The middle round of the 2010 Le Mans Series will take teams to southern Portugal (July 15-17) where a field of just thirty-two cars is expected to take part in the 1,000km race – some of which will be run in darkness – at the Autodromo Internacional Algarve. The entry list for the third round [...]
The 79th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours will take place on June 11-12, 2011. Tomorrow, in other words! Machines like the Peugeot 908 HY, the Audi R18, the electric Courage M0-11, the Ferrari 458 Italia, the Porsche GT-R Hybrid and a number of ‘low cost’ LMP2s are all expected to take part in [...]
The 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours saw Michelin establish a range of new distance, speed and durability records. On the Sunday morning (June 13), the N°1 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP completed four stints in the hands of Anthony Davidson. The average lap time during the Briton’s run was 3m 21.917s for a distance of 627km [...]
Porsche and Audi, the two most successful makes at Le Mans (25 wins), were side by side on this year’s podium… Two of the three drivers in the 2010 Le Mans-winning car were in fact factory Porsche drivers ‘on loan’ to Audi, while the third was a former Porsche star. The names of Romain Dumas [...]
The American teams had a particularly rough ride at Le Mans this year, beginning with the Michael Lewis/Autocon Lola-AER which failed to complete a single lap. Three laps later, it was the turn of the Jaguar RSR to drop out with engine trouble. And after three hours of racing, it was all over for the [...]
Almost 200,000 endurance racing fans (unique visitors) tuned in to follow the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours at LeMansLive.com. Cool! LeMansLive.com is a blog that was initially set up to follow the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours and its mission is to cover endurance racing in the form of anecdotes, films and photos, taking onboard [...]
This years Le Mans 24 Hours produced a one-two-three finish for Audi, while Peugeot hasn’t drawn such a blank in the French race since 1991. Peugeot’s first attempt at Le Mans (with the exception of its pre-war entries) ended in disappointment when its two 905s were sidelined after a few hours only. This weekend, the [...]
I would like to thank all those who followed my race on the LeMansLive blog. It’s been a big pleasure to share my race with you all despite the language barrier. I hope we will get a chance to communicate again sometime soon, at least on the web or, even better, on the race track! [...]
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