Just days after claiming the Le Mans Series LMP1 championship, Aston Martin Racing has revealed work is already underway for the manufacturer’s first self-built prototype, aimed for 2011 debut.
Aston Martin Chairman David Richards confirmed last weekend that AMR had pushed the button on the much talked about project. Work started in earnest during the summer on a successor to this year’s reworked Lola coupe, which competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the LMS.
Aston Martin will develop its own engine to replace the six-litre V12 that powered its coupes this season. With 2011 LMP1 rules calling for smaller engines, similar to what's seen in LMP2 today, AMR’s most logical choice would be based around 3.4-liter normally aspirated V8, gasoline-powered engine.
Richards is also in the process of putting a three-year plan together for AMR’s motorsports activities. And with financing already in place thanks to sponsorship agreements, the British manufacturer appears to laying a solid foundation for the future.
AMR had looked at building its own car for next season, but with only minor changes to the engine regulations, the organization found it better to focus on 2011, when gasoline and diesel-powered engines are expected to be on a more even playing ground.
AMR’s 2010 plans are up in the air at the moment, but Richards said the best case scenario would be to sell its fleet of Lola-Aston Martins to customers and fully focus on development of the all-new car. Its No. 008 chassis, which ran at Le Mans and the LMS Nurburgring and Silverstone rounds, is already up for sale, listed at $1.2 million Euros ($1.75 million USD) on various automotive classified Web sites.

“We would like to see them in private hands, which would allow us to get on with developing our own 2011 car,” Richards said. “There is a lot of interest from people wanting to race our cars.”
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Team ORECA’s 2010 gets under way this weekend with two days of testing in advance of next week’s Petit Le Mans powered by MAZDA6. Team boss Hugues de Chaunac, who knows a thing or two when it comes to winning races in the American Le Mans Series, is sending an AIM-powered ORECA 01 prototype to contest the 1,000-mile/10-hour endurance classic at Road Atlanta. The outing serves as the first step in ORECA’s program for next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
During its two years running the factory Viper program, ORECA set up shop at Road Atlanta, and a number of the team members from those days remain with de Chaunac for ORECA’s long-awaited return stateside.
Past Petit Le Mans race-winner and three-time LMP2 champion Romain Dumas will join ORECA regulars Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre – the latter two coming off a victory in the final Le Mans Series race last weekend at England’s Silverstone 1,000K. The competition at Road Atlanta will undoubtedly be more challenging with entries from Acura, Audi and Peugeot, among others.
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It’s come down to just two remaining races in the 2009 American Le Mans Series: flagship Petit Le Mans next week at Road Atlanta, and the Monterey Sports Car Championships October 10 at Laguna Seca. Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long of the No. 45 Porsche lead the ALMS GT2 drivers’ championships, 31 points ahead of Risi Competizione drivers Jaime Melo and Pierre Kaffer, and Flying Lizard leads the team championship.

Petit Le Mans will get the green flag on Saturday, September 26 at 11:15 AM ET and will run 1000 miles or 10 hours, whichever comes first. For Petit, Marc Lieb will join Joerg Bergmeister and Long in the No. 45 Porsche, reprising the team’s Sebring lineup. The drivers for the No. 44 Porsche will be Darren Law, Seth Neiman, and Johannes van Overbeek.
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With another victory in the Michelin Green X Challenge at Silverstone, Speedy Racing Team Sebah wins the trophy in 2009 and is therefore given an invitation to board the 24 Heures du Mans 2010. Decidedly, the Lola Judd No. 33 of Pompidou / Kane / Leuenberger will be able to combine speed and consumption since the five Le Mans Series races, the Swiss team has finished 2nd in Barcelona, 4th at Spa, 2nd in Portimao, 1st to Nürburgring and Silverstone. In the final standings, Speedy Racing Team Sebah ahead of Aston Martin Racing (007) 36 points and Ferrari F430 Team Modena of 42 lengths. After JMW Motorsport and Signature Plus. Note that the first GT1 only 14th (Corvette C6.R Luc Alphand Aventures). The ranking is here.

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In LMP1 Aston Martin wins the LMS championship with 39 points, 13 points more than Pescarolo Sport. Oreca Matmut third with 23.

In LMP2 Quifel ASM Team is made with the victory thanks to his victories in the Algarve and the Nurburgring. Lola Speedy Racing Second and Third Lola Racing Box # 29.

In LMGT1 Luc Alphand Aventure´s team wins the championship despite the last two races ...
The French team has maintained its distance from Larbre Competition, second. IPB Spartak third, having run only the first two races.

In the category LMGT2 Felbermayr clinched the victory by a single point of distance from JMW, after dominating almost every race ... Team Modena third with Antonio Garcia at the wheel.

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The race has been tough and exciting till the end, but there was no dramatic reversal of the standings in the final round this year, whatever the classes, as all the favorites clinched the title.

Team ORECA-Matmut-AIM took the checkered flag in first place in the LMP1 class, whereas Speedy Racing Team Sebah won for the first time of the season in the LMP2 class. Gigawave Motorsport took the victory in the GT1 class and JMW Motorsport ruled the GT2 class..... More in LMS.com
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