Pascal Dimitri has been Peugeot Sport’s logistics expert for 10 years. He joined the team in the days of the 206 WRC in world class rallying, and switched to circuit racing in 2006 when the squad started to prepare for its Le Mans bid with the 908 FAP HDi. Today, thanks to this experience, he [...]
Mike Rockenfeller is one of racing’s real all-rounders. One weekend he’s in a Porsche, the next he’s defending Audi’s colours, and he happily switches from DTM to Grand Am to ALMS as a function of the series’ different calendars. This week his ‘hybrid’ skills will come in particularly handy, since he is down to drive [...]
We carried a story last week about the Motorsport Day that was about to be organised in the centre of Greenville, the home of Michelin’s USA headquarters. Well, that event has now happened, and we were able to obtain a report from some of its organisers who are here at Road Atlanta. Billed as “Free [...]
Road Atlanta, which is situated just outside Braselton, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The Media Centre isn’t quite that old, but… Braselton, situated to the northeast of Atlanta, is a small, quiet town with fine houses built along the flanks of the surrounding’s wooded hills. A number of years ago, the American actress [...]
Paul Ryan is the man in charge of PR at Highcroft Racing, provisional leader in the 2010 ALMS title chase which will be settled this weekend at Road Atlanta. Despite his understandably busy schedule, he took time to meet us at our hotel yesterday evening in the Atlanta suburb of Buford, before driving us to [...]
After nine hours in the air, and practically as much time spent queuing and waiting before and after the flight, we’ve finally set foot in sunny Georgia. Question: How long does it take to change one of the 18 wheels (150kg each) of a fully-fuelled, luggage-laden Boeing 747 ready for take off from Paris CDG [...]
Private testing at Road Atlanta ahead of Petit Le Mans kicked off at the weekend, with Tom Kristensen performing a frightening spin in the N°7 Audi. Audi, Porsche, BMW and OAK Racing were among the teams which took part in private testing at Road Atlanta on Saturday and Sunday. Audi profited from Saturday’s dry conditions, [...]
The second round of the inaugural Intercontinental Le Mans Cup is also the final round of the 2010 American Le Mans Series 2010, which means there will plenty at stake for the ALMS front-runners at Road Atlanta this weekend. To begin with, Patron Highcroft Racing and its two resident drivers Simon Pagenaud and David Brabham [...]
Jaguar RSR has entered two cars for Petit Le Mans, with Andy Wallace teaming up with Butch Leitzinger and Tomy Drissi in the N°33 machine. It was at Road Atlanta that the new Jaguar XKR GT2 made its short track debut ahead of the 2010 ALMS in which it has had the tough mission of [...]
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