Audi turn disaster into triumph and win the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 79th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours was a real rollercoaster ride for the Audi Sport team. The 2011 race had extreme lows during the race, but ended on the best possible high when the No. 2 Audi Sport […]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
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Le Mans 24 Hours 2012; Pre – Registration is now open
The 80th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours will take place on the 16th & 17th June 2012. We can help you be there! It is never to early to book for Le Mans and we are now open for pre-registration for Le Mans 2012. Whether you want travel, tickets and camping, Flexotel or other accommodation we can help you. Individuals, groups, media […]
Le Mans 24 Hours 2011; Final Qualifying Update
Thursday saw final qualifying for the Le Mans 24 Hours 2011 in the form of two sessions, each of two hours with frantic driving on the circuit and nail biting back in the garages. Despite the big teams claiming that they were preparing race set ups and not worrying about pole, both sessions became a […]
Le Mans 24 Hours 2011; Wednesday Practice & Qualifying Update
Finally we got to see the cars out around the circuit. Wednesday saw an initial free practice session followed by a night time 1st qualifying session. Nobody was going to win anything today. They weren’t even going to secure pole, but it was always going to be tense as the drivers got their race faces […]
Le Mans 24 Hours 2011; GTE Pro Preview
GTE Pro: Lotus join the big guns The LMP1 battle for the overall crown may be the glamour race at Le Mans 2011 but ignore the GTE classes at your peril. The new 2011 GTE Pro and Am classes replace the GT1 and GT2 categories from last year. GTE Pro accommodates the factory backed teams […]
Le Mans 24 Hours 2011; LMP2 Preview
In the build up to this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours we are taking a detailed look at the cars and their drivers with Graham Goodwin from Dailysportscar.com. LMP2: Nissan return to Le Mans Eleven cars look set to take to the Le Mans Circuit in 2011 in the new look LMP2 class. Three engine […]
Le Mans 24 Hours 2011; LMP1 Preview
In the build up to this year’s race we are taking a detailed look at the cars and their drivers with Graham Goodwin from Dailysportscar.com LMP1: Who can beat the diesels? The overall winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours will come from within the 17 cars in the LMP1 class. Sadly though, unless we […]
Le Mans 24 Hours 2011; GTE Am Preview
GTE AM: The Gentlemen Drivers The new GTE Am class, which requires cars to be at least a year old and have a crew with no more than a single pro driver, numbers a convincing and high quality ten car entry for its debut year. Happily, there’s variety aplenty here too with five marques represented […]