LMP2

  • Lammers and Verstappen planning for Le Mans

    The WEC is one of the handful of racing series in which age isn’t much of an obstacle. Thanks to the wide range of cars and the low costs, any former Formula 1 drivers have the chance to prolong their careers in the WEC. Dutch driver Jos Verstappen is evidently the latest to turn to…

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  • LM24: KCMG's perfect run

      Hong Kong-entered team KCMG wrapped up a dominant victory in the LMP2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the weekend. The #47 Oreca 05 Nissan of Richard Bradley, Nicolas Lapierre and Matt Howson led the race almost from start to finish and recorded their first victory at La Sarthe in their…

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  • LM24: Hours 7 to 12 – The battle continues

    The 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans continues at a blinding pace, with the works LMP1 teams delivering a titanic battle for the overall lead of the race. At the halfway stage, Porsche leads from Audi – but that only tells half the story. Hour 7 began in the same vein as the previous 6,…

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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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  • Strong showings for Jota and SARD-Morand

    For the last four years, the ELMS team, Jota Sport appear at the Belgium round of the WEC in preparation for Le Mans. The round at Spa-Francorchamps allows the #38 crew to eye up their competitors ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Once again, the team appeared at the event again last weekend.…

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  • Audi win the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps

    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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