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ACO announce changes at annual press conference
The ACO’s annual Le Mans press conference has become somewhat of an institution over the past few years, and often sees the first announcement of major new developments. This year was no different, as the French governing body reveals the details of some major changes to global sports car racing moving forward. The first significant…
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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: Resources Page
Circuit Name: Circuit de la Sarthe Opened: 1923 Country: France Length: 13,629 km Corners: 21 Watch Allan McNish’s famous Le Mans track guide here. Timetable (all times CEST) Date Session Start time End time Wednesday 10th June Free Practice 1 16:00 20:00 Wednesday 10th June Qualifying 1 22:00 0:00 Thursday 11th June Qualifying 2…
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2015: GTE-Pro Preview
What GTE-Pro lacks in quantity, it more than makes up for in quality: nine cars spread across four factory teams almost exclusively comprising works drivers. The GTE machines are so finely balanced that every single car is genuinely in with a shot at victory. Expect frantic wheel-to-wheel, door-banging action in the closest class at this…
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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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24 Hours of Le Mans 2015: LMP1 Preview
This season’s 24 Hours of Le Mans promises to deliver one of the greatest races ever since at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Four separate manufacturers with two- and even three-car teams is almost unheard of the modern Le Mans era; add two newly engined Rebellion AERs and the ByKolles cars into mix and we…
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Toyota: 29 years and no Le Mans victory
After a disappointing start to the 2015 WEC season, Toyota is still looking to record its first success of the year. The team will be giving everything to stand on the top step of the podium this weekend. But to do so they will have to break a Le Mans curse that goes back almost…
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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…
