24 Hours of Le Mans News
- Strakka flies the flag for Britain at Le Mans on Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Leading sportscar team Strakka Racing proudly flew the flag for Britain during official Le Mans 24 Hours testing on Sunday (3 June) with a superb performance, ending the outing as the fastest of the privateer squads in an excellent seventh place overall.
As the Queen and millions of others the length and breadth of the UK celebrated Her Majesty’s remarkable...
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- Audi R18 Ultra denies e-tron Quattro debut victory at Spa
Audi locked out the top four positions in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday (5 May), round two of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship, with Romain Dumas, Loic Duval and Marc Gene taking the victory by almost 47 seconds in their R18 Ultra.
While wet conditions at the start of the race favoured the power delivery of the new four-wheel drive Audi R18 e-...
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- FIA World Endurance Championship: 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Preview
Round two of the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship takes place this Saturday (5 May) at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium where Britain’s Allan McNish, and Audi team-mates Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello, will be aiming to increase their lead in the driver standings.
After racing to victory at the season-opening Sebring 12 Hours in America...
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- WEC team Strakka Racing unveils patriotic new livery
Silverstone-based FIA World Endurance Championship team Strakka Racing will contest the second round of the season at Spa-Francorchamps next month with a striking new livery – patriotically featuring the Union Flag on the ‘shark fin’ section at the rear of the squad’s HPD ARX-...
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- Motorcycling legend Rossi headlines entry for Blancpain at Monza
Monza in Italy will play host to the opening round of the 2012 Blancpain Endurance Series this weekend, 14/15 April, and one name on the entry list stands out above all others – Moto GP legend and nine-time World Motorcycling Champion Valentino Rossi!
Rossi, who rides for Ducati in Moto GP, will drive the Kessel...
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- Audi/Michelin secures maiden win in new World Endurance Championship
The 60th 12 Hours of Sebring provided AUDI with an emphatic one-two finish after it had dominated the overall and LMP1 standings with Capello/Kristensen/McNish (N°2) and Bernhard/Dumas/Duval (N°3). The AUDI R18 TDI, which ended its competitive career today in Florida, adds a win at Sebring to the...
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- FIA World Endurance Championship: Season preview
Sebring International Raceway in Florida will be the venue for a piece of motorsport history this coming Saturday (17 March) when the opening round of the brand new FIA World Endurance Championship takes place at the world-famous American track.
Always a huge event on the international motor racing calendar, the 60th...
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- Strakka Racing delighted with expectation-exceeding maiden test
British sportscar team Strakka Racing enjoyed an outstanding maiden test with its brand new Honda Performance Development (HPD) ARX-03a P1 prototype at Snetterton on Friday (17 February) – all three of the squad’s drivers reporting incredibly positive feedback.
The Silverstone-based privateer team, which...
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- Driver Column: Danny Watts
April 2012
Hi all...Everyone who watches motorsport recognises a driver by their personal helmet
design.So I thought it was really important from day one in karting, when I first started...
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- Davidson, Buemi and Ishiura complete Toyota Le Mans line-up
Anthony Davidson has been confirmed by Toyota Racing as part of its 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours Race line-up with the British star set to campaign one of the Japanese marque’s brand new TS030 Hybrid prototypes at the annual endurance classic.
Following the withdrawal of Peugeot from its own endurance...
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