualifying for the final round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC in Le Mans (France), the Porsche GT Team has left a strong impression. In the GTE-Pro class, all four Porsche 911 RSR claimed a spot in the top six. At the wheel of the ca. 510 hp 911, Nick Tandy achieved the second quickest lap time with 3:49.558 minutes in the two-hour qualifying session on the storied 13.626-kilometre racetrack. The British driver shares the No. 93 car with Patrick Pilet (France) and Earl Bamber (New Zealand).

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing holds provisional pole position for the 87th Le Mans 24 Hours, the final round of the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, following an eventful first day of track action at the Circuit de la Sarthe.