The 10-hour Motul Petit Le Mans Saturday night (Oct. 17) was set to come down to a duel between Action Express Racing’s Pipo Derani and Acura Team Penske’s Ricky Taylor. The two traded the overall lead multiple times in the final hour, whilst dodging lapped traffic. With 11 minutes to …
Read More »Entry List: Motul Petit Le Mans
Normally, Saturday’s Motul Petit Le Mans would be the season finale for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. With everything going on in 2020, it’s the third-to-last of the season and the penultimate race in the Michelin Endurance Cup. 31 teams will take to the 2.54-mile road course Saturday for 10 …
Read More »Starworks Motorsport Shifts To LMP2 in 2020
Starworks Motorsport announced Monday (Dec. 9) that they will move away from the GT Daytona class (seen above) and return to the prototype ranks in 2020. The team has acquired an ORECA 07-Gibson and will race it in at minimum the four Michelin Endurance Cup races in 2020. The team …
Read More »Ligier’s Revenge: United Autosports Leads Ligier Podium Sweep at Portimão
ORECA 07s have dominated the 2018 European Le Mans Series. On Sunday (Oct. 28), Onroak Automotive struck back. United Autosports’ Filipe Albuquerque and Phil Hanson claimed victory in the 4 Hours of Portimão in their Ligier JS P217-Gibson. The French-built prototypes swept the podium in a wild race. “It was …
Read More »Racing Engineering Wins 4 Hours of Le Castellet on Debut
The Racing Engineering ORECA 07-Gibson shared by Norman Nato, Paul Petit and Olivier Pla earned a somewhat unexpected victory in Sunday’s European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Le Castellet at Circuit Paul Ricard. It is the team’s first-ever start in the LMP2 class. Previously, they were best known for …
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