THE FERRARI OF PIER GUIDI-CALADO-SERRA TO START FROM SECONDAT LE MANS
The Ferrari crews in the GTE-Pro class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will start on the second, fifth and eighth rows.
BMW M8 GTE TO START THE LE MANS 24 HOUR RACE FROM 12th and13th
The grid order for the 24 Hours of Le Mans (FRA) is now set; after three qualifying sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, the two BMW M8 GTEs are starting their first races at the legendary “Circuit de la Sarthe” from 12th and 13th positions in the GTE Pro class..
ALL FOUR FORD GTS QUALIFY IN TOP 11 FOR LE MANS 24HOURS
All four Ford Chip Ganassi Racing Ford GTs qualified in the top 11 of the strong 17-car GTE Pro field for the 86th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours this coming Saturday and Sunday at the Circuit de la Sarthe.
VILLORBA CORSE CONSTANT AND CONSISTENT IN QUALIFYING AT LE MANS
The intense work bringing Cetilar Villorba Corse closer to the start of the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours continues. In the first night qualifying sessions of Wednesday 13 June the first positive results came for the Italian crew formed by Pisa-born Roberto Lacorte, the driver from Treviso Giorgio Sernagiotto and the Brazilian former F. 1 … Continue reading → ...
FORD WRAPS UP FIRST ROUND OF LE MANS QUALIFYING
After a successful test on the Circuit de la Sarthe just over a week ago, the Ford GTs of Ford Chip Ganassi Racing took to the legendary Le Mans track for real yesterday, putting four cars through a four-hour Free Practice Session and then a late-night, two-hour provisional qualifying session. Although they did not match … Continue reading → ...
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING TAKES PROVISIONAL LE MANS POLE
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing began its Le Mans 24 Hours challenge in positive fashion by taking provisional pole position in the first qualifying session for the second round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). World Championship leaders Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso, who won the opening WEC race of the season from … Continue reading → ...
PORSCHE SETS THE BEST TIME IN THE FIRST LE MANS QUALIFYING SESSION
Porsche has left a strong impression after the first qualifying session on the Circuit des 24 Heures. In his very first lap, start driver Gianmaria Bruni set a phenomenal time of 3:47.504 minutes in his #91 Porsche 911 RSR, a time that none of his opponents could even come close to. The Italian’s 510 hp … Continue reading → ...
EIGHT FERRARI CREWS GO FOR GLORY AT LE MANS
The first free practice session today at 4 pm, will mark the official opening of the 86th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Sixty cars are due to start, divided equally between prototypes and GT cars. The GT contingent includes 17 cars in the … Continue reading → ...
MAGNUSSEN READY FOR 20th ASSAULT ON THE LE MANS 24 HOURS
Danish Corvette Racing ace Jan Magnussen is set for his 20th assault on the world’s toughest endurance race this week – the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Magnussen made his debut at Le Mans with Panoz Motorsport in 1999 finishing 11th overall and ninth in the LMP1 class. He drove an Audi in 2003 when … Continue reading → ...
ALEX LYNN – LE MANS 24 HOURS PREVIEW
It’s Le Mans 24 Hours week already, and for me that means my first attack on the legendary race as a works driver with Aston Martin Racing. I’ll be going for honours in the GTE Pro class along with my co-drivers Maxime Martin and Jonny Adam in the all-new Vantage GTE, and I can’t wait. … Continue reading → ...
REBELLION RACING ON THE WAY TO THE 24 HOURS OF LE MANS
Let’s go ! The 24 Hours of Le Mans will start next Saturday. In the meantime, a big week awaits the members of REBELLION Racing Team. The Test Day took place on Sunday, June 3rd at the Circuit des 24 Heures. The REBELLION R-13 cars numbers #1 and #3 ended up the second and fourth … Continue reading → ...
JMW MOTORSPORT AND WEATHERTECH FOR LE MANS 24 HOURS
JMW Motorsport will run its tenth Le Mans with support from WeatherTech and drivers Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Jeff Segal (Miami, Fla.) and Liam Griffin (Britain). The trio will drive the No. 84 JMW Ferrari 488 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France, June 16-17. JMW Motorsport comes into the race as … Continue reading → ...
CORVETTE RACING AT LE MANS: ICONIC TEAM GOING FOR NINTH CLASS WIN
Corvette Racing will look to write another chapter in its history book at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year as the team today confirmed its GTE Pro entries into the annual French endurance classic. The French countryside will echo with the sound of the familiar Chevrolet engines in both the team’s Corvette C7.Rs … Continue reading → ...
VILLORBA CORSE UNVEIL THEIR NEW DALLARA FOR LE MANS
On Wednesday, April 4 inside such an exclusive place as “Ruote da sogno” in Reggio Emilia Cetilar Villorba Corse unveiled their new Dallara P217 Gibson that will take part in the entire European Le Mans Series and, next June, in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second season in a row.
BMW M8 GTE MAKES FIA WEC DEBUT AT THE PROLOGUE
BMW M Motorsport will make its maiden FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) appearance this week (6th/7th April) as it enters The Prologue, the official pre-season test at Circuit Paul Ricard in the South of France. BMW M Motorsport can count on the support of old and new partners.
TOYOTA GAZOO RACING READY FOR NEW CHALLENGE
After a successful pre-season programme which included 21,000km of running over four three-day tests, the team presented its 2018-19 car at Paul Ricard today prior to the first WEC event of the season, the 30-hour Prologue test which begins at 10am tomorrow and concludes at 4pm on Saturday. The 2018 TS050 HYBRID will take on … Continue reading → ...
TVR JOINS THE REBELLION
The FIA WEC Super Season is poised to start and REBELLION Racing has announced its partnership with the iconic British sports car manufacturer TVR. In September 2017, the brand – which is well known for its place in the history books of the 24 Hours of Le Mans – revealed its latest “Griffith” model. It … Continue reading → ...
FIORANO DEBUT FOR THE FERRARI 488 GTE 2018
Ferrari 488 GTEs no. 51 and 71 had their shakedown test on the Fiorano track ahead of the start of the 2018-19 Superseason of the World Endurance Championship (WEC).
FINAL SHAKEDOWN FOR PORSCHE: THE PROLOGUE OF THE WEC SUPER SEASON
On April 6, Porsche heads into the new season of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with the two-day Prologue on the Circuit Paul Ricard. On the racetrack in the south of France, which opened in 1970, the Porsche GT Team will simulate an entire race weekend with the two 911 RSR in order to tackle the 15-month Super Season perfectly prepared. Porsche’s factory driver Gianmaria Bruni celebrates his comeback to the world’s most important race series for sports cars.
PAUL DI RESTA TO MAKE LE MANS 24 HOURS DEBUT WITH UNITED AUTOSPORTS
United Autosports have confirmed that Paul Di Resta will join their Le Mans 24 Hours team in 2018.
