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Le Mans Series This Coming Month with Our Ports from the World of Starts in Florida in March advertise with us l'endurance has an international, dedicated audience who appreciate what we do. If you help us out, they'll appreciate you too. [email protected] advertise with us l'endurance has an international, dedicated audience who appreciate what we do. If you help us out, they'll appreciate you too. [email protected] contents 54 Photo: Porsche Feature Feature Feature Situation: What is the past and Abnormal future? future Page 52 Page 19 Page 46 Resources are getting pretty Alex Roache looks forward How will today’s sportscar scarce on this planet: Jake to what technologies are series be viewed in the Yorath looks at how scared shaping the future of sport- future? Dan Bathie investi- we should probably be. scar racing. gates. contents l’endurance is: Jake Yorath (editor) Twitter: Alex Roache (deputy editor) @lendurancelive Dan Bathie (sub editor) Brecht Decancq (photographer) Facebook: James Boone (photographer) facebook.com/lendurance Events Events Preview March World round Sebring 12 highlights up Hours Page 26 Page 68 Page 28 Check out what’s happening All the latest bitesize re- The American Le Mans Series this coming month with our ports from the world of starts in Florida in March. handy events matrix. sportscar racing. Jack Evans looks at a vin- tage field. 26 In FOCUS artists' impressions The l’endurance photographers share some of their favourite photos from 2010, from Sebring, to Spa, to Silverstone. 8 10 14 “The exit of Chapel corner “Why? It's the most unexpect- “The high banked turns at at Silverstone is a wonderful ed shot, the car just stopped Daytona present a unique op- place to stand. A V8 in the and I was at the right place. portunity for sports car pho- back of a Mosler is thumping I only had about five seconds tography as there aren't many its pistons frantically in a fan- before al the smoke would be tracks where you can get kind tastic rhythmic sound at this vaporize and just captured it of high angle shot of the car point.” the right moment.” (unless you have access to shoot from a helicopter). The Dan Bathie Brecht Decancq Brumos Racing Team is legen- dary at the Daytona 24 which, for me, adds to the impact of the image.” James Boone artists' impressions The l’endurance photographers share some of their favourite photos from 2010, from Sebring, to Spa, to Silverstone. 16 20 “Strakka Racing's Danny Watts This photo will for me always en route to LMP2 class victory be my favourite. It’s a nice at the 1000km of Silverstone. photo, one I am particularly The circuit's new Arena sec- proud of. But the reason tion may be fairly bland to it’s my favourite is because look at, but it offers some of what my good friend Neil interesting angles and oppor- Tozer said when he saw it; tunities for photographers.” “Fuck, I’ll give up now.” Alex Roache Jake Yorath In Artists’ Impressions Dan Bathie used a Nikon D50 and 70-200 F4-5.6 FOCUS Nikkor. Shutter speed 1/20th at F18. In Artists’ Impressions Brecht Decancq used a Nikon D300s and 70-210 FOCUS F2.8 Nikkor. Shutter speed 1/200th at F2.8. Speed chills l'endurance are going to Le Mans this year. We’re going with Speed Chills. You should too. speedchills.com Speed chills l'endurance are going to Le Mans this year. We’re going with Speed Chills. You should too. speedchills.com In Artists’ Impressions James Boone used a Nikon D40 and 70-210 F4-5.6 FOCUS Nikkor. Shutter speed 1/20th at F4.8. In Artists’ Impressions Alex Roache used a Canon 40D and 70-200 F2.8 FOCUS Canon. Shutter speed 1/10th at F25. advertise with us l'endurance has an international, dedicated audience who appreciate what we do. If you help us out, they'll appreciate you too. [email protected] advertise with us l'endurance has an international, dedicated audience who appreciate what we do. If you help us out, they'll appreciate you too. [email protected] In Artists’ Impressions Jake Yorath used a Nikon D200 and 80-200 F2.8 FOCUS Nikkor. Shutter speed 1/30th at F10. In Sheik Zayed Road. Dubai, 2am. James Lipman used a Nikon D3 and 18-70 F2.8 Nik- FOCUS kor. Shutter speed 1/8th at F4. advertise with us l'endurance has an international, dedicated audience who appreciate what we do. If you help us out, they'll appreciate you too. [email protected] advertise with us l'endurance has an international, dedicated audience who appreciate what we do. If you help us out, they'll appreciate you too. [email protected] March This month, l’endurance photographers will be at the British GT Media Day, and the Sebring 12 hours. [email protected] British GT Grand Am events Media day Grand Prix of Silverstone, March 8 Miami Round 2 The Avon Tyres British GT Homestead, March 4-5 Championship returns for 2011 with a media day at After a roaring start at the Silverstone circuit. Invited Daytona 24 Hours produced media only. fantastic racing across the field, Grand Am’s regular season begins at Homestead Le Mans Series Speedway for the Miami Grand Prix. Test Days The big names may be off Paul Ricard, March 11-12 doing their regular NASCAR, IndyCar or punditry, but it Europe’s premier endurance still promises to be a crack- racing series is staging a test er with no shortage of talent day again, though numbers to provide the scintillating may be down with Sebring action that this series is so just one week later. well known for. Must ALMS + ILMC see Sebring 12 Hours Round 1 Sebring, March 16-19 The Sebring 12 Hours needs no introduction and again, the ALMS curtain raiser looks set to be a classic. Featuring argu- ably the world’s best GT2 class alongside an Audi .v. Peugeot battle set to thrill again, this is an event not to be missed. UK Coverage: TV TBC, radio at RadioLeMans.com all four days including full 12 hour broadcast. events Photo: DPPI/ GT1World.com GT1 World hot Abu Dhabi Round 1 Yas Marina Circuit, March 26-27 pick The FIA GT1 World Championship heads over to the Emirates to begin its 2011 tour. Expect fast paced action and more overtaking than the last ten years of Formula One. UK Coverage: Live on GT1World.com/tv Photo: James Boone ALms clock watchers ebring is part of the For years the twelve hours lenge the reigning Sebring win- ALMS. It is part of the has been the dress rehears- ners Peugeot after sitting out ILMC. But all official se- al for the 24. It is no coinci- the 2010 race, but the French ries aside, it is part of dence that over 30 of Sebring’s team plans to fight back with SLe Mans. The bright sun and record-tying 59-car grid are a pair of brand-new factory palm trees can be deceiving. headed to France this July. It 908s, in addition to a year-old The pickup trucks and coun- is the second most important 908 HDi FAP in the hands of try music may seem better race of the year, a place to their partner team, Oreca Mat- suited to a NASCAR race than test new machinery, new spir- mut. Stephane Sarrazin and this French endurance clas- its, new enemies. The location Franck Montagny, both winners sic, but you only have to look may be Sebring, Florida, but of 2010’s Petit Le Mans, will at the track to see a Ferrari, the spirit is La Sarthe; the race team with Nicolas Minassian Jaguar or Aston Martin, and it is Le Mans. in the number eight car, while all comes flooding back. Audi will return to chal- Anthony Davidson, Alexander Half the length definitely does not mean half the action at the Se- bring 12 Hours. At the start of another American Le Mans series, clock watchers Jack Evans looks at the major players for this year’s event. Photo: James Boone Wurz, and Marc Gené look to Plus, in Florida. The Le Mans- defend their Sebring win in the winning trio of Mike Rockenfel- number 7. Only Nicolas Lapi- ler, Romain Dumas, and Timo erre and Loïc Duval have been Bernhard will run the number named to pilot the number 10 1. 2009 Sebring winners Tom sebring is part Oreca, as a third driver is yet Kristensen, Rinaldo Capello, to be confirmed. and Allan McNish will reunite of the alms. Audi is expected to race their in the number 2. the ilmc. but recently-unveiled R18 coupe It’s easily one of the great “ for the first time at the 1000 racing rivalries of the decade. all that aside, Km of Spa-Francorchamps this Audi’s new car was not ready May, and will run an upgraded in time for last year’s race, it is part interim model of the success- and their appeals to run an of le mans ful R15 TDI, the R15 TDI Plus outdated model were vetoed Photo: James Boone Cytosport switch to Aston Martin for 2011, bringing aural sex to the states once more. Audi are saving their R18 for the Spa 1000kms and run the R15++ Photo: James Boone by the eventual winners. Peu- While most of the attention ing ALMS champions Patron geot’s triple-engine-blowout will be on the two great rivals, Highcroft Racing.
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