Posts Tagged ‘Le Mans 24 Hours’
2011 Le Mans Qualifying: Audi Claims Front Row
Friday, June 10, 2011 13:11 by Arman Barari No Comments
Well, looks like Audi has this one wrapped as well! Two Audi R18 TDIs will start the big race at the front of the grid. Read More… This is Audi’s first pole position since 2006, when they introduced the diesel-powered car and remained the king of the hill ever since. Benoît Tréluyer set a time [...]
DeltaWing Racing Car Announced For 2012 Le Mans
Thursday, June 9, 2011 15:28 by Arman Barari 1 Comment
No it’s not a UFO! It’s an actual racing car DeltaWing has designed and they’re going to race with it next year at Le Mans 24 Hours. Read More… The car apparently started life on the bases of an Indy car, but then DeltaWing Racing Cars in collaboration with the ‘Project 56 Partners’ turned it [...]
Honda CR-Z Racer Hybrid
Thursday, June 9, 2011 12:58 by Arman Barari No Comments
Honda Performance Development (HPD) has come up with a racing version of the Honda CR-Z hybrid which they will show at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. Read More… This CR-Z Racer has a totl output of 200 hp and 237 hp, which is not that sporty to be honest. It is the sort of [...]
Nismo LEAF RC At 2011 Le Mans 24hr
Friday, June 3, 2011 17:05 by Arman Barari No Comments
Nismo LEAF RC, the racing version of the LEAF electric vehicle will make its first public demo at the upcoming 2011 Le Mans 24hr race. Read More… Well, not at the actual race, but at LE MANS VERS LE FUTUR, a support for the main event on June 11-12. Two demonstration runs by the Nissan [...]
BMW M3 GT Preparing for 2011 Le Mans 24-Hour
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 16:05 by Arman Barari No Comments
BMW Motorsport is hard at work preparing two BMW M3 GTs for this year’s edition of the world’s most famous car race, 24-Hour Le Mans. They just finished 147 test laps at “Circuit de la Sarthe”. Read More… This is the only testing opportunity provided for the participants and some 52 cars were tried to [...]
Nissan Engines For Signature LMP2 Le Mans Car
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 14:43 by Arman Barari No Comments
This year we will be seeing Nissan’s badge on an LMP2 car in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) as they’ve signed a two-year agreement with the French team Signature Racing to supply them with NISMO tuned VK45V8 engines. Read More… It’s been a while since last we saw a Nissan prototype racer in Le [...]
2011 Peugeot 908 Le Mans Racer
Friday, February 4, 2011 15:15 by Arman Barari No Comments
With the new 908 LMP1, Peugeot hopes to beat Audi this time at Le Mans. And since it’s going to compete with the magnificent Audi R18, they made sure the 908 is fully armed with the latest technologies. Read More… Peugeot 908 is a closed cockpit car, with four identical wheels, and is powered by [...]
New Aston Martin LMP1 Le Mans Racer
Saturday, September 11, 2010 17:00 by Arman Barari No Comments
Aston Martin officially confirmed they will be competing in 2011 Le Mans 24 Hour race and they bring along a new LMP1 race car. They say this car is designed from the ground up with an Aston Martin open cockpit monocoque chassis and it’s even got a brand-new petrol-powered engine. They say it will compete [...]
Ford Focus RS Le Mans Classic Special Editions
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 17:18 by Arman Barari No Comments
Ford has come up with a nice plan to commemorate its great history in Le Mans 24 Hours. They’ve prepared five special Focus RS, each finished in the colours of one of the Ford cars which made 24 Hours history for Ford. They also have custom interior with a special numbered plaque on the dashboard. [...]
2010 LeMans 24-Hours Results: Audi Claims 1-2-3 Finish
Monday, June 14, 2010 13:11 by Arman Barari No Comments
Yes! Audi did it again and won the Le Mans 24 hours once again with their amazing diesel-powered R15 car, making a historical 1-2-3 finish. Despite the podium lock-out, it was not what you call a dominant win, because their main rival Peugeot led the race for nearly 12 hours before technical difficulties sent out [...]
Porsche: 40th Anniversary Of First Le Mans Victory
Saturday, June 12, 2010 15:06 by Arman Barari No Comments
As we know Porsche has a great motoracing heritage, specially at Le Mans 24-hour. Every year they win at least in one of the categories they are attending, either with LMP or GT cars. But it all started way back in 1970, when the legendary Porsche 917 KH gained the first victory for the German [...]
Panoz Abruzzi “Spirit of Le Mans” Unveiled
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 14:42 by Arman Barari No Comments
As promised, just in time for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours race, Panoz reveals their new production, the Abruzzi “Spirit of Le Mans”. Apart from the very cool name, this car also has a great racing heritage behind it, hence the title. The Abruzzi is going to be extremely rare, until 2013 only 81 [...]
Revised Audi R15 TDI Plus For 2010 Le Mans
Monday, June 7, 2010 14:33 by Arman Barari No Comments
The recipe of Audi’s diesel-powered race car has been so successful that over the years it hasn’t been changed much. They just tweak it with every new model, so the latest R15 plus, must be on helluva good car! Of course due to new regulations of Le Mans, they had to make a couple of [...]
Six Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Ready To Tackle Le Mans
Monday, June 7, 2010 8:03 by Arman Barari No Comments
The most successful manufacturer in the history of Le Mans 24 Hours is ready for yet another victory at this year’s event. They’ve recently announced their lineup for the 2010 race which includes six GT2-Class Porsche 911 GT3 RSR, prepared for private teams from Europe and the USA , and backed by Porsche factory drivers. [...]
Jaguar Celebrating 75th Anniversary Returns To Le Mans
Friday, June 4, 2010 12:03 by Arman Barari No Comments
This year Jaguar will return to the 24 hours race of Le Mans to mark their 75th anniversary. The British company actually has a great history in Le Mans, as they won seven races between 1950 to 1990. This year they are going to use a XKR GT2 racing car developed by Jaguar and RSR [...]



