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Strakka Racing withdraws from Le Mans

Damage sustained at final pre Le Mans test leads team regretfully to withdraw from Le Mans raceFollowing a testing ‘off’ at Spa this week, Strakka Racing has made the very difficult decision to withdraw from this year’s Le Mans race. After an assessment of the damage and factoring the short timeframe ahead of the Le Mans Test Day, the team together with chassis manufacturer DOME has today confirmed it will unfortunately have to pull its entry. “It happened on the first day’s running at Eau Rouge and if you leave the track there, it is going to result in damage,” says team manager Karl

Strakka Racing ramps up LMP2 testing programmes in the run up to Le Mans

Wet test at Silverstone precedes three day session next weekFollowing the first wet-weather running for its all new Strakka DOME S103 at Silverstone this week, Strakka Racing continues to progress the development of the next generation LMP2 car. After running at the British GT test on Tuesday, the team now heads to Europe next week for a comprehensive three day test at Spa. “We continue to follow our scheduled test plan and next week our aim is to get all drivers valuable seat time,” says sportscar team manager Karl Patman. “Although track conditions were quite extreme, in a lot of

First-ever ‘Open Source’ race team offers opportunity for everyone to get involved in 2015 Le Mans race car project

Perrinn myTeam offers schoolchildren, students, engineers, enthusiasts and fans unprecedented access to contribute and share data and ideas for top flight Le Mans hybrid race car.A new British race car constructor is offering members of the public a unique way to become involved in a project to develop, build and run a sports car which aims to compete at Le Mans in 2015. Through its interactive open source website, www.perrinn.com, students, schoolchildren, fans and engineers will, for the first time, have access to every element of the racing project including drawings, CAD model and even

ZircoFlex® heatshield improves transmission and gear shift reliability together with lowering cockpit temperatures in long distance races

Zircotec’s ceramic heatshields enable JMW Motorsport to achieve a flexible, lightweight thermal management solution ideal for endurance racing.OXFORD – European Le Mans Series front runners and team champion, JMW Motorsport, is using ZircoFlex® heatshields on the gearbox and bulkhead of the team’s Ferrari 458, to reflect heat away from the transmission’s regulator and regulate cockpit temperatures. The team will continue to use Zircotec’s flexible heatshield material to achieve performance and reliability improvements throughout the European Le Mans Series.   Situated in a high

Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 switch for JMB Racing’s GT Tour campaign

Multiple championship-winning French GT team to run JR Motorsports-built Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 in GT Tour with possibility for future Blancpain outingsDaventry, UK – Crack French GT team JMB Racing has secured a new Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 to run in GT Tour (French GT), with potential for outings in the Blancpain series later in the year. Following a successful trial of a car in the opening rounds of GT Tour, the Paul Ricard-based team will now have its own new car for the balance of the season. Drivers are yet to be confirmed. Currently in build at JR Motorsports’ facility in Daventry,

Fortec return for James Walker in British GT opener

European Le Mans Series race winner confirmed to drive Fortec AMG Mercedes SLS GT3 at Oulton Park, marking a return to the team Walker drove for in F3 and World Series by RenaultJERSEY – European Le Mans Series GTE front runner James Walker is the latest driver to announce his participation in the burgeoning 2013 British GT Championship. The 29-year-old will drive Fortec Motorsports’ AMG Mercedes SLS GT3 car in the opening round at Oulton Park on April 1st.  For Walker, it marks a return to the team where he scored International success in both F3 and World Series by Renault and a circuit

Plasma sprayed ceramics enable the use of composites in high temperature environments on Aston Martin One-77

Road car debut for Zircotec’s composites coating that enabled F1 teams to exploit the blown diffuserOXFORD – The ceramic based material that originally allowed F1 teams to exploit the ‘blown diffuser’ aerodynamic advantage has made its road car debut on Aston Martin’s One-77. Developed by Oxfordshire-based Zircotec, the ThermoHold® for composites material is applied to both the car’s diffuser and underbonnet air intakes, enabling Aston Martin’s designers to specify lightweight and aesthetic materials for high temperature environments. “Composites are often unsuited to high temperature

Zircotec ceramics provide an enduring cooling for Le Mans Ferrari 458

Ceramic coating enables team to maintain lower underbonnet temperatures that ultimately cool the driver and eliminate heat damage to surrounding componentsOXFORD – The ability to dramatically lower underbonnet and cockpit temperatures, as well as prevent damage to the surrounding bodywork has led Le Mans Series participant JMW Motorsport to use ThermoHold®, a ceramic thermal barrier coating technology from Zircotec. By lowering temperatures in the Ferrari 458 GTE’s cockpit, the car’s power-consuming air conditioning system is needed far less frequently. Minimising this increases the car’s

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