20th Edition of Tour Auto 2011 – Optic 2000

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From 11 to 16 April 2011, the Tour Auto Optic 2000 traveled the French roads for the twentieth time. After a check day in the Jardins des Tuileries, the competitors drove to the Montlhéry race track for the official start of the rally which finished on the shores...  Read More

Exclusive – Le Mans Winter Testing : The R18 at Sebring

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James Boone was at Sebring to capture a glimpse of the R18, the all new Audi LeMans challenger. This is a successor to the Audi R15 TDI. 550hp R18 is a turbocharged diesel engine but unlike its predecessor, it uses 3.7 liters engine in a V6 configuration, a...  Read More

Le Mans Series – The 1000Km of Algarve : The Return of the Peugeot

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The Algarve circuit is fantastic because it is different from most new tracks. It has a good mixture of high speed and slow corners with a few blind turns and it winds up and down all the way. The track is interesting and very demanding. You accelerate hard...  Read More

24 Hours of Le Mans – Peugeot’s 2009 Glory in Pictures

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With all the glitz and glamor surrounding Le Mans this year, we took a step back in time a year before this day in the most grilling endurance race on this planet. The day of Audi’s dominance of the 24 Hours of Le Mans had been broken. For Peugeot, the crew,...  Read More

MotoGP – Lorenzo Orchestrated Successive Wins At Le Mans

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Jorge Lorenzo stormed clear of Valentino Rossi to take his second win in a row in Le Mans yesterday afternoon, making it a successive win for him and three victories from three races for the Fiat Yamaha Team this year. Rossi overcame a few problems with both his...  Read More

MotoGP Round 3 At Le Mans – The Doctor Claims Pole

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Reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi took the 59th pole position of his career and his first of the season yesterday with an authoritative performance in sunny Le Mans. His team-mate Jorge Lorenzo was just five hundredths of a second off his time, as the Fiat...  Read More

MotoGP Round 3 At Le Mans – Rossi Fires Lorenzo Early Warning

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The third Grand Prix of the season got underway in France this afternoon and Valentino Rossi started the weekend in strong form by finishing the first practice on top of the standings. His team-mate and last year’s race winner Jorge Lorenzo finished third...  Read More

Le Mans Series – The Dawn of 1000 Km of Spa-Francorchamps

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We can, without hesitation, say that the Belgian circuit is one of the drivers’ – both past and present – favourite. In the past a non-permanent circuit, the track layout spreads through the undulating forests between Spa, Francorchamps and...  Read More

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