JMW Motorsport to Spearhead Aston Martin Racing GT2 program

Posted by Bradley Wint on January 7th, 2010 at 10:08 am

JMW Motorsport, runners up in their debut Le Mans Series GT2 season in 2009, will be competing with the Aston Martin Vantage GT2 in the 2010 Le Mans Series and Le Mans 24 Hour, having become Aston Martin Racing’s official global GT2 Development Partner.

The Essex based team, headed by Team Principal Jim McWhirter, will become an official Aston Martin Racing partner and will work closely with the Banbury-based team on a three year programme to help develop the Vantage GT2.

JMW Motorsport are retaining their strong partnership with Dunlop who have renewed their long term commitment to the team as Development Partners in the GT2 programme. The JMW Motorsport Aston Martin Vantage GT2 will feature in Dunlop’s 2010 Le Mans Design Competition.

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Aston Martin set to sit out 2010 Le Mans Season

Posted by Bradley Wint on December 21st, 2009 at 10:29 am

News has come that Aston Martin Racing will not be entering the 2010 Le Mans series in order for the team to focus on their 2011 competitor. However, French private racing team Signature-Plus has said that they will be running an LMP1 class car in 2010 driven by Pierre Ragues and Franck Mailleux.

Aston Martin themselves have not confirmed their non-entry into 2010, but their initial reports indicate no likelihood of competing for the above mentioned reasons. Both Aston Martin Racing and the Signature-Plus team have been doing well in both their classes and overall standing during the 2009 season.

[Via: Autosport | Image: Aston Martin]

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Peugeot entering Petit Le Mans in America

Posted by Bradley Wint on July 31st, 2009 at 1:11 pm

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The Peugeot racing division has announced that they have entered two of their clean diesel-powered 908 Le Mans racers into the American Petit Le Mans event being held later this year. After the recent successes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , they are hoping for another victory at the 1000 mile, 10 hour long race being held at Road Atlanta.

The four drivers carrying the cars through the day are Pedro Lamy, Nic Minassian, Franck Montagny and Stephane Sarrazin.

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McNish urges Audi to race R15 more for Le Mans

Posted by Bradley Wint on July 15th, 2009 at 10:42 am

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Audi Le Mans racer, Alan McNish believes that Audi needs to allow them to drive the new R15 more, because they need the chance to learn to car in an effort to possibly reclaim the title from the current champions, Peugeot. He says this after their few test runs were curtailed because of weather conditions, basically putting them at a serious disadvantage.

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