24 Hours of Le Mans 2018: The teams and drivers to watch out for





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He won the American Le Mans Series ALMS GTS class in 2002 and 2004, the ALMS GT1 class in 2005 and 2008, and the ALMS GT2 class in 2010. With Porsche quitting LMP1, Tandy is back in the GTE Pro division. Comments on the start of the race in the downloads.


WEC has spent the season so far between the Toyota hybrids and the non-hybrid privateer cars, and has. The race will start once the 17 Grand Slam title winner Rafael Nadal waves the French flag, the race would test the endurance, skill, and patience of drivers, cars and pit crew alike. Sam Hancock Sam Hancock has had worse weekends.


Formula 1 drivers at the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours - Qualifying 1 In his very first lap, start driver Gianmaria Bruni set a phenomenal time of 3:47. This year's 24 Hours of Le Mans featured perhaps the strongest group of Toyota drivers ever.


The 2018 starts on 16 June, but what's the big news this year? We've picked out some cars and drivers to keep an eye on, with a particular focus, of course, for entrants British. In 2014, Phil Hanson was a promising rookie karter, claiming the Whilton Mill Club Championship at his first attempt. Four years later, the 18-year-old is gearing up to start his second , sharing an LMP2 prototype with an ex-F1 racer. After just two seasons in karting, the Berkshire driver jumped straight to LMP3 sports cars with Tockwith Motorsports, winning the Asian Le Mans Series class title. The week leading up to the race is more exhausting than the race itself, due to all the events and the sheer amount of fans. He also drove for the team in the Daytona 24 Hours, sharing a car with Fernando Alonso. Ginetta's LMP1 debut: The G60-LT P1 will make its debut in LMP1 this weekend, with two cars fielded by the Manor Racing-run CEFC TRSM squad. The team missed the World Endurance Championship opener at Spa, so it has its work cut out. UK's best victory bet: A record 32 British drivers have won Le Mans outright. Gavin's bid for six: Oliver Gavin is one of the most quietly successful British racers at Le Mans. The 33-year-old won Le Mans outright alongside Bamber and Nico Hülkenberg in a Porsche 919 Hybrid in 2015 but retired from the event in both 2016 and 2017. With Porsche quitting LMP1, Tandy is back in the GTE Pro division. Former Williams F1 development driver Alex Lynn, 24, will contest Le Mans and the full WEC season alongside his commitments for DS Virgin Racing in Formula E. Newey makes LMP2 debut: Harrison Newey, the 19-year-old son of acclaimed F1 car designer Adrian, will make his Le Mans debut this year. Newey has already had sportswear success this year, winning the 2017-2018 Asian Le Mans Series title. Sims tabbed for works BMW: Alex Sims, 30, signed as a BMW factory driver last season, with his efforts focused on the IMSA Sportscar Championship in the US.

 


When Ken Miles and Bruce McLaren, who had crossed the finish line in 1-2 for the Ford team, with Miles slightly ahead of McLaren, slowed down for a photo op, there was a gap of merely 8 metres between them. ET on FS1, with continuing coverage on FS2 from 12 p. Will Stevens, former driver for Marussia F1, will be driving for the Panis Barthez Competition team in the same class. Fernando Alonso and Toyota Start Favorites In the LMP1 class, the two Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 HYBRID entries, Car 7 and 8, will be favorites to win. A Basic Breakdown Of The 24 Hours Of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the race, even if everyone becomes a sleep-deprived weirdo 16 hours into it. Alonso Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota 3m15. This year, both Ford and Porsche will enter four cars in GTLM, with their IMSA and FIA World Endurance Championship WEC squads racing. IMSA Wire Service Heading into the Motul Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta — the season finale for the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship — this is the final part of a four-part series in which the primary championship contenders in le mans 2018 drivers of the three classes are compared. Optional equipment may affect fuel consumption and vehicle performance.