Michael Roock and Uwe Alzen are class winners again, winning the GTS class for vehicles in the 1972 to 1981 Plateau/Grid in the famous 24-hour Le Mans Classic for the second consecutive time. Driving the same #67 Porsche 911 RSR 3.0, Porsche specialist Michael Roock from Leverkusen and racing professional Uwe Alzen celebrated a convincing class victory at the same location two … [Read more...]
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Le Mans Classic Racing Roundup
It is unique in the motor racing world, and in historic racing circles, nothing comes close to the quality and quantity of machinery on track. The brainchild of Patrick Peter (he was the “P” in the BPR series of the 1990s) and the ACO, the 2018 Le Mans Classic is the ninth in this wonderful series. This is our Le Mans Classic racing roundup from the weekend of 6-8 July … [Read more...]
Sunny 2018 Le Mans Classic – Saturday
Although the temperatures have hovered around the 30° C mark each day of the event, it feels a lot warmer as a sunny 2018 Le Mans Classic got underway. As the clock ticked past noon on Friday, the grand stands were already beginning to fill up, as the classic Le Mans racers are a great attraction to many. Thursday was spent going through the various grids in the paddock, … [Read more...]
Ninth Le Mans Classic
This coming weekend sees the running of the ninth Le Mans Classic on the famous Circuit de la Sarthe. The event, created by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and Peter Auto almost two decades ago, has become the jewel in the crown of international historic racing, just as the original 24-hour race has done for current sports car and prototype racing. Run every two years, in … [Read more...]
Twice around the clock
A little more than twenty four hours ago, sixty cars lined up against the pit lane wall, and without exception, every driver on the grid had his/her mind set on winning the race or at the very least, their class. Now, just twenty six hours later, we know which of those drivers was successful, in this most gruelling twice around the clock endurance race. As this feature is being … [Read more...]
Interview with Porsche Junior Julien Andlauer
Writer Lucian Sonea sat down at the Le Mans Test day for an interview with Porsche Junior Julien Andlauer. The response from a young Andlauer was remarkably refreshing. What was your target for today’s Le Mans Test Day? Firstly, I’m very excited to have the chance to drive the RSR here at Le Mans. Today we tried different solutions and finally, we were rewarded with the … [Read more...]
Two Days to go – Le Mans 24 Hour 2018
Qualifying 1 (Q1) for the Le Mans 24 Hour went off on Wednesday night without too much fanfare or drama. Before that Free Practice 1 (FP1) in the afternoon offered the teams the opportunity to put their cars and drivers through the paces at will and so not too much can be read into the times posted then. But the first night session was obligatory as all the drivers have to … [Read more...]
Porsche proves that pigs can fly
Well it's official, pigs can fly! The #92 Porsche 911 RSR of Michael Christensen/Kevin Estre/Laurens Vanthoor/Dirk Werner may not have topped the lap charts on Sunday at the Le Mans Test day, but they were just 1.3 seconds off their team mates in the #93 Porsche who did indeed post the fastest time of the day in class. The WEC/ACO has threatened to wield the big stick of … [Read more...]
What the 2018 Le Mans BoP holds for the GTE classes
This weekend sees the official Le Mans Test day on Sunday 3 June for those teams participating in the 86th running of the famous 24-hour race. The GTE field is one of the largest in several years, thanks to Porsche and Ford both running four cars each in the Pro class, plus Ferrari who will be fielding three cars in this class. We ask what the 2018 Le Mans BoP holds for the GTE … [Read more...]
Pascal Zurlinden speaks about the 2018 Porsche 911 RSR
The evening before the opening round of the WEC season at Spa, Porsche Road & Race had the opportunity of chatting to Pascal Zurlinden, Director GT Factory Motorsports, about the 2018 Porsche 911 RSR and the competition in the GTE Pro class. Uppermost in the minds of some journalists was the question of the auto BoP and how Porsche viewed this. Whatever your thoughts … [Read more...]
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