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14 Audi R8 GT - Supercar Galore
14 Audi R8 GT - Supercar Galore

21 May 2012, 12:39 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / By our calculation 333 plus 333 equals roughly 666. And speak of the devil, here is the Audi R8 GT in person at an Audi event. Youtuber cvdzikden managed to capture no less than 14 of them in a s...

 
Audi Takes First 4 Positions at Spa 2012
Audi Takes First 4 Positions at Spa 2012

7 May 2012, 11:39 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It was only a few years ago that diesel-engined racing cars were unfathomable, but both Audi and Peugeot set out to prove that it can be done. While Peugeot’s success rate was average, Audi&rs...

 
Bentley Considering Racing Comeback
Bentley Considering Racing Comeback

3 May 2012, 15:59 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Ever since the days of the ‘Bentley Boys’ and their ‘blowers’, Bentley has accumulated considerable racing pedigree. Their last triumph was at the Le Mans 24 Hour race, back ...

 
Crash Delays Toyota TS030 Hybrid Le Mans Race Debut
Crash Delays Toyota TS030 Hybrid Le Mans Race Debut

13 Apr 2012, 07:27 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota’s motorsport division has officially announced today that their brand new TS030 Hybrid race car will not be able to make its racing debut at as planned, at the Spa 6 Hours in round two ...

 
Nissan DeltaWing Coming to Europe for Le Mans Testing
Nissan DeltaWing Coming to Europe for Le Mans Testing

3 Apr 2012, 17:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan wants to forever change the way we see endurance racing prototypes by taking on the Le Mans 24 hours racing season this year. The car made its official unveiling at Sebring on March 15, a...

 
Nissan DeltaWing Racing Debut: It Turns!
Nissan DeltaWing Racing Debut: It Turns!

21 Mar 2012, 18:59 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan is taking to endurance racing with this interesting little craft, called the DeltaWing. It looks like the less than perfect combination between a jet fighter and a Le Mans prototype. It mi...

 
Nissan DeltaWing With DIG-T Engine for Le Mans <span>· Photo Gallery</span>
Nissan DeltaWing With DIG-T Engine for Le Mans · Photo Gallery

13 Mar 2012, 14:41 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Nissan wants to rewrite the book with a car that looks better suited for the land speed record than the Le Mans 24 hour endurance race it’s going to undertake. Yet here it is, an ‘experi...

 
Morgan LMP2 Car Signals Le Mans Return
Morgan LMP2 Car Signals Le Mans Return

12 Mar 2012, 15:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Morgan Motor Company and OAK Racing have teamed up for this year’s endurance racing season. This LMP2 prototype will mark the British firm’s return to Le Mans-style racing. By the loo...

 
Audi Readies Le Mans Winning R18 TDI for Sebring
Audi Readies Le Mans Winning R18 TDI for Sebring

9 Mar 2012, 14:48 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / At the 12-hour race at Sebring, Florida, Audi Motorsport will rely on the power of the Le Mans winning Audi R18 TDI modified as the car has been modified for the season opening of the new FIA World ...

 
Aston Martin Returning to Le Mans and Endurance Racing
Aston Martin Returning to Le Mans and Endurance Racing

25 Feb 2012, 10:43 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / This year marks the return of Aston Martin Racing to to international GT motorsport in the FIA World Endurance Championship. This Golf-livered racing V8 Vantage will hit the track in the e GTE Pro c...

 
Toyota Entering TS030 Hybrid in FIA World Endurance Championship
Toyota Entering TS030 Hybrid in FIA World Endurance Championship

3 Feb 2012, 13:04 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota is ready to prove the might of its hybrid tech in the endurance scene, as the TS030 Hybrid prototype race car has been entered in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The race team was origi...

 
Toyota Unveils TS030 HYBRID Le Mans Racer
Toyota Unveils TS030 HYBRID Le Mans Racer

25 Jan 2012, 10:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Toyota has unveiled a brand new prototype race car, the TS030 that will compete in the LMP1 Le Mans class. This was created by Toyota Motorsport GmbH and comes with a carbon fiber chassis. But th...

 
Peugeot Withdraws from Le Mans Endurance Racing
Peugeot Withdraws from Le Mans Endurance Racing

19 Jan 2012, 12:25 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The European economic crisis has stared to bite down hard on the automakers, and a drastic budget cut has been announced by PSA Peugeot Citroen. Effective immediately, Peugeot’s remarkable car...

 
Toyota Making Le Mans Return in 2012 with Hybrid LMP1 Prototype
Toyota Making Le Mans Return in 2012 with Hybrid LMP1 Prototype

14 Oct 2011, 14:39 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Toyota today announced that it will come to next year’s Le Mans race with a new petrol-hybrid racer. In fact, the automotive producer will compete in the 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship....

 
Porsche Talks about Hybrid 911 Road Car
Porsche Talks about Hybrid 911 Road Car

26 Sep 2011, 12:17 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Porsche brags that it is the raciest automotive producers of all, with the company doing its best to translate the motorsport technology into its road cars. The carmaker is now giving us a video in ...

 
Lola EX265 Le Mans Prototype Marks MG's Return to Motorsport
Lola EX265 Le Mans Prototype Marks MG's Return to Motorsport

3 Aug 2011, 09:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / MG is like a little re-born chick trying to get its foot in the door of the global automotive market. While in the old days the company was know for making exciting single seater rockets, things gra...

 
Porsche Plans Le Mans Return in 2014
Porsche Plans Le Mans Return in 2014

1 Jul 2011, 07:47 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / German automaker Porsche is seeking to rule the Le Mans series once again, after it has managed to gather 16 overall victories in the renowned competition so far. The company revealed today it is wo...

 
Chrysler to Consider Bringing Viper Back to Le Mans
Chrysler to Consider Bringing Viper Back to Le Mans

30 Jun 2011, 14:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / After decades of rift between the FIA (which governs such premier racing series as F1, the WRC and the WTCC) and the ACO (which organizes Le Mans and its related series), the two have gotten togethe...

 
Audi Has Two New R18 TDIs Ready for Imola
Audi Has Two New R18 TDIs Ready for Imola

24 Jun 2011, 14:29 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Money seems to be no object for Audi, and neither is time, because the cars that were so badly damaged at Le Mans have been replaced by two new ones, ready for their debut at the fourth round of the...

 
GreenGT LMP H2 Unveiled, Expected to Run at 2012 Le Mans
GreenGT LMP H2 Unveiled, Expected to Run at 2012 Le Mans

14 Jun 2011, 11:07 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Is it just us or are electric cars starting to pop up more and more in the racing world? In Nissan’s case, we can understand that the company wants to prove that the LEAF is just as good as an...