Andy Meyrick is to race the factory Aston Martin LMP1 car in the final round of the Le Mans Series, the AUTOSPORT 1000kms at Silverstone later this month.
BALTIMORE — Officials with the Baltimore Grand Prix announced today that the American Le Mans Series has been added to the inaugural event scheduled for Sept. 2-4, 2011. Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, along with Baltimore Racing Development (BRD) President Jay Davidson and American Le Mans Series President and CEO Scott Atherton, officially announced that ALMS will join the IZOD IndyCar Series during the inaugural Festival of Speed.
The Ferrari F430 Scuderia claimed the lion-share of honours at Snetterton this weekend In a pair of action-packed Avon Tyres British GT Championship one-hour races. In the first race of the day Dan Brown and Tom Ferrier took the victory by a margin of ten seconds for the Chad Racing team, in a dominant display. Brown who was called-up to
FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — It happened a while ago, but it was only at Spa that Timo Glock confirmed to National Speed Sport News an amusing tale. During the winter some hooligans were pelting Glock’s house with snowballs, so he telephoned the police. “Hello,” said the policeman who answered the phone, “This is Michael Schumacher.” Obviously it was not the seven-time world champion but a policeman with a sense of humor, when Glock said, “Hello, this is Timo Glock and I would like to report…” and he went on to tell the policeman what was going on
CytoSport Porsche duo Romain Dumas and Klaus Graf dominated the Mosport Park round of the American Le Mans Series, which was halted 26 minutes early when a barrier was damaged in a massive accident. The incident happened after Jonny Cocker's Drayson Lola made contact with the GTC class-leading Orbit Porsche of Luke Hines, sending the GT car heavily into the wall. Hines was unhurt but the barrier required substantial repairs, resulting in first a long yellow, then a stoppage of nearly an hour, and finally the abandonement of the race when it became clear that permanent repairs would take too long.
MOSPORT, Ontario — Klaus Graf and Romain Dumas won American Le Mans Series Grand Prix of Mosport Sunday, taking Muscle Milk Team CytoSport’s Porsche RS Spyder to victory in a race called after 2:19 running. A heavy accident between Luke Hines and Jonny Cocker on Mosport Int'l Raceway’s Andretti Straight damaged the Armco safety barrier beyond timely repair
Adrien Tambay produced a great drive on slick tyres to win today's second GP3 race despite damp conditions at Spa-Francorchamps. When a shower hit the circuit mid-way through the race, the Manor driver - who started the race 27th - elected to stay out on his dry-weather tyres as everyone else pitted, thus earning himself a lead of over 10 seconds
CytoSport took its first American Le Mans Series pole at Mosport Park as Klaus Graf beat Dyson's Chris Dyson and Highcroft's Simon Pagenaud in a thrilling qualifying battle. Although Le Mans winner and Porsche factory driver Romain Dumas is in the CytoSport Porsche this weekend in place of injured owner/driver Greg Pickett, the team entrusted regular driver Graf with qualifying duties - and he did not disappoint
Robert Wickens scored perhaps the most bizarre win of his career in a rain-struck opening GP3 race at Spa-Francorchamps this afternoon. The Canadian Status driver rode his luck but arguably played the rules to perfection after a heavy storm hit the track midway through the race. When the field reached La Source nearly everybody spun, including leader Wickens, who hit the wall hard