All Photos: Roger Jenkins. The EnduranceandGT team of editor Andy Lloyd and photographer Roger Jenkins arrived at Circuit de la Sarthe in the early hours of Tuesday June 11 following a trouble-free run down from Calais overnight. The torrential downpours that blighted the packing day on Monday in the UK seemed to have abated as […]
24 Hours Of Le Mans
The 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans – Thoughts, Reflections and The Future (17.06.18)
Photo: Roger Jenkins As the 2018 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans draws to a close, EnduranceandGT would like to offer some thoughts and reflections on the Great Race as well as looking ahead, as indeed the ACO is with its announcements about regulations for future classes from 2020. 1) Alonso did it! […]
“I Would Like To See The Chequered Flag” – G-Drive’s Rusinov Is Cautious As Race Enters Eighth Hour (16.06.18)
Photo: gdriveracing.com After qualifying third in the LMP2 class for the 2018 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the #26 G-Drive Racin ORECA 07, driven by Andrea Pizzitola, Roman Rusinov and Jean-Eric Vergne has led the huge class field for much of the first eight hours of the French classic. Despite a string […]
Toyota Pair Lead After Five Hours (16.06.18 At 20:55)
As the 2018 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans moved through its sixth hour, it was the Toyotas who led from the front, with the #8 TS050-Hybrid at the head of the field, driven by Kazuki Nakajima in the car he shares with Fernando Alonso and Sébastien Buemi. As was expected, and designed, […]
“If We Can Finish In The Top Fifteen, That Would Be Like A Win For Me” – Algarve Pro Racing’s Ate De Jong Speaks To EnduranceandGT. (15.06.18).
Photo: Roger Jenkins. Ate de Jong, member of the driver line-up of the #25 Algarve Pro Racing Ligier JSP217 with teammates Mark Patterson and Taksung Kim, is feeling relaxed and confident as the countdown to the start of the 2018 running of the 25 Hours of Le Mans continues. For De Jong, who started his […]
“The Car Was Good And We Feel Ready” – Nakajima Puts Toyota In Pole (15.06.18)
Photo: Roger Jenkins Kazuki Nakajima, driving the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TSO050-Hybrid he shares with Sébastien Buemi and Fernando Alonso, took pole position at the Circuit de la Sarthe with 3:15.377 in a Q3 session that was lengthened by 30 minutes and was also interrupted with numerous yellow flags and slow zones. Joining the #8 […]