Next month’s 12 Hours of Sebring promises to be a particularly exciting race. But there also will be plenty going on at the Florida venue in the immediate aftermath of the 2011 ILMC’s opening clash, since a number of teams plan to stay on for testing. The latest entry list for this year’s ILMC/ALMS opener [...]
Buoyed by its LMPC title in 2010, the USA-based Level 5 Motorsports will this year be seen in the ALMS, the ILMC and at Le Mans. Two new LMP2 Lola-HPDs will be entered for the American Le Mans Series, while a third prototype will take part in the non-American rounds of the Intercontinental Le Mans [...]
The organisers of the 12 Hours of Sebring – the opening round of the 2011 ILMC and 2011 ALMS – have received 59 entries. They include all the class winners of last year’s race, as well as the 2010 ALMS champions. It is also the biggest entry since 2002 and there is plenty that is [...]
The ILMC organisers have attracted no fewer than 26 entries for the 2011 championship. Not bad at all! Peugeot and Audi both pressed hard for the creation of this championship and will be represented by two diesel prototypes each, with the French firm enjoying the additional presence of an Oreca-run 908 HDI FAP. Rebellion, Aston [...]
The ACO profited from a press conference in Paris today (Wednesday) to release the list of the 56 cars that have been invited to contest the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours. The biggest delegations in La Sarthe this June will be fielded by Peugeot and OAK Racing who will be running four prototypes each! The [...]
The ACO unveiled this morning the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) LMP1 (10 cars) Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 Audi Sport Team Joest – Audi R18 Hope Racing – Oreca Peugeot Sport Total – Peugeot 908 Peugeot Sport Total – Peugeot 908 Team Oreca Matmut – Peugeot 908 Rebellion Racing – Lola [...]
The ACO releases the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list this morning LMP1 Aston Martin Racing : AMR 1 : Primat Aston Martin Racing : AMR 1 : Mücke OAK Racing (OAK-Pescarolo) : Hein OAK Racing (OAK-Pescarolo) : Lahaye Quifel ASM Team (Zytek) : Amaral Highcroft Racing (HPD) : Brabham Pescarolo Team (Pescarolo-Judd) : [...]
Oak Racing is looking to run two LMP1 cars and one LMP2 car in the ILMC, plus a second LMP2 prototype at Le Mans. OAK Racing has clearly set its sights high for its fourth endurance racing campaign, since the French squad is seeking to enter a brace of 3.4-litre OAK-Pescarolo-Judd LMP1 prototypes and a [...]
The first two Ferrari F458 Italias have just arrived in the United States where the new GT cars will be raced by Extreme Speed Motorsport. Two of the American squad’s drivers, Scott Sharp and Ed Brown, travelled to Fiorano, Italy, to sample the new Michelotto-developed Ferrari F458. Just days later, two cars featuring Tequila Patron [...]
The Sebring International Raceway will feature MICHELIN branding for the 59th 12 Hours of Sebring, the opening round of the 2011 ILMC and ALMS. MICHELIN  has sealed a partnership deal with the circuit’s promoters to advertise the new MICHELIN Pilot Super Sport on the bridge at Turn 17, a key part of the track which links [...]
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