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Sunday, Jun 14
Enge thrilled with his 'best Le Mans'
UK By Steven English and Simon Strang Tomas Enge has said that finishing fourth at Le Mans in Aston Martin Racing's LMP1 car is as good as a victory for him in the first year of the team's project. Enge, who shared the #007 Lola Aston Martin with Stefan ...
Peugeot finally wins Le Mans with 908
UK Behind the diesels, the Aston Martin Racing Lolas had an impressive LMP1 debut, even threatening the R15s at one point. The challenge of the #008 car fell away with gearbox problems during the night, but the #007 remained in contention for the duration ...
Richards happy with Aston LMP1 debut
UK By Steven English and Simon Strang Aston Martin Racing boss David Richards says he is pleased with the team's debut in the LMP1 class of Le Mans this year, despite its lead car looking like it is just out of reach of a place on the podium. ...
H22: Peugeots maintain gap
Setanta Sports UK Pilet toured in slowly in the #76 IMSA Performance 911, a former class leader, and it remains in the garage. Aston Martin are also out of contention for a good placing in GT2. Jonny Cocker halted the #87 Drayson Racing Vantage out on the circuit.
Enge: Aston will not chase Audi
UK By Kevin Turner Aston Martin driver Tomas Enge has confirmed that the team will not push to try and beat Audi to third at Le Mans. The #007 Lola Aston Martin, which Enge shares with Stefan Mucke and Jan Charouz, has had a relatively trouble-free run so ...
H19: Wurz extends leader's advantage
UK The safety car was caused when Harold Primat crashed the #009 Aston Martin heavily at the Porsche Curves. It is believed he escaped serious injury. The #1 Audi remains in third, but is struggling with turbo issues and looks unlikely to challenge the ...
Saturday, Jun 13
H17: #9 Peugeot leads, gap narrows
UK Five laps further back, the #007 Aston Martin Lola held fourth position as it continued to run trouble-free, and fast. The battle for fifth was quite lively as just nine seconds separated Soheil Ayari in the sole surviving ORECA and Christophe ...
H23: Peugeot in front, drama at back
UK Tom Kristensen has taken over the wheel of the Audi R15 TDI, which is now seven laps down on the leader, but remains two laps ahead of Tomas Enge's Aston Martin Lola. Soheil Ayari's fifth place seems safe, with Nicolas Minassian having to find nearly ...
Richards critical on driver fatigue
UK By Stuart Codling Aston Martin Racing boss David Richards has hit out at the Le Mans stewards over the exclusion of Stuart Hall from the race, saying that it put too much pressure on the remaining drivers. "I think the stewards need to consider this in ...
Hall excluded for causing Radical crash
UK By Stuart Codling Stuart Hall has been excluded from the Le Mans 24 Hours after causing the accident that brought out the safety car for the second time earlier in the race. The #009 Aston Martin LMP1 driver sideswiped the #26 Bruichladdich Bruneau ... Hall excluded crash.net
Premat crashes #3 Audi on lap three
UK By Steven English Alexandre Premat has crashed the #3 Audi R15 out of eighth place on the third lap of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The Frenchman had been passed by Stefan Mucke in the #007 Lola Aston Martin on the first lap of the race and was giving chase ...
Verstappen: Diesels hiding true speed
UK By Stuart Codling Aston Martin Racing's Jos Verstappen believes the leading diesels have not yet shown their true pace at Le Mans, but remains optimistic about his team's chances of a podium finish. "They [Audi and Peugeot] are still very quick on the ...
Friday, Jun 12
Turner 'more relaxed' racing in LMP1
UK By Steven English and Simon Strang Darren Turner says he is more relaxed going into this year's Le Mans 24 Hours with Aston Martin Racing's LMP1 car than he has been in either of the previous two years in the GT class. The 35-year-old Briton was part ...
Thursday, Jun 11
Cocker: GT2 Aston moving forward
UK The amount we drop off from qualifying to race pace is less than the others. I don't see why we can't be within two seconds of the pace. "We'll push as hard as we can for as long as we can." Cocker is due to start the Aston Martin/Prodrive-supported ...
Q & A with David Richards
Q & A with David Richards UK In the meantime, Richards and Prodrive are fully concentrated on the Aston Martin Le Mans programme, as Richards explained to AUTOSPORT. Q. What are you feelings over not having your entry accepted? David Richards: Obviously disappointed. ...
Wednesday, Jun 10
Practice underway at Le Mans
UK The Pescarolo-run Peugeot 908 of Jean-Christophe Boullion, Simon Pagenaud and Benoit Treluyer is lapping on pace with the quickest works cars so far, while only one of the Aston Martin Racing cars has taken to the track so far, with Anthony Davidson ...
