Posts Tagged ‘Le Mans 24 Hours’

2011 Le Mans Qualifying: Audi Claims Front Row

Friday, June 10, 2011 13:11 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Audi, Motorsport Tags: Audi, Audi R18, Le Mans 24 Hours

DeltaWing Racing Car Announced For 2012 Le Mans

Thursday, June 9, 2011 15:28 by 1 Comment
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport Tags: DeltaWing Racing, Le Mans 24 Hours

Honda CR-Z Racer Hybrid

Thursday, June 9, 2011 12:58 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Honda Tags: Honda, Honda CR-Z, Le Mans 24 Hours

Nismo LEAF RC At 2011 Le Mans 24hr

Friday, June 3, 2011 17:05 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Nissan Tags: Le Mans 24 Hours, Nissan, Nissan Leaf

BMW M3 GT Preparing for 2011 Le Mans 24-Hour

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 16:05 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Bmw, Motorsport Tags: Bmw, Bmw M3, Le Mans 24 Hours

Nissan Engines For Signature LMP2 Le Mans Car

Wednesday, February 9, 2011 14:43 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Nissan Tags: Le Mans 24 Hours, Nissan

2011 Peugeot 908 Le Mans Racer

Friday, February 4, 2011 15:15 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Peugeot Tags: Le Mans 24 Hours, Peugeot, Peugeot 908

New Aston Martin LMP1 Le Mans Racer

Saturday, September 11, 2010 17:00 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Aston Martin, Motorsport Tags: Aston Martin, Le Mans, Le Mans 24 Hours

Ford Focus RS Le Mans Classic Special Editions

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 17:18 by No Comments
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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. [...]

Posted under category: Ford Tags: Ford, Ford Focus Rs, Le Mans 24 Hours, Special Editions

2010 LeMans 24-Hours Results: Audi Claims 1-2-3 Finish

Monday, June 14, 2010 13:11 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Audi, Motorsport Tags: Audi, Le Mans 24 Hours

Porsche: 40th Anniversary Of First Le Mans Victory

Saturday, June 12, 2010 15:06 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Porsche Tags: Le Mans 24 Hours, Porsche

Panoz Abruzzi “Spirit of Le Mans” Unveiled

Tuesday, June 8, 2010 14:42 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Exotics, featured Tags: Le Mans 24 Hours, Panoz, Panoz Abruzzi

Revised Audi R15 TDI Plus For 2010 Le Mans

Monday, June 7, 2010 14:33 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Audi, Motorsport Tags: Audi, Audi R15, Le Mans 24 Hours

Six Porsche 911 GT3 RSR Ready To Tackle Le Mans

Monday, June 7, 2010 8:03 by No Comments
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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. [...]

Posted under category: Motorsport, Porsche Tags: Le Mans 24 Hours, Porsche, Porsche 911 Gt3

Jaguar Celebrating 75th Anniversary Returns To Le Mans

Friday, June 4, 2010 12:03 by No Comments
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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 [...]

Posted under category: Jaguar, Motorsport Tags: Jaguar, Jaguar Xkr, Le Mans 24 Hours