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2014 Blancpain Endurance Series - Total 24Hours of Spa - 24Th / 27Th July Provisional Entry List
2014 Blancpain Endurance Series - Total 24hours of Spa - 24th / 27th July Provisional Entry List QT # TEAM NAT ENTRANT DRIVER 1 NAT LIC CAT DRIVER 2 NAT LIC CAT DRIVER 3 NAT LIC CAT DRIVER 4 NAT LIC CAT CAR CAT 1 1 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Rene Rast DEU DEU - Laurens Vanthoor BEL BEL - Markus Winkelhock DEU DEU - - - - - Audi R8 LMS Ultra PRO CUP 2 2 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT Marcel Fässler CHE - André Lotterer DEU - Benoit Treluyer FRA - - - - - Audi R8 LMS Ultra PRO CUP 3 3 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT BEL Belgian Audi Club Team WRT James Nash GBR GBR - Frank Stippler DEU DEU - Christopher Mies DEU DEU - - - - - Audi R8 LMS Ultra PRO CUP 4 7 M-Sport Bentley GBR M-Sport Bentley Andy Meyrick GBR GBR - Guy Smith GBR GBR - Steven Kane GBR GBR - - - - - Bentley Continental GT3 PRO CUP 5 8 M-Sport Bentley GBR M-Sport Bentley Jérôme D'Ambrosio BEL BEL - Antoine Leclerc FRA FRA - Duncan Tappy GBR GBR - - - - - Bentley Continental GT3 PRO CUP 6 18 Black Falcon DEU Black Falcon TBA TBA TBA - Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 PRO CUP 7 19 Black Falcon DEU Black Falcon Abdulaziz Al Faisal SAU SAU - Hubert Haupt DEU DEU - Andreas Simonsen SWE SWE - - - - - Mercedes SLS AMG GT3 PRO CUP 8 26 Sainteloc Racing FRA Sainteloc Junior Team Edward Sandström SWE SWE - Stéphane Ortelli MCO MCO - Grégory Guilvert FRA FRA - - - - - Audi R8 LMS Ultra PRO CUP 9 44 Oman Racing Team OMN Oman Racing Team Michael Caine GBR GBR - Ahmad Al Harthy OMN GBR - Stephen Jelley GBR GBR - - - - - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 PRO -
Le Mans (Not Just) for Dummies the Club Arnage Guide
Le Mans (not just) for Dummies The Club Arnage Guide to the 24 hours of Le Mans 2011 "I couldn't sleep very well last night. Some noisy buggers going around in automobiles kept me awake." Ken Miles, 1918 - 1966 Copyright The entire contents of this publication and, in particular of all photographs, maps and articles contained therein, are protected by the laws in force relating to intellectual property. All rights which have not been expressly granted remain the property of Club Arnage. The reproduction, depiction, publication, distr bution or copying of all or any part of this publication, or the modification of all or any part of it, in any form whatsoever is strictly forbidden without the prior written consent of Club Arnage (CA). Club Arnage (CA) hereby grants you the right to read and to download and to print copies of this document or part of it solely for your own personal use. Disclaimer Although care has been taken in preparing the information supplied in this publication, the authors do not and cannot guarantee the accuracy of it. The authors cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions and accept no liability whatsoever for any loss or damage howsoever arising. All images and logos used are the property of Club Arnage (CA) or CA forum members or are believed to be in the public domain. This guide is not an official publication, it is not authorized, approved or endorsed by the race-organizer: Automobile Club de L’Ouest (A.C.O.) Mentions légales Le contenu de ce document et notamment les photos, plans, et descriptif, sont protégés par les lois en vigueur sur la propriété intellectuelle. -
First Americans to Win Overall in 17Th Petit Le Mans
10/11/2014 IMSA | TUDOR United SportsCar Championship | Jordan, Ricky Taylor Become First Americans To Win Overall In 17th Petit Le Mans TUDOR UNITED SPORTSCAR CONTINENTAL TIRE COOPER TIRES FERRARI LAMBORGHINI PORSCHE GT3 PORSCHE GT3 CHAMPIONSHIP SPORTSCAR CHALLENGE PROTOTYPE LITES CHALLENGE SUPER TROFEO CUP USA CUP CANADA Sign In | Register | Media FANS NEWS MULTIMEDIA SCHEDULE & RESULTS STANDINGS TEAMS & DRIVERS PARTNERS TICKETS SHOP JORDAN, RICKY TAYLOR BECOME FIRST AMERICANS TO WIN OVERALL IN 17TH PETIT LE MANS FITTIPALDI, BARBOSA TAKE TUDOR CHAMPIONSHIP, PATRÓN ENDURANCE CUP TITLES Sixteen years after winning the inaugural Petit Le Mans powered by Mazda, Wayne Taylor brought his boys and a long-time friend to victory lane in the 10-hour TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season finale at Road Atlanta. Ricky and Jordan Taylor co-drove the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Konica Minolta Corvette DP with Max Angelelli to victory, holding off the No. 5 Action Express Racing Corvette DP by 11.062 seconds. They completed 400 laps – 1,016 miles – as the brothers became the first American- RELATED NEWS born drivers to win the event overall. “It’s a great way to end the year,” Jordan Taylor said. “We’ve won the last race the last three seasons, and Bayshore Racing at Petit Le Mans » it’s a great trend we hope to continue. My dad won the first Petit Le Mans, so we’ve always heard about this race. He always talks highly about it, putting it up with Le Mans, Daytona and Sebring, We’ve had the Honda Racing HPD Continental Tire car to beat the last two races, so we’re definitely looking forward to next season.” Challenge Road Atlanta Recap » Action Express Racing finished second, with Christian Fittipaldi and Joao Barbosa joined by IndyCar star Honda Racing HPD Petit Le Mans Recap » Sebastien Bourdais in the No. -
2016 Weathertech Sportscar Championship Sebring 12 Hour
64th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Fueled by Fresh From Florida Sebring International Speedway - Sebring, Florida March 16 - 19, 2016 Preliminary Pre-Event Entry List 3-9-16 PROTOTYPE (P) (P) ENTRIES - 12 CAR NO. DRIVERS & NATIONALITY TEAM SPONSOR CAR TYPE TIRE ENGINE FUEL Katherine Legge GBR Sean Rayhall USA 0 Andy Meyrick GBR Panoz DeltaWing Racing DWC13 Continental Elan E10 Scott Sharp USA Ed Brown USA 2 Johannes van Overbeek USA Luis Felipe Derani BRA Tequila Patrón ESM Tequila Patrón Ligier JS P2 Continental Honda HPD E10 João Barbosa PRT Christian Fittipaldi BRA 5 Filipe Albuquerque PRT Action Express Racing Mustang Sampling Corvette DP Continental Chevrolet E10 Ricky Taylor USA Jordan Taylor USA No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP for Max Angelelli ITA Rubens Barrichello BRA Corvette DP Continental Chevrolet E10 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Carlos de Quesada USA Daniel Morad CAN 24 Cameron Lawrence USA Dominik Farnbacher DEU Alegra Motorsports Insync Riley DP Continental BMW E10 Dane Cameron USA Eric Curran USA 31 Scott Pruett USA Action Express Racing Whelen / Team Fox Corvette DP Continental Chevrolet E10 Jim Pace USA Byron DeFoor USA 50 David Hinton GBR Dorsey Schroeder USA Highway to Help Fifty Plus Racing Foundation, Inc. Riley DP Continental BMW E10 Jonathan Bomarito USA Tristan Nunez USA 55 Spencer Pigot USA Mazda Motorsports Mazda / Castrol / ModSpace Mazda Continental Mazda E10 John Pew USA Oswaldo Negri Jr. BRA 60 Olivier Pla FRA Michael Shank Racing w/Curb-Agajanian Tire Kingdom Ligier JS P2 Continental Honda HPD E10 Tom Long USA Joel Miller USA 70 Ben Devlin GBR Keiko Ihara JPN Mazda Motorsports Mazda / Castrol / ModSpace Mazda Continental Mazda E10 Henrik Hedman SWE Nicolas Lapierre FRA 81 Nicolas Minassian FRA DragonSpeed DragonSpeed ORECA 05 Continental Nissan E10 Marc Goossens BEL Ryan Dalziel GBR 90 Ryan Hunter-Reay USA VisitFlorida Racing VISITFLORIDA Corvette DP Continental Chevrolet E10 PROTOTYPE CHALLENGE (PC) (PC) ENTRIES - 7 CAR NO. -
Daytona Entry List.Xlsx
Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL January 22‐26, 2014 Entry List as of 1/15/14 Car No Drivers Prototype (P) Sponsor Car Type Engine Tire Fuel 0 Andy Meyrick / Cheshire, UK DeltaWing Racing Cars DeltaWing DWC13 Elan Continental IMSA E10 Katherine Legge / Guildford, UK Alexander Rossi / Nevada City, CA Gabby Chaves / Bogota, Colombia 1 Scott Sharp / West Palm Beach, FL Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX-03b Honda Continental IMSA E10 Ryan Dalziel / Orlando, FL David Brabham / Maidenhead, UK 2 Ed Brown / Boca Raton, FL Extreme Speed Motorsports HPD ARX-03b Honda Continental IMSA E10 Johannes van Overbeek / Oakland, CA Simon Pagenaud / Poiters, France Anthony Lazzaro / Atlanta, GA 5 Joao Barbosa / Porto, Portugal Action Express Racing Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Christian Fittipaldi / Sao Paolo Brazil Sebastien Bourdais / Le Mans, France Burt Frisselle / Aspen, CO 6 Klaus Graf / Dornhan, Germany Muscle Milk Pickett Racing ORECA Nissan Continental IMSA E10 Lucas Luhr / Koblenz, Germany Alexander Brundle / United Kingdom 9 Brian Frisselle / Aspen, CO Action Express Racing Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Burt Frisselle / Aspen, CO John Martin / Australia Fabien Giroix / France 10 Wayne Taylor / Apopka, FL Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Max Angelelli / Monte Carlo, Monaco Ricky Taylor / Apopka, FL Jordan Taylor / Apopka, FL 31 Eric Curran / Holyoke, MA Marsh Racing Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Boris Said / Escondido, CA Bradley Smith / Oxford, England Max Papis / Como, Italy 42 Oliver Pla / Toulouse, France OAK Racing Morgan Nissan Continental IMSA E10 Roman Rusinov / Russia Gustavo Yacaman / Colombia Oliver Webb / United Kingdom 50 Bryon DeFoor / Ooltewah, TN Highway To Help Riley DP Dinan Continental IMSA E10 Jim Pace / Ridgeland, MS Frank Beck / Scottsdale, AZ David Hinton / Clearwater, FL 60 John Pew / Palm Beach, FL Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian Riley DP Ford EcoBoost Continental IMSA E10 Oswaldo Negri, Jr. -
Car No Drivers Prototype
Petit Le Mans Powered by Mazda Road Atlanta Braselton, GA September 30 - October 3, 2015 Pre-Event Entry List 09-25-15 Car No Drivers Prototype (P) Sponsor Car Type Engine Tire Fuel 0 Memo Rojas / Mexico City, Mexico Claro / TracFone DeltaWing Racing Claro Video / TracFone DeltaWing DWC13 Elan Continental IMSA E10 Katherine Legge / Guildford, England Andy Meyrick / Cheshire, England 5 Christian Fittipaldi / Sao Paolo, Brazil Action Express Racing, Coyote DP Mustang Sampling Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Joao Barbosa / Porto, Portugal Sébastien Bourdais / Le Mans, France 7 TBA / TBA Starworks Motorsport Martini Riley DP BMW Power Continental IMSA E10 TBA / TBA 10 Ricky Taylor / Apopka, FL No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP Konica Minolta Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Jordan Taylor / Apopka, FL for Wayne Taylor Racing Max Angelelli / Monte Carlo, Monaco 31 Eric Curran / Sarasota, FL Action Express Racing, Coyote DP Whelen Engineering / Team Fox Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Dane Cameron / Charlotte, NC Max Papis / Como, Italy 60 John Pew / Palm Beach, FL Michael Shank Racing with AERO Ligier JS P2 Honda HPD Continental IMSA E10 Oswaldo Negri, Jr. / Aventura, FL Curb/Agajanian Matt McMurry / Phoenix, AZ 70 Tristan Nunez / Boca Raton, FL Mazda Motorsports Mazda / Castrol / ModSpace Mazda Mazda Continental IMSA Diesel Jonathan Bomarito / Monterey, CA Sylvain Tremblay / Parkland, FL 90 Richard Westbrook / London, England VisitFlorida.com Racing VisitFlorida.com Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 -
Car No Drivers Prototype
Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway Daytona Beach, FL January 22 - 25, 2015 Post-Safety Check Entry List as of 1/22/15 Car No Drivers Prototype (P) Sponsor Car Type Engine Tire Fuel 0 Memo Rojas / Mexico City, Mexico Claro / TracFone DeltaWing Racing Claro / TracFone DeltaWing DWC13 Elan Continental IMSA E10 Katherine Legge / Guildford, United Kingdom Gabby Chaves / Bogota, Colombia Andy Meyrick / Cheshire, England 1 Scott Sharp / West Palm Beach, FL Tequila Patron ESM Tequila Patron Honda HPD ARX Honda Continental IMSA E10 Ryan Dalziel / Orlando, FL David Heinemeier Hansson / Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Ed Brown / Boca Raton, FL Tequila Patron ESM Tequila Patron Honda HPD ARX Honda Continental IMSA E10 Johannes van Overbeek / Oakland, CA Jon Fogarty / Bend, OR 5 Joao Barbosa / Porto, Portugal Action Express Racing Mustang Sampling Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Christian Fittipaldi / Sao Paolo, Brazil Sébastien Bourdais / Le Mans, France 7 Brendon Hartley / Palmerston North, New Zealand Starworks Motorsport Martini Riley DP BMW Power Continental IMSA E10 Rubens Barrichello / São Paulo , Brazil Ryan Hunter-Reay / Fort Lauderdale, FL Tor Graves / Thailand Scott Mayer / Franklin, WI 10 Jordan Taylor / Apopka, FL No. 10 Konica Minolta Corvette DP Konica Minolta Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Ricky Taylor / Apopka, FL for Wayne Taylor Racing Max Angelelli / Monte Carlo, Monaco 31 Eric Curran / Holyoke, MA Action Express Racing Whelen Engineering / Team Fox Corvette DP Chevrolet Continental IMSA E10 Dane Cameron / Charlotte, NC Max Papis / Como, Italy Phil Keen / England 50 Jim Pace / Ridgeland, MS Fifty Plus Racing Endures for a Cure, 50 Plus Racing Endures for a Cure Riley DP BMW Power Continental IMSA E10 Byron DeFoor / Ooltweah, TN Inc. -
2014 TUDOR Championship Points.Xlsx
2014 TUDOR UNITED SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP Provisional CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS a n ic a h e is t l l r c e n G o a a e l a e l p m t g s s n B s a A A n I a in o i S P n A l t r g e s k a d d y L ll n t M i a T a a b n a R t a e o R e a T d o I O o o D S L M B K W C In R V C R T Prototype Drivers 1 Joao Barbosa 36 31 67 1 Sebastien Bourdais 36 31 67 1 Christian Fittipaldi 36 31 67 2 Marino Franchitti 24 36 60 3 Max Angelelli 33 25 58 3 Jordan Taylor 33 25 58 3 Ricky Taylor 33 25 58 4 Scott Pruett 21 36 57 4 Memo Rojas 21 36 57 5 Alex Brundle 27 29 56 6 Brian Frisselle 31 24 55 6 Burt Frisselle 31 24 55 7 Olivier Pla 26 29 55 7 Gustavo Yacaman 26 29 55 8 Ed Brown 25 27 52 8 Simon Pagenaud 25 27 52 8 Johannes van Overbeek 25 27 52 9 Mike Rockenfeller 29 22 51 9 Michael Valiante 29 22 51 9 Richard Westbrook 29 22 51 10 David Brabham 17 33 50 10 Ryan Dalziel 17 33 50 10 Scott Sharp 17 33 50 11 Scott Dixon 24 26 50 11 Tony Kanaan 24 26 50 12 Sage Karam 21 26 47 13 Klaus Graf 27 19 46 13 Lucas Luhr 27 19 46 14 Oswaldo Negri Jr. -
Raceday Viewing Guide Sportscar Grand Prix
RACEDAY VIEWING GUIDE SPORTSCAR GRAND PRIX JULY 12-13, 2014 2014 SCHEDULE January 24-26 1 Daytona International Speedway March 14-15 2 Sebring International Raceway April 12 3 Long Beach Street Circuit May 3-4 4 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca May 24 5 Lime Rock Park May 31 6 The Raceway at Belle Isle Park June 7 7 Kansas Speedway June 28-29 8 Watkins Glen International July 12-13 9 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park July 25 10 Indianapolis Motor Speedway August 9-10 11 Road America August 23-24 12 Virginia International Raceway September 20 13 Circuit of the Americas October 3-4 14 Road Atlanta See It On 2014 EVENT SCHEDULE FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2014 IMSA FANZONE (Displays & Giveaways) 9:00 am – 5:00 pm 8:00 am - 8:45 am Practice - Continental Tire Challenge 9:45 am - 10:20 am Practice - IMSA Prototype Lites 10:35 am - 10:55 am Qualifying - Porsche GT3 Cup 11:10 am - 11:40 am Qualifying - Lamborghini Super Trofeo 11:55 am -12:55 pm Practice - TUDOR Championship 2:40 pm - 2:55 pm Qualifying - Continental Tire Challenge ST 3:10 pm - 3:25 pm Qualifying - Continental Tire Challenge GS 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm Qualifying - IMSA Prototype Lites 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Practice - TUDOR Championship 5:40 pm - 6:25 pm Race 1 - Porsche GT3 Cup - 45 minutes SATURDAY, JULY 12, 2014 IMSA FANZONE (Displays & Giveaways) 9:00 am – 5:30 pm Race 1 - Lamborghini Super Trofeo - 8:55 am - 9:45 am 50 minutes 10:10 am - 10:55 am Race 2 - Porsche GT3 Cup - 45 minutes 11:10 am -12:10 pm Practice - TUDOR Championship 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Open Grid Fan Walk on Pit Lane Race - Continental Tire -
TUDOR Championship Rolex 24 Daytona Race Official 020415
Rolex 24 At Daytona Daytona International Speedway / 3.56 miles January 21 - 25, 2015 / Daytona Beach, Florida TUDOR United SportsCar Championship Official Race Report Time of race: 24:00:57.667 / Margin of victory: 1.333 St Car Class No Pos Pos No Class Pos Drivers / Hometown Team / Car / Sponsor Laps Status 12 02 P 1 Scott Dixon / New Zealand Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates 740 Running Tony Kanaan / Salvador, Brazil Ford EcoBoost DP Kyle Larson / Sacramento, CA Target/ Ford EcoBoost Riley Jamie McMurray / Joplin, MO 24 5 P 2 Joao Barbosa / Porto, Portugal Action Express Racing 740 Running Christian Fittipaldi / Sao Paolo, Brazil Corvette DP Sébastien Bourdais / Le Mans, France Mustang Sampling 310 90 P 3 Richard Westbrook / London, England VisitFlorida.com Racing 734 Running Michael Valiante / Burnaby, Canada Corvette DP Mike Rockenfeller / Neuwied, Germany VisitFlorida.com Guy Cosmo / Riviera Beach, FL 424 3 GTLM 1 Jan Magnussen / Roskilde, Denmark Corvette Racing 725 Running Antonio Garcia / Barcelona, Spain Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Ryan Briscoe / Mooresville, NC Corvette Racing 527 25 GTLM 2 Bill Auberlen / Redondo Beach, CA BMW Team RLL 725 Running Dirk Werner / Hanover, Germany BMW Z4 GTE Augusto Farfus / Curitiba, Parana, Brazil IHG Rewards Club Bruno Spengler / Schiltigheim, France 69 31 P 4 Eric Curran / Holyoke, MA Action Express Racing 721 Running Dane Cameron / Charlotte, NC Corvette DP Max Papis / Como, Italy Whelen Engineering/ Team Fox Phil Keen / England 718 4 GTLM 3 Oliver Gavin / Yardley Hastings, England Corvette Racing 718 Running Tommy Milner / Lake Mary, FL Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Simon Pagenaud / Poiters, France Corvette Racing 815 52 PC 1 Mike Guasch / Pleasant Hill, CA PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports 714 Running Andrew Novich / Novato, CA ORECA FLM09 Andrew Palmer / Claremont, CA Cuttwood/ Spyder Orafol Tom Kimber-Smith / Henley on Thames, England 91 60 P 5 John Pew / Palm Beach, FL Michael Shank Racing with Curb/Agajanian 705 Not Running Oswaldo Negri Jr. -
Our Team by Team Guide the Guide
Our Team By Team Guide The Guide Team. Car. Oreca Peugeot 908 HDi FAP @oreca 90% Progress bar shows our opinion on the performance relative to the class, plus a helpful percentage score. The Guide If the team has a Twiiter, we have included their address so you can keep up to date. Oreca The tyre manufactures are Peugeot 908 HDi FAP @oreca shown here. 10 Loïc Duval (FRA) Classes are easily distinguished Olivier Panis (FRA) by the colour of their door card. 90% Nicolas Lapierre (FRA) Driving team listed here with nationality in brackets. LMP1 is the top class in Le Mans racing. Purpose built prototypes LMP 1 with engines up to 3.4 litres aspirated petrol, 2.0 litres turbo 1 petrol and 3.7 litre turbo diesel. Red door card, numbers 1-25. LMP2 is the second class, featuring purpose built cars with a cost LMP 2 cap: cars must cost less than 400,000 Euro. Each car must fea- 26 ture at least one gentleman (non professional) driver. GTE Pro is the top production based category at the 24. The cars GTe pro must share a basic resemblance and some components with their 51 road car cousins. The Pro class features all professional drivers. GTE Am share the same technical regulations as GTE Pro, but the GTe AM car must be at least one year old. Driving teams must feature at 81 least two amateur drivers. LMp Entries All artwork by Andy Blackmore Design andyblackmoredesign.com Photo: Dan Bathie Audi Sport Team Joest & North America Audi R18 @audisport 1 Timo Bernhard (DEU) Roman Dumas (FRA) 95% Mike Rockenfeller (DEU) 2 Marcel Fässler (CHE) André Lotterer (DEU) 90% Benoît Tréluyer (FRA) 3 Allan McNish (GBR) 95% Tom Kristensen (DNK) Rinaldo Capello (ITA) Audi goes into this race as fa- of preparedness with them and Nish, Dindo Capello and eight vourites, of that there is no for good reason so if anything time winner Tom Kristensen doubt, but the distance by should go wrong, they are in are hardly likely to give much which they are favourite nar- the best position possible. -
Dunlop Makes a Clean Sweep at the Tt
IN TOUCH MOTORSPORT NEWS ISSUE 12 JUNE ’10 DUNLOP MAKES A CLEAN SWEEP AT THE TT THIS ISSUE: THE LE MANS 24HR LAMBRETTA BACK IN 125CC GP VICTORY AT THE NURBURGRING 24HR IANNONTHISE WINS ISSUE:MUGELLO MOTO2 DUNLOP ENTERS MX1-GP DOWNLOAD IMAGE FRENCH GP LE MANS MOTO2 Date: 23/05/2010 Track name: Le Mans circuit Track length: 4185 m. Track temp: 44 ° C / Ambient temp: 31 ° C Spectators: 82,270 TYRE SPECS FOR THIS RACE Front: A - Soft, Multi-Tread E - Hard, Single Tread Rear: A - Soft D - Medium Hard The weekend was characterised by much warmer conditions than the MotoGP Paddock has seen at Le Mans for nearly 10 years, with track temperatures reaching 44 degrees on both Saturday and Sunday. Jack & Jones rider Kenny Noyes set the best lap in qualifying with 1’39.234 to put himself on pole position just ahead of Tech3 rider Yuki Takahashi +0.031, and Aerosport de Castello Ajo rider Alex Debon +0.086. Forward Racing’s Jules Cluzel, Holiday Gym G22’s Fonsi Nieto and Tenerife 40 Pons rider Sergio Gadea made up the next three grid positions ensuring that 6 different chassis’ were represented for the first 6 positions. The 26 lap race began with a number of incidents which put championship leader Technomag CIP rider Shoya Tomizawa, RSM Team Scot’s Alex De Angelis and pole setter Noyes along with 7 other riders out of race. Jules Cluzel set the fastest lap of the race on lap three before going on to take the lead from Toni Elias, much to the delight of the home crowd.