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NIELSEN RACING ARE MICHELIN LE MANS CUP CHAMPIONS
The long-term partnership between Tony Wells, Colin Noble and Nielsen Racing has seen plenty of success over the years in various categories, but Sunday (24 October 2021) at the season finale at Portimao saw them crowned Champions together as they secured the Michelin Le Mans Cup title. Having taken the runner-up position together in 2017 … Continue reading
UNITED AUTOSPORTS WIN AT PORTIMAO AND TAKE SECOND IN EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
United Autosports won the final round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series at Portimao, Portugal yesterday. The #22 Oreca 07 crew of Phil Hanson, Jonathan Aberdein and Tom Gamble brought the #22 car home in first place sealing second in the championship for the trio confirming the pace they have shown all year. Over … Continue reading
COOL RACING FINISHES STRONG ELMS SEASON WITH SECOND CONSECUTIVE LMP2 PRO-AM VICTORY
COOL Racing took a second consecutive LMP2 Pro-Am victory in the European Le Mans Series season finale in Portimao, securing a runner-up finish in the standings. Charles Milesi made it two overall poles in as many races with a fantastic lap in qualifying on Saturday, with the LMP3 crew finishing a strong season second in … Continue reading
MacNEIL FIFTH IN THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES AT PORTIMAO
Cooper MacNeil (Hinsdale, Ill.), Christian Ried (Germany), and Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) finished fifth in today’s running of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) season finale race at the Algarve Circuit in Portimao, Portugal. The team qualified the No. 77 WeatherTech Racing Porsche 911 RSR on the front row of the LMGTE Class in second. Ried … Continue reading
1 AIM VILLORBA CORSE SET FOR 2021 ELMS SHOWDOWN AT PORTIMAO
A strong season finale with a positive result is the target of 1 AIM Villorba Corse for the sixth round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series in Portugal. Italian team led by Raimondo Amadio will be back in action on the 4.68 kilometres of the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, where racing drivers Alessandro Bressan, Damiano Fioravanti and Andreas Laskaratos will share the #18 Ligier-Nissan LMP3. Coming from two very solid rounds at Monza and above all at Spa-Francorchamps one … Continue reading
RLR MSPORT GUNNING FOR ELMS PORTIMAO GLORY
RLR MSport is going for broke by targeting the 2021 European Le Mans Series (ELMS) 4 Hours of Portimao victory (22-24 October) with Malthe Jakobsen, Alex Kapadia and Mike Benham, aware that third place in the LMP3 championship remains a distant possibility. In 2020, RLR MSport opened the season with a podium and was on … Continue reading
UNITED AUTOSPORTS PREPARING FOR FINAL ROUND OF THE EUROPEAN LE MANS SERIES AND LE MANS CUP AT PORTIMAO
United Autosports will make their way to Portimao, Portugal for the final rounds of the 2021 European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup this weekend (22-24 October). The LMP2 team had a tough weekend at Spa after contact at the first corner for the #22 dropped them a lap back and an accident … Continue reading
NIELSEN RACING LE MANS CUP TITLE ADVANTAGE EXTENDED AT SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS
Traditionally, Spa-Francorchamps has been kind to Nielsen Racing, but this weekend at the Belgian venue, it was a tougher weekend than many of late, with both cars effectively eliminated from Sunday’s European Le Mans round at the start. There were however positives to be taken in the Michelin Le Mans Cup race, where a hard-fought … Continue reading
PANIS RACING ONCE AGAIN ON THE ELMS PODIUM
The penultimate round of the ELMS held on Belgian soil around the Spa-Francorchamps circuit saw the #65 Panis Racing Oreca reaching the podium once again, with a third overall place. The “chamber pot” reputation of Spa proved to be true during the private testing day on Wednesday with its capricious weather cutting out a large … Continue reading
LMP3 PODIUM AND LMP2 CHASSIS REBUILD FOR UNITED AUTOSPORTS AT SPA FRANCORCHAMPS
United Autosports have had a mixed weekend at Spa Francorchamps this weekend for the penultimate round of the 2021 European Le Mans Series, which included a podium finish for their LMP3 team and a full chassis rebuild overnight for their LMP2 team. The #2 Ligier JS P320 crew of Wayne Boyd, Rob Wheldon and Edouard … Continue reading
