LMP2
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Porsche tops the timesheets in first practice
The 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans finally kicked off today as the 56 starters rolled out for the first practice session of the weekend. The weather over the course of the four-hour session was any motor racing team’s nightmare, with spells of rain hitting different parts of the circuit intermittently. In contrast to previous…
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2015: LMP2 Preview
Long considered an ailing category in which simply getting to the finish would secure your team a podium position, LMP2 has been completely transformed in recent years. Taking the grid at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will be a total of 19 cars made by seven different manufacturers and powered by three different…
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GT Academy winner bags LMP2 seat
2014 GT Academy winner Gaetan Paletou has been given the chance of a lifetime to race in LMP2 at the famous 24-hour race next weekend. With only nine months of experience racing predominantly GT cars, Paletou is the latest graduate of Nissan’s fabled gaming-to-racing training programme that has produced current LMP1 drivers Lucas Ordonez, Mark…
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Porsche confirm pace in afternoon session
After the lunch break the teams and drivers set back out on track at a wet circuit at Le Mans for the afternoon test session. Porsche once again set the pace and confirmed that records will be beaten in this years 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Porsche once again topped the…
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Audi win the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
The #7 Audi wins for the second time this season, this time at Spa-Francorchamps, in another classic battle with the #18 Porsche 919 Hybrid. With the race going all the way down to the final pit stops, Treluyer had to pass Jani’s Porsche on track to sucure victory. The early leader, the #17 Porsche thought…
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Halfway report: 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
Porsche’s led the way into the 6 Hours of Spa-Francochamps earlier today. With rain due in the afternoon the gaps that the low drag cars can pull out now will be vital come the falling of the checkerd flag this evening. Porsche set of from pole and held on though the early stages of the…
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Spa entry list confirmed
It has still not quite reached a week after last weekend’s fantastic race at Silverstone, but the FIA have already released the entry list for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. As well as extra cars and new driver line-ups announced there is also an update on the situation at SARD-Morand. On the weekend of May 2nd…