The fifth round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series takes teams next weekend to Lime Rock Park, Connecticut, home of Highcroft Racing. The entry for the two and three-quarter-hour race near Lakeville, on the USA’s east coast totals 31cars. In the LMP class, the Highcroft-run HPD-ARX 01c of Pagenaud/Brabham will be targeting a fourth [...]
The third round of the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge in the Algarve was won by the Pegasus-run LMP2 Courage-Oreca. There was a close fight between the LMP2 prototypes for first place in the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge this weekend. The Strakka Racing HPD-ARX 01c emerged as the early leader of both the MICHELIN GREEN X [...]
The Oreca Matmut-tended Peugeot 908 HDI FAP secured its first Le Mans Series in the Algarve on Saturday. Panis/Lapierre/Sarrazin were joined on the podium by the N°12 Rebellion Racing Lola B10/60 (Prost/Jani) and the N°008 Aston Martin Lola (Ragues/Mailleux/Ickx). It ended up being a perfect weekend in Portugal for the Oreca squad which posted the [...]
Three hours and 110 laps into today’s race at Portimao, the order is still topped by Team Oreca Matmut’s Peugeot 908 HDI FAP ahead of the two Rebellion Racing Lolas. Olivier Panis completed a double stint before handing over the N°4 Peugeot to Stéphane Sarrazin who proceeded to extend the gap over his chasers. The [...]
The N°4 Peugeot-Oreca has pulled clear of the pack and enjoys a cushion of almost one minute over the N°008 Signature+ Aston Martin, and 1m 22s over the N°12 Lola Rebellion which started from the back o the grid. Olivier Panis got away cleanly to lead ahead of the N°008 Aston and the N°42 HPD. [...]
The manager of Michelin Competition’s four-wheel programmes looks back at practice for the third round of the 2010 Le Mans Series… “It’s very, very hot here, but our products are competitive. Our medium compound tyre is a perfect match for the conditions and I think most of our partners will choose it for the race. [...]
Italy’s Gimmi Bruni (Ferrari AF Corse) and Frenchman Nicolas Lapierre (Peugeot-Oreca) talk about their respective qualifying performances in the GT and LMP classes. In the case of Lapierre, it was his second consecutive pole in the Algarve. Gianmaria Bruni (N°096 AF Corse Ferrari F430): “I was fortunate to be able to post my best time [...]
Nicolas Lapierre put the N°4 Peugeot-Oreca on pole position for the start of the 1,000km do Algarve. The third round of the 2010 Le Mans Series gets under way at 5pm this afternoon. The Oreca-Matmut team’s Peugeot 908 HDI FAP (Panis/Lapierre/Sarrazin) dominated all three of Friday’s free practice sessions, as well as during this morning’s [...]
Olivier Panis (Peugeot-Oreca) posted the fastest time in each of the first two free practice runs at Portimao today. The third session starts at 9.30pm this evening, while qualifying is scheduled for Saturday morning. The first two free practice sessions ahead of tomorrow’s 1,000km do Algarve (which starts at 5pm) were dominated by the Peugeot [...]
LMS action at Portimao kicks off tomorrow (Friday) with a programme of three free practice sessions. Serious business begins with Saturday morning’s qualifying shootout. Friday, July 16 12:00 13:00 Le Mans Series Free practice 1 60 mins 14:00 14:30 Ford Transit Trophy Free practice 30 mins 15:30 15:45 Electric Show 15 mins 16:00 16:45 Ford [...]
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