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Lola reveals 2011 LMP2 coupe
29-07-2010 11:59
Leading sportscar constructor Lola has released details of the coupe version of its 2011 LMP2 car
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Lola unveils next generation LMP2
21-07-2010 10:13
Lola has unveiled its latest generation LMP2 car in preparation for the new 2011 rules
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Peugeot identifies Le Mans problems
08-07-2010 18:42
Peugeot has identified the cause of the failures that wrecked its Le Mans 24 Hours bid this year
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Prototypes to adopt F1-style fins
25-06-2010 15:42
Le Mans prototypes will have to carry Formula 1-style fins from 2011
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Audi considering closed-top car
17-06-2010 10:52
Le Mans winner Audi is considering a coupe body shape for its next LMP1 car, this week's AUTOSPORT magazine reveals.
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Risi warns against GT2 cost increases
16-06-2010 14:18
Top GT2 team Risi Competizione has welcomed moves to increase the importance of and competition in the category, but has warned against allowing a cost war between the manufacturers
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Strakka boss hails 'amazing' win
15-06-2010 10:32
Strakka Racing team boss Piers Phillips has hailed his team's remarkable LMP2 class win at the 78th Le Mans 24 Hours as "amazing."
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Q and A: Davidson on Le Mans dramas
14-06-2010 15:49
Q and A: Davidson on Le Mans dramas
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Davidson thrilled with performance
14-06-2010 15:49
Anthony Davidson was delighted with his personal performance in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, despite his #1 Peugeot retiring after leading.
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Peugeot surprised by reliability woes
14-06-2010 15:47
Anthony Davidson says Peugeot was surprised by the multiple failures its cars suffered in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours
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Q and A with Allan McNish
13-06-2010 18:09
Q and A with Allan McNish
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Meyrick pleased after 'crazy' race
13-06-2010 18:07
Fourth-placed Andy Meyrick paid tribute to his ORECA team for getting his car to the finish of the Le Mans 24 Hours in fourth place, highest of the petrol-powered cars.
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Audi admits victory a surprise
13-06-2010 18:00
Audi's drivers have admitted that they were surprised to take a clean sweep of the podium in the Le Mans 24 Hours
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Highcroft knew Strakka would shine
13-06-2010 17:58
Highcroft Acura driver Marino Franchitti admitted that he was not sure if his team would have been able to beat LMP2 winner Strakka even if it had not suffered a water pressure issue while running second in class two thirds of the way through the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours
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Q and A with Bernhard, Rockenfeller
13-06-2010 17:39
Q and A with Bernand, Rockenfeller
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Q and A with Franck Montagny
13-06-2010 17:35
Q and A with Franck Montagny
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ORECA boss pleased with fourth
13-06-2010 17:34
ORECA team boss Hughes de Chaunac says that his team can take comfort from bringing its petrol-powered prototype home in fourth place at Le Mans, despite losing its Peugeot 908 to engine failure late in the race.
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Montagny: Peugeot was cruising
13-06-2010 17:34
Franck Montagny says his #2 Peugeot crew were taking it easy and cruising towards victory when the car suffered the engine failure that denied it a seemingly-certain Le Mans 24 Hours victory
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Porsche relieved to be back on top
13-06-2010 17:32
Le Mans 24 Hours GT2 winners Wolf Henzler and Marc Lieb were relieved to take Porsche back to the top of the class after two years of Ferrari dominance.
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Larbre surprised to win GT1
13-06-2010 17:17
The Larbre Competition team has admitted it was surprised by its Le Mans 24 Hours GT1 class victory
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Kristensen forgives Priaulx over crash
13-06-2010 17:01
Eight times Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen says he has forgiven BMW's Andy Priaulx for the misunderstanding in the fifth hour of the race that cost him a chance of victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours
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Drivers pay tribute to Strakka effort
13-06-2010 16:55
Danny Watts and Jonny Kane paid tribute to their Strakka Racing team after sealing the LMP2 class victory and fifth place overall in the Le Mans 24 Hours
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Audi claims win as Peugeot crumbles
13-06-2010 16:08
Audi claimed a shock 1-2-3 victory in this year's Le Mans 24 Hours after Peugeot suffered a catastrophic collapse from the stronghold it enjoyed early in the race.
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McNish hails Audi's new generation
13-06-2010 15:49
Former Le Mans winner Allan McNish has paid tribute to the 'new generation' of drivers in his Audi team after Mike Rockenfeller, Romain Dumas and Timo Bernhard led the Audi one-two-three sweep in this year's race
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Audi: 2010 was hardest Le Mans yet
13-06-2010 15:27
Audi's motorsport boss Dr Wolfgang Ullrich believes the firm's ninth Le Mans win this year was the toughest so far
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H24: Audi cruises to victory
13-06-2010 15:02
Audi has taken a one-two-three finish in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours after a succession of mishaps befell its chief competitor, Peugeot. Fewer than half of the 55 starters were classified at the finish of this brutally attritional race
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ORECA 'devastated' by retirement
13-06-2010 14:20
ORECA team principal Hughes de Chaunac said that his entire team was 'devastated' when their factory-supported Peugeot 908 broke down with just over an hour to run at Le Mans
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H23: ORECA Peugeot retires as well
13-06-2010 14:06
The last vestiges of a fight for the podium positions between Audi and Peugeot ended in the 23rd hour of Le Mans as the ORECA 908 HDi FAP appeared to suffer the same fate as the #1 and #2 factory cars while hunting Rinaldo Capello's third-placed Audi
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Pagenaud: Peugeot will return stronger
13-06-2010 13:44
Peugeot's Simon Pagenaud says the marque is determined to come back and win the Le Mans 24 Hours next year.
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Rockenfeller happy despite tyre issue
13-06-2010 13:26
Race leader Mike Rockenfeller suffered a tyre scare during a dramatic phase of the enduro in which the charging Peugeot 908 driven by Alex Wurz got on to the lead lap before expiring in a plume of smoke.
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