Audi On Pole, Clinch Front Row
Audi takes frst Le Mans pole since 2006. Photo RjEPhotos Frenchman Benoit Tréluyer set pole position for the 24 Hours of Le Mans piloting the #2 Audi Sport Team Joest. It is Audi’s first pole at Le Mans since 2006. Tréluyer benefited from a clear lap to best the #1 Audi Sport Team Joest of Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas/Mike Rockenfeller. The Team Peugeot Total of Simon Pagenaud/Sebastian Bourdais/Pedro Lamy will start third. The Audis and Peugeots... [Read More...]
LeMans – Dayton,Bowlby, and Gurney Discuss DeltaWing’s LeMans Aspirations
LeMans – DeltaWing Partners with Gurney and Highcroft for 2012′s 24 Hour
Ben Bowlby’s DeltaWing concept has not faded into the past, as much as many IndyCar fans may wish it. The concept lives and will make an appearance in a place where we here at OpenPaddock had thought it was best suited from the beginning, endurance sports car racing. After all, the concept originally produced and displayed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May 2010 could only very loosely have been called an open-wheel car. It genuinely... [Read More...]
Le Mans Notes 06/08/11; Sarrazin Peugeot Set Pace
Peugeot Set Pace in Q1, Photo Courtesy Christian Vignon- ACO/Nikon Just as it appeared Audi had lay claim to the top three positions during provisional qualifying Peugeot Sport Total‘s Stephane Sarrazin peeled off a blistering lap that undercut the German squad by nine-tenths of a second during an incident packed session. The Audi Sport Team Joest R18 TDI’s and Team Peugeot Sport Total 908’s were fastest throughout the session. The 908 of Sebring... [Read More...]
Preview; Le Mans 24 Hours
Photo Courtesy ACO Pascal Saivet And so it begins this Saturday. The 79th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, without question the world’s greatest sports car race and arguably the world greatest racing event, 56 cars, in four classes, lapping the famed Circuit de la Sarthe at nearly 75% full throttle per lap. 28 LMP cars (Le Mans Prototype) will start. New LMP1 cars from Audi, Peugeot and Aston Martin will battle for the overall win. Even with... [Read More...]
LeMans – Listen to Quals for the 24 Hrs Live
Its almost time for the greatest sportscar race in the world, the 24 Hours of Le Mans! If you’re not already familiar with RadioLemans.com, head over there right now! They broadcast each LeMans and ALMS race live including commentary, interviews, …the whole nine yards, really. Qualification for this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will take place today, this afternoon in France and mid morning for us. Be sure to tune in and listen... [Read More...]
