The Simraceway 24 Hour Le Mans Spotter Guide is now available to download.
It’s that time of year where all motorsports fans will have their eye on one race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans. If, for some reason, you have been out of the loop you will see some changes at the front. Peugeot is out this year having retired their motorsport program. That spot has been filled by Toyota Racing. Both Audi and Toyota will bring hybrid system’s to France. Continue reading ‘Simraceway 2012 24 Hours of Le Mans Spotter Guide’
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The 2011-spec Audi R18 TDI’s have not disappointed here since testing started earlier this week. With the first official practice session kicking off at 10:00am today, Audi Sport Team Joest was off. At the end of the hour long practice, Romain Dumas was at the top, 1:48.626.
However, sitting only 1.136 seconds back was Klaus Graf in the Muscle Milk HPD ARX-03a with a 1:49.762. The petrol cars are there and we all know that anything can happen in endurance racing. Continue reading ‘Audi Sport’s Romain Dumas tops Sebring official first practice’
We’ve seen some great racing in both the GTE-Pro and GTE-Am from the last rounds including Le Mans. Today’s qualifying showed us more of the same from Porsche, BMW, Ferrari and Corvette. GTE-Pro saw the top six in the 1:44′s.
GTE qualifying kicked off first at 10am ET. Luxury Racing Ferrari was first to the top but bumped down Muller in the no55 BMW. Dirk Werner put the no56 BMW M3 into third. Continue reading ‘Porsche qualifies 1st and 6th for Imola 6 hours’
The first step is taken with success. Porsche customer teams from all over Europe and the USA have secured good grid positions after the qualifying sessions for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The fastest Porsche driver, works pilot Marc Lieb (Germany), planted the Felbermayr 911 GT3 RSR on seventh in the GTE Pro class. Lieb competes for last year’s winning team with works drivers Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany). Four other 2011-spec 911 GT3 RSR take up the race in the GTE Pro category. In the GTE Am class, three 911 GT3 RSR from last year take off into the 79th edition of the long distance classic on Saturday at 15.00 hours from positions two, three and four. Continue reading ‘Porsche qualifying report from the 24 Hours of Le Mans’
What we saw in the first practice session on Wednesday was an eye opener. The Audi-Peugeot diesel battle kicked off almost instantaneous. We thought it would be fast but 3:30′s were way off pace.
Tonights first qualifying session became more of the same, however not one bit boring. Audi’s Mike Rockenfeller would go out first and drop a 3:27.949 in the no1 Audi R18 TDI. Continue reading ‘Peugeot’s Sarrazin takes Le Mans 24 provisional pole’
Bryce Miller returns for another shot at one of the undisputed crown jewels of international motorsports this weekend as he teams with co-drivers Nick Tandy and Abdulaziz Al Faisal in the No. 88 Team Felbermayr-Proton Porsche 911 RSR in the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans on June 11-12. Continue reading ‘Bryce Miller Geared Up for Second Run at 24 Hours of Le Mans’
Five teams, eight vehicles, 24 pilots: Porsche customer teams from Europe and the USA are particularly well represented at the 79th running of the long distance classic in Le Mans on 11/12 June. At the toughest automobile race in the world they field a total of eight Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the two sports car classes: GTE Pro and GTE Am. All Porsche works drivers compete – including last year’s winning trio, Marc Lieb (Germany), Richard Lietz (Austria) and Wolf Henzler (Germany). With 16 overall and 98 class victories, Porsche is by far the most successful make in Le Mans. Continue reading ‘Strong contingent of Porsche customer teams with eight 911 GT3 RSR’
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A strong field of 53 cars was entered for Saturday’s 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps, the second round in this year’s Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) series and the last event before next month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. After six hours of racing in perfect spring conditions, the French Peugeot team took first and second after their main competitors encountered all kind of nibbling incidents and lost precious time. In the GTE category, Ferrari took a convincing win in the professional class while Porsche was once again successful among the amateurs. All the top teams will now prepare for the 24 Hours of Le Mans that will start on Saturday, 11 June. Continue reading ‘Teams prepare for Le Mans at Spa-Froncochamps’
