Formula one legend mark webber and his team, driving for porsche, are currently in second at the 2015 le mans endurance championship. The final race of the 2015 tudor championship season. Toyota racing toyota hybrid vs the 24 hours of le mans film. Results and standings as porsche win and toyota suffer nightmare race express sport brings you the results from the le mans 24 hours today as brendon hartley, timo bernhard and earl.
Porsche has just unseated audi atop the endurance racing throne. Porsche factory driver nick tandy is the latest special guest to feature on the autosport podcast, which covers his life and career including his famous le mans triumph in 2015. Dempsey drove a full wec season in 2015, achieving second in class at le mans 24 hours and victory at the 6 hours of fuji. The 2015 le mans 24 hours was a classic race culminating in a stunning 12 by porsches 919 hybrids, as car number 19 in future livery driven by nico huelkenberg, earl bamber and brit nick tandy. Since 2015 neel jani has held the qualifying lap record on the current track layout. Porsche wins the 2015 24 hours of le mans autoblog. Audi, the dominant force at le mans since the turn of the century, faces a stern challenge from porsche this year. Lap records fall again submitted by david emmett on sat, 20160507. Jun, 20 the 2015 format of the le mans 24hours web tv has been rethought to help viewers live the event from the inside. From 2015s 14car strong lineup, we were down to just six. The event represents one leg of the triple crown of motorsport, other events. The behindthescenes of the race are at the centre of this service from wednesday 10th june at 20h00 for the start of qualifying until the finish of the race on sunday 14th june. The 84th 24 hours of le mans was an automobile endurance racing event held for le mans.
As jorge lorenzo looks to throttle his way back to the points lead, he will start off sundays 28lap french grand prix in the most. Porsche took a stunning, historic victory in the 83rd running of the le mans 24 hours as formula 1 star and race debutant nico hulkenberg helped take the german manufacturers 17th win in the. It was the 85th running of the event, and the third of nine scheduled rounds of the 2017 fia world endurance championship. You only have to look to last years result, where the toyota qualified on pole, yet audi secured the victory. Fancy a ride with our works driver neel jani setting a record lap during last year. Richard westbrook puts corvette on the pole at petit le mans.
Toyota win 24 hours race in dramatic finish as no 7 car loses lead late to alonsos no 8. Out is the retiring mark webber, and last years le mans winners roman dumas here in an alpine lmp2 and marc lieb who is here as a reserve. If nothing else, the results form the qualifying session on wednesday show that the race is going to be another good one. It is considered one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world and has been called the grand prix of endurance and efficiency. This is a multiclass racing series, featuring prototype and grand touring sportscars. Toyotas 30 years of le mans 24 hours toyota blog toyota uk. Browse through 2020 le mans results, statistics, rankings and championship standings.
When he first took part in the race in 2009, it was as an amateur driver. Toyota at le mans 24 hours captured in short film in build up to 2015 race. Le mans qualifying lap record within reach fox sports. In has come exaudi lmp1 star andre lotterer, and returning le mans winners from 2015, nick tandy and earl bamber. A new qualifying format dubbed hyperpole will set the top positions on the grid for next years le mans 24 hours. Force india driver nico hulkenberg, who won the 2015 race with porsche would be. The sweetest place is home submitted by zara daniela on sat, 20170520. Browse through the latest indepth news for le mans teams, drivers, and constructors. Movies insider pop culture decoded the making of the ultimate.
Tommy milner, oliver gavin lead imsa notables in le mans. Apr 17, 2015 the qualifying session is over at le mans 2015. Welcome to reddit s home for the world endurance championship. Follow 24 hours of le mans live on 24 hours of le mans live results, final race results, practice and qualifying times. The audi teams progress and victory was documented in the 2008 film truth in 24.
The 2015 format of the le mans 24hours web tv has been rethought to help viewers live the event from the inside. Ford just did something amazing at the 24 hours of le mans. Toyota gazoo racing could be set to break the pole position lap record for the 24 hours of le mans in qualifying and post a time in the high 3. Le mans open to october or november race, if new date ruled out. Starting grid as toyota secure onetwo with no 7 on pole position for 24 hours. It is considered one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world 2 and has been called the grand prix of endurance and efficiency. Each race is 6 hours long, requiring 23 drivers for each car. The result increased lieb, jani and dumas drivers championship. The race was the third round and the premier event.
Porsche seeks first title in 17 years ahead of audi. While the real prototypes and gtes will take to the track on 1920th september for the 88th edition of the worlds greatest endurance race, the 24 hours of le mans, professional racing drivers and esports specialists will. Jun 12, 2015 le mans 24hour race now has technology and spectacle in balance. Lotterer 8 starts, 3 overall victories faces his first le mans race with porsche. The 24 hours of le mans endurance racing for fujifilm. However, the gts looked to be the cars to beat at le mans this year, based on qualifying results. Preparation for the worlds toughest automobile race. Qualifying in le mans it came as a surprise to the porsche team when the two innovative 919 hybrids came first and second in the first qualifying session for the le mans 24hours on wednesday night. Watch the exciting qualifying session from the 2015 petit le mans at road atlanta. The short film le mans 1955 is a powerful examination of a dark moment in racing history juan pablo montoya says winning 24 hours of le mans is out of his reach advertisement continue reading. If you thought alex zanardi was fantastic at spa in 2015, sausset just.
Webberhartleybernhard ger porsche 919 hybrid 3m 23. The story of le mans 2015 in 24 photographs car magazine. Two factory hybrids lead the field as aston martin take gte pro honours and dempsey. Here is a personal retrospective by the porsche driver.
The 2015 format of the le mans 24hours web tv has been rethought to help. Michael krumm and alex buncombe takes to the track during qualifying for the le mans 24hour. It came as a surprise to the porsche team when the two innovative 919 hybrids came first and second in the first qualifying session for the le mans 24hours on wednesday night. The official subreddit for the fia world endurance championship, and the acos 24 hours of le mans. Le mans 24hour race now has technology and spectacle in. Browse through the latest indepth news for for teams, drivers, and constructors with videos, photos, interviews, and more.
Le mans news, information, updates, expert analysis and opinions. However, le mans is an endurance race and not a sprint. The question going into this years 24 hours of le mans was whether or not the porsche 919 hybrid would be able to combine its qualifying pace with race reliability. It is one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world. Le mans news, information, updates, expert analysis and. It was also the companys first pole position at le mans since 1997. No audi, no nissan, no peugeot even rebellion racing had quit trying to make the impossible happen in p1 and moved to p2. When porsche announced it would be expanding to a threecar entry for the 24 hours of le mans in 2015, it was keen to get a bigname star from outside endurance racing into the cockpit. Oct 03, 2015 watch the exciting qualifying session from the 2015 petit le mans at road atlanta.
Follow your favorite team and drivers progress with daily updates. This year we are delighted to have elected patrick dempsey as spirit of le mans. Full outright and class results from the 2017 event. While the real prototypes and gtes will take to the track on 1920th september for the 88th edition of the worlds greatest endurance race, the 24 hours of le mans, professional racing drivers and esports specialists will settle into their simulator seats. A test day was held five weeks prior to the race on 5 may. Motogp qualifying results from the french gp at le mans, france. Mike conway, kamui kobayashi and jose maria lopez were cruising to victory until. If youre searching for results from an other competition with the name 24 hours of le mans, please select your sport in the top menu or a category country on the left. Jun 14, 2015 porsche has just unseated audi atop the endurance racing throne. Qualifying for this years le mans takes place this wednesday and. Since 2012, the 24 hours of le mans has been a part of the fia world endurance championship. Le mans 24 hours qualifying results final le mans crash. This is where the 60 cars and 180 drivers perform their technical and admin checks and it is done in front of the public, giving visitors the opportunity to see the cars and drivers up close at the start of the week.
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