After completing several laps in free practice on Wednesday afternoon ahead of this weekend’s Petit Le Mans, Emanuele Pirro shares his thoughts on Road Atlanta with LeMansLive, and looks ahead to the weekend’s race… “Road Atlanta is a very fast circuit which is fairly dangerous in places. It’s difficult to overtake, and there will be [...]
LeMansLive’s two reporters first bumped into Marino Franchitti a little more than 10 years ago, at Le Mans. He was aged about 20 at the time and his manager had found him a job for the French race shuttling Michelin VIPs to, from and around the circuit, with the occasional paddock tour in between. Like [...]
In addition to being the final round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series and the second port of call for the inaugural Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, Petit Le Mans will be a chance for some teams to earn a guaranteed place on the grid at Le Mans next June. Winning the different classes at [...]
For Michelin Competition’s North American division (officially known as Michelin Motorsports), the Road Atlanta round of the ALMS takes place within easy striking distance of the firm’s USA headquarters in Greenville (South Carolina), which is a 150km drive along Interstate Highway 85. Â Â In a championship that also takes in locations like Laguna Seca [...]
Road Atlanta is the fastest circuit visited by this year’s ALMS calendar. The top prototypes cover the lap in about 1m07s. LeMansLive had a chance to sample the track this morning… Road Atlanta is quite hard to describe. The track is fairly hilly and the start/finish straight runs along the bottom of a small valley [...]
David Brabham recently travelled to Australia to contest a round of the country’s V8 Supercars championship, and he is due to return there for another race straight after this weekend’s Petit Le Mans. Â Â Between his ALMS duties with Highcroft Racing at Mosport and Petit Le Mans, the championship’s provisional leader secured 10th place [...]
There is barely audible background music in the PR motorhome that Peugeot Sport has hired especially for Petit Le Mans. The ‘trained ear’ of one of the (older) Le MansLive bloggers managed to pick up a couple of chords, however, and quickly identified the group: the Allman Brothers Band, one of the giant American rock [...]
After saying goodbye at Le Mans, this week’s visit to Road Atlanta has given us a chance to catch up with LeMansLive’s star pundit, Emanuele Pirro. The Italian driver hasn’t exactly been idle over the summer months… Emanuele Pirro profited from the summer to delve into motor racing history, while also playing a hands-on part [...]
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