"The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, gang aft agley". Rabbie Burns' take on the essential futility of making any kind of plans struck a chrord this week. Yes even here, on SpeedHunters. The traditional LMS Test held in early March at the High Tech Test Track is usually a crisp, bright affair with the Mistral blowing and keeping
In 2009 Le Mans Series the prototype numbers held up well, from a high of 32 at Spa to a still respectable 22 at the Algarve. The same could not be said for GT1 which only had two season long entries with a straggler or two joining in along the way. It was a class that should have been culled from the first event. However the new rules for the GT1 World
2008 had been a great year in the world of endurance and GT racing, factory participation was everywhere, competition was fierce and grid numbers were good. In the back ground however, was the global financial turmoil that was bringing the entire economy of the world to a standstill, particularly in the automotive segment. Programmes that had seemed
Round two of the 2009 Le Mans Series was held last weekend at the legendary Spa Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. As might be expected the factory Peugeot 908 pair dominated the race, that is until the 9 car of David Brabham, Alexander Wurz and Marc Gene lost nearly 20 minutes in the pits while having the rear suspension attended to and while serving
Any colour as long as it is blue..................that's how qualifying ran at the LMS Spa race today. Not entirely unexpected a Peugeot was fastest, in fact it was debutant, Simon Pagenaud who snatched pole position. 2:01.056 was good enough to nose ahead of Alexander Wurz in the other Peugeot, so an oil burner front row. There is a feeeling around
In all the excitement of last week's R35 GT-R announcement the first round of the LMS held at Barcelona got shoved to one side. A gentle reminder from Rod pointed this out even though he is up to his neck in Long Beach..............so here we go. Ok the bare statistics are that the four class race boasted 43 starters, an amazing figure in the context
Now that the excitement of Sebring has subsided we kick start motorsport in Europe. In the next few days there is LMS at Barcelona, BTCC at Brands Hatch and then a quick blast up the highway to Le Castellet and the FIA GT media days. So here on SpeedHunters it is time to have a look at the gravity defying Le Mans Series. While doom and gloom is the
It's that time of year again. The cars that are going to star in the coming season start to emerge from the winter gloom and in 2009 that gloom has gone on for far too long. So it was a relief to get on the plane bound for Marseille en route to Le Castellet for the Le Mans Series Test days. Star of the show was the first public appearance of the