There was one performance at the Hungaroring that went unnoticed to a large extent, and that was Vanina Ickx’s fight-back from the rear of the grid to fifth spot at the end of her stint in the Lola-Aston Martin… “It was the first time I had been tasked with starting the Lola-Aston Martin,” she relates. [...]
The penultimate round of the American Le Mans Series at Mosport, Canada, was won by Romain Dumas and Klaus Graf. The podium was rounded off by Highcroft Racing and the Autocon Lola, but the race was interrupted for half-an-hour at the end. Â Â After finishing second the previous weekend, the Cytosport Muscle Milk Porsche [...]
David Brabham is about to contest his 100th American Le Mans Series race this weekend at Mosport, a circuit that has a special significance for the Australian driver. David Brabham will be only the second driver after Johnny O’Connell to clock up 100 ALMS starts from the 117 rounds organised to date. A respectful score [...]
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Corvette scored its maiden GT2 win at Mosport (Canada) in 2009, yet it continues to chase after its first GT success in this season’s ALMS… Mosport, which is situated near Bowmanville, and which is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary, delivers a cocktail of fast, sweeping corners and some frightening (some might even say dangerous) [...]
Audi has confirmed that Tom Kristensen will contest the three races that make up the 2010 International Le Mans Cup (Silverstone, Petit Le Mans and Zhuhai). But what did Mr. Le Mans get up to during the summer period? Well there were no sun-kissed islands or journeys to the other side of the globe for [...]
A long way from the glamour of Road America and the Hungaroring, the endurance racing calendar featured two other, one-off competitions last weekend: cycling’s Le Mans 24 Hours and a 24-hour pedal car race near Tours, France. And yes, Michelin was part of the action! Le Mans hosted an entry of exactly 1,583 cyclists and [...]
What a season this is turning out to be for Strakka Racing. After claiming first prize in the MICHELIN GREEN X Challenge at Le Castellet in April, the British squad scored the best ever result achieved by an LMP2 car in June’s Le Mans 24 Hours (fifth). Last weekend, in Hungary, the HPD-ARX 01c qualified [...]
Jonathan ‘Jonny’ Cocker is a huge car and music fan. His 24th birthday (today) provides us with a timely opportunity to take a brief look at the British driver’s career to date following his win at Road America on Sunday… Jonny wasn’t even old enough to vote when he won two Porsche Open races at [...]
Michelin Competition’s motor racing boss looks back at the 1,000km of Hungaroring which saw Michelin notch up its 34th consecutive Le Mans Series victory. “To be honest, I thought the win was going to escape us in Hungary. That would have brought a halt to Michelin’s long winning streak in the Le Mans Series that [...]
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