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24 Hours of Le Mans: A Challenger Emerges

24 Hours of Le Mans: A Challenger Emerges

The first qualifying session has just ended at Le Mans. However, at the very end on the last lap, the #1 Audi Audi R18 E-tron Quattro set the fastest time of 3:25.243, which is about a tenth of a second slower than the time the car set in practice...
14.06.2012 | 1111 views | 0 comments
24 Hours of Le Mans Practice Report: Toyota Catches Fire

24 Hours of Le Mans Practice Report: Toyota Catches Fire

The first four hour practice session has wrapped, and there were some big surprises in the front runners even if the results do not show it.  Anthony Davidson in the #8 Toyota TS030 put in a 3:30.162 lap time on his fifth lap, which was t...
13.06.2012 | 1431 views | 0 comments
Top 10 legendary Le Mans cars

Top 10 legendary Le Mans cars

The 24 Hours of Le Mans race has since its first edition in 1923 been the most epic event on the annual motorsports calendar. And of course, not only the race itself is iconic, it has also brought about tales of cars, teams and drivers that went d...
13.06.2012 | 8310 views | 0 comments
Dossier: 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours

Dossier: 2012 Le Mans 24 Hours

This week all the eyes in the motorsports community turn to Le Mans. The 24 Hours race is here and completing its 80th edition it definitely promises to play its role as one of the most exciting races in the world. This year’s Le Mans 24...
13.06.2012 | 8319 views | 0 comments
Bentley Introducing New Model at the Goodwood Festival

Bentley Introducing New Model at the Goodwood Festival

Bentley will put on quite a show at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. Not only will it use the show for the UK debut of the EXP 9 F SUV concept, Bentley also says that it will have an international debut at the festival as well.  ...
13.06.2012 | 1243 views | 0 comments
Le Mans: Ford vs. Ferrari - Part 2

Le Mans: Ford vs. Ferrari - Part 2

Between 1960 and 1965 Ferrari had dominated Le Mans, with six straight victories, a feat only surpassed by Porsche, who enjoyed seven consecutive victories between 1981 and 1987. Carroll Shelby was faced with the daunting task of disrupting the do...
12.06.2012 | 10846 views | 2 comments
Le Mans: Ford vs. Ferrari - Part 1

Le Mans: Ford vs. Ferrari - Part 1

Henry Ford had been determined to have a Ford at Le Mans since the early 1960s, and in the spring of 1963 he received word that Italy’s most famous car company could be on the market. Immediately Henry Ford opened up a line of communication ...
12.06.2012 | 12284 views | 4 comments
Vettel Becomes First Driver to Test New Jersey GP Course

Vettel Becomes First Driver to Test New Jersey GP Course

Sebastian Vettel became the first driver in the world yesterday to drive the proposed course for the New Jersey Grand Prix in Weehawken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan.  Vettel drove the course in an Infiniti IPL ...
12.06.2012 | 1462 views | 0 comments
Aston Martin Wants a Podium at Le Mans in 2 Classes

Aston Martin Wants a Podium at Le Mans in 2 Classes

Aston Martin is entering two Vantage GTEs into the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, but it is still hoping for a podium finish. One of them will be in the GTE-Pro class and the other will be in GTE-Am. The GTE-Pro car will be driven by &nbs...
11.06.2012 | 964 views | 0 comments
Ferrari Upbeat about Alonso's 5th Place

Ferrari Upbeat about Alonso's 5th Place

  You might think that Ferrari would be upset with Fernando Alonso going from first to fifth in the last seven laps of the Canadian Grand Prix over the weekend. However, the team is celebrating because it proved that the car is still comp...
11.06.2012 | 3809 views | 0 comments

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