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#98 V8 Vantage GTE converts pole position to class victory in Fuji #95 of Thiim & Sørensen maintain GTE Pro Drivers’ and Team championship lead Squad in strong position for final two rounds of 2016 championship Aston Martin Racing continues its dominant GTE Am form in the FIA World Endurance Championship, following both pole position and a class victory in the 6 Hours of Fuji for its #98 V8 Vantage GTE. After starting the 6 Hours of Fuji in pole position, Pedro Lamy (P)

Following a report on the 14th of October by Autocar that " Audi is set to withdraw from the World Endurance Championship, ending its long association with the Le Mans 24 hour race by ceasing its LMP1 motorsport operations, according to rumours circulating at its Ingolstadt headquarters in Germany" Prescott Motorsport have received comment from Audi as follows "Every year in autumn, the Board of Management of AUDI AG decides on the motorsport program for the subsequent yea

As four time winners of the FIA World Endurance Championship Trophy for Private LMP1 Teams (and current leaders of this year’s Championship) Rebellion announce an end to their LMP1 programme with the switch to the new LMP2 spec cars. One team who remain firmly in the LMP1 class is the ByKOLLES team. Rebellion Racing announced earlier today a switch to the LMP2 class from the start of 2017, leaving the only privater team in LMP1 as the ByKOLLES team. Rebellion are no str

If I had written this on Sunday it would literally have consisted of 2 words: Toyota: heartbreaking! No doubt like many a race fan, whether a Toyota supporter or not, you will have been astounded, gobsmacked, distraught, amazed, shocked and saddened (I could go on) by how the Japanese outfits race came to an end. Picture credit Toyota Hybrid Racing The 84th running of the Le Mans 24 Heures, which started under a safety car for the first time in its history due to the trea

The stewards have decided that several cars will receive grid penalties due to either not competing enough night laps or no complying with the minimum qualifying time. Those who did not comply with the night laps are the ByKolles with Simon Trummer, SMP Racing with Maurizio Mediani and Corvette Racing with Antonio Gracia. Those that did not comply with the minimum qualifying time are again the ByKolles of Simon Trummer, ESM of Ed Brown, Krohn Racing of Tracy Krohn, SO25 of

Following a meeting attended by the ACO, FIA and representatives from the manufactures in the GTE Pro class, the Endurance committee have made various changes to the Balance of Performance in the class. The Ferrari 488 GTE has 25kgs added to its base weight Ford GT's have 5kg added to their base weight Ford GT's turbo boost pressure reduced Aston Martin and Corvette increase in air restrictor size Fuel capacity has also been increased in the Porsche, Ferrari and Corvett

It rained.... a lot!! Only a handful of drivers improved their times during qualifying 2, whereas qualifying 3 was red flagged 18 minutes into the session due to the monsoon like conditions that fell upon the La Sarthe region. Whilst some teams, you won’t be surprised to know Audi were one of them, practised driver changes, and the Corvettes focused on front end changes, some teams decided a bit of down time was in order and played up to the cameras. The red flagged lasted

UPDATE - a fantastic response during the auction meant that the picture made £200.00 for Mission Motorsport - well done all who took part During the Le Mans week we will be teaming up with Mission Motorsport and Beer Mountain to raise funds for Mission Motorsport. There will be a special, one of a kind item placed up for auction via Beer Mountain, please click here to find out how you can own an exclusive, on of a kind signed photo of the number 7 Audi drivers. Missio

The session started out on a green track as there had been no running since test day. Early running saw the teams going through their driver line ups. Early running was brought to a halt when the ByKolles number 4 with Pierre Kaffer on board came to a halt on the Mulsane straight in a large plume of smoke, a mechanical failure being sighted by the driver as the problem. The rain started to fall and teams were running full wets, as the track started to dry inters and then s

We have been sent some exclusive shots taken this evening (14th June) of the ByKolles team running the car on the runway of the Le Mans airport. As yet it has been unconfirmed by the team as to the purpose of the test but it does appear a little odd less than 24 hrs before the free practice session at 16:00 tomorrow. We will bring you more when we have it. UPDATE - ByKolles confirmed to running of the car but no official comment was available. Pictures from Brynmor Phil

Whether staying at home or at the circuit this year no doubt see an unprecedented amount of ways that you can follow the race, here you will find our completion. Live Video Streams Ford Performance and the legendary Ford GT return to France this week for the Le Mans 24 Hours, the site of one of motorsports' greatest moments 50 years ago. An all-new racer is ready to compete in one of the world's greatest sporting events, and this page has everything you need to enjoy the

The administrative and technical checks - otherwise known at Scrutineering - serve to ensure the cars' compliance with the 24 Hours of Le Mans regulations. This is a ritual viewed very favourably by spectators and sometimes dreaded by competitors. In the past, the pre-race technical checks were rather basic. It consisted primarily of weighing the cars, but today things are quite different: the 24 Hours of Le Mans cars are scrutinised down to the smallest detail before the

Monday 13 June, Le Mans: Aston Martin Racing is poised to contend the 84th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, at the world famous Circuit de la Sarthe this weekend. Campaigning two V8 Vantage GTE Pro entries and one GTE Am, the team will be seeking outright victory in both classes, as it competes against one of the most competitive field of GTE entries in recent years. Following both the 6 Hours of Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps, which saw the team take three podium pl

The 60 cars due to take the start of the 84th running of the third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship have now completed eight hours of practice on the 13.6km Circuit des 24 Heures track. Here are the highlights from the afternoon session: Audi Sport’s Lucas Di Grassi set the fastest time of the day just before the half way mark of the afternoon session. The No.8 R18 lapped the track in a time of 3:21.375. The gaps between the Porsches and No.7 Audi were very

Porsche heads the field with a 1-2 in LMP1, the fastest lap being a 3:22.334 set by Marc Lieb in the No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid. The German heads the No.1 by just over two tenths of a second, Mark Webber having set a best lap of 3:22.555 in the No.1 entry.The two Audi R18s have also dipped under the 3m22 mark this morning, close behind the Porsches, with Toyota Gazoo Racing’s TS050 HYBRIDS slightly further back but working through a comprehensive test programme. LMP1 Private

The entry list for the official Le Mans 24 Hours test day on Sunday 5th June has been released and it can be found HERE . (Subject to change as described in our article HERE ) All the registered teams and drivers use the opportunity to re-familiarise themselves with the 14km track ahead of race week, and to start the work on the set up which they all hope will see them achieve success in the race on 18/19th June. There are a few regulations which must be followed for the

Paolo Roberti has ruled himself out of this years Le Mans following a crash today at Hockenheim while teaching a student. The car he was driving suffered a technical problem with its brakes on the backstretch at 200kph. Both Paolo and the student he was teaching are in hospital close the the circuit, Paolo suffering a fracture of his lumber vertebrae. As yet there has been no word from the Larbre Competition team as to his replacement for Le Mans Roberto Merhi will repla

With the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship just around the corner, here is our quick guide to the Championship and its classes. If you have never seen a WEC race before the most important thing to know is that there are four classes of cars racing on the same track at the same time. Also, a common factor throughout the four classes is that one team of drivers compete in the same car; two or three drivers take turns in the car completing “stints” of

The anticipation and waiting is over. The FIA WEC cars and drivers blew the dust off the long winter and made sure it was a very Good Friday indeed at Circuit Paul Ricard today. Fine spring conditions in the South of France welcomed the 29 cars as they took to the track and welcomed in the fifth edition of the WEC, as preparations continued for the first round at Silverstone in three weeks’ time. The opening day was broken down in to three sessions – morning, afternoon and n

Ready for title defence: Two days before the official Prologue for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Paul Ricard, France, Porsche is presenting its race car for this season. Strong development characterises the new 919 Hybrid’ technology. The powertrain became even more efficient, the aerodynamics were even more specific for the various race tracks and the weight of single components was even more reduced. “The over 900 hp strong Le Mans Prototype is ready for