Well, we can’t say that the weather has been unkind to us at Le Mans in 2017. After the, frankly, miserable conditions teams and spectators alike had to endure in 2016, this year every day of race week has bright, very warm and clear. Currently there is no rain forecast for the race and, indeed, […]
Photo: Roger Jenkins In some of the best qualifying conditions seen at le Circuit de la Sarthe for many years, lap records tumbled and Kamui Kobayashi put the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050-Hybrid on pole for the 2017 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Kobayashi put in a 3:14.791 in the second qualifying […]
Photo: Roger Jenkins Young Australian race driver James Allen is competing at Le Mans for the first time. Supported by his family and close friends at the French classic, James displays remarkable composure for a driver facing one of the biggest challenges of his career to date. EnduranceandGT editor Andy Lloyd caught up with James […]
Photo: Roger Jenkins Today was hot. Very hot. The air temperature was touching 30 degrees (86 in old money) and it did make the afternoon’s activities hard work. However, this morning got off to an excellent start after we were offered the opportunity to interview James Allen, a rising star of the sportscar world, who […]
Photo: Roger Jenkins Will Stevens is back at Le Mans and this time he’s part of the line-up for the #84 JMW Motorsport Ferrari F488 GTE, sharing the driving duties with Dries Vanthoor and Rob Smith on the LM GTE Am grid . EnduranceandGT.co.uk editor Andy Lloyd caught up with Will in the paddock at […]
Photo: Roger Jenkins Singapore-based Clearwater Racing is the back at Le Circuit de la Sarthe for its second year competing in the French classic but this time it’s brought two Ferrari FG488 GTEs. The #60 entry is being driven by Richard Wee, Hiroki Katoh and Alvaro Parente. The #61 car is to be piloted by […]
