Le Mans Series News

Turner joins JMW for LMS season
Darren Turner will race for JMW Motorsport in the Le Mans Series this season

ORECA stays on top at Paul Ricard
ORECA came out on top on the second day of the official pre-season Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard.

ORECA dominates Ricard test
The French ORECA squad monopolised the top of the timesheets on the opening day of the official Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard

ORECA unveils its Peugeot 908
ORECA has unveiled the livery its Peugeot 908 HDi FAP will carry this year, ahead of the car's public debut in the Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard tomorrow

Fisichella content with first GT test
Giancarlo Fisichella was pleased with his first test in the Ferrari GT2 car he will race in this year's Le Mans Series, but feels he needs more time to get confident in the sportscar

Westbrook to race JMW Aston
Former Porsche factory driver Richard Westbrook will race for the works-backed JMW Motorsport Aston Martin team in 2010

RML to use Honda engine in LMP2
RML has announced that it will switch to Honda power for its Lola LMP2 car in 2010

Fisichella, Alesi to test at Vallelunga
Giancarlo Fisichella and Jean Alesi will test Ferrari 430s at Vallelunga later this month in preparation for their Le Mans Series campaigns with the manufacturer this year

Atlas Group to run GT1 Saleen
Swiss investment company Atlas Group will run a Saleen S7R GT1 car in the 2010 Le Mans Series having acquired the assets of FIA GT teams K plus K and Full Speed Racing.

LMS releases 44-car 2010 entry list
Le Mans Series organisers have released the entry list for the 2010 season with a 44-car field led by 11 LMP1 entries

Fisichella, Alesi join AF Corse
Giancarlo Fisichella will drive a GT2 Ferrari for the AF Corse team in this year's Le Mans Series

Audi to give revised R15 early debut
Audi has added the Le Mans Series season opener at Paul Ricard on 11 April to its 2010 LMP1 programme

Primat makes rally debut in Sweden
Harold Primat made his competitive rallying debut in Sweden last weekend

Fisichella signs up for Le Mans Series
Giancarlo Fisichella will contest the full Le Mans Series season in 2010

Ebbesvik joins Bruichladdich for LMS
Thor-Christian Ebbesvik has joined Le Mans Series outfit Team Bruichladdich for the 2010 season

Boullion moves to Rebellion team
Double Le Mans Series champion Jean-Christophe Boullion is to join the renamed Rebellion Racing - formerly Speedy Sebah - team for 2010

Strakka to run Acura in LMS
Strakka Racing has become the first team to secure an Acura LMP car for use in Europe and will run the LMP2 ARX-01 in next year's Le Mans Series

JMW to lead Aston GT2 programme
Le Mans Series GT2 runner-up squad JMW Motorsport will switch from Ferrari to Aston Martin from the 2010 season

ASM retains Pla through 2011
Le Mans Series LMP2 champion team ASM has extended its deal with lead driver Olivier Pla through to the end of 2011

Ricard to host eight-hour LMS race
The Le Mans Series has confirmed that its 2010 season will kick off with an eight-hour race at Paul Ricard, as revealed by this week's AUTOSPORT magazine

ORECA tests Formula Le Mans drivers
ORECA gave a prize test to the four leading Formula Le Mans drivers in its LMP1 prototype at Paul Ricard last week

Aston Martin wins Asian Le Mans finale
Aston Martin Racing clinched a dominant victory in the second race of the maiden Asian Le Mans Series event at Okayama in Japan today

Pescarolo wins race one at Okayama
The Sora Racing Pescarolo of Christophe Tinseau and Shinji Nakano took victory in a closely-contested Asian Le Mans Series debut at Okayama today

Drayson on Asian Le Mans Series pole
Jonny Cocker gave Drayson Racing its first prototype pole position with a sensational performance in qualifying for the inaugural Asian Le Mans Series races at Okayama

JAS planning Acura campaign
Honda touring car specialist JAS Motorsport is aiming to run one of the Japanese manufacturer's Acura LMP2 prototypes in Europe next year

Alesi set to join AF Corse Ferrari
Jean Alesi is set to race in Ferrari colours again next season after impressing the AF Corse GT team when he tested its GT2 Ferrari at Fiorano yesterday

Jarvis set for Okayama Audi drive
Audi motorsport chief Dr Wolfgang Ullrich has confirmed that Oliver Jarvis will make his debut in the Kolles R10 TDI in the Asian Le Mans Series event at Okayama - and that the drive could be a precursor to the Briton becoming a major part of Audi's LMP1 programme

Aston wins title, ORECA wins race
Aston Martin Racing's Tomas Enge, Stefan Mucke and Jan Charouz clinched the Le Mans Series title in the team's first season of LMP1 competition thanks to third place in a hard-fought AUTOSPORT 1000km at Silverstone

Lapierre gives ORECA Silverstone pole
ORECA driver Nicolas Lapierre claimed a clear pole position for the AUTOSPORT 1000km at Silverstone

Aston's Turner leads final practice
Aston Martin Racing topped the times in the final practice session ahead of qualifying for tomorrow's AUTOSPORT 1000km Le Mans Series finale at Silverstone