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2025 Qatar 1812 Km
The 2025 Qatar 1812 km (formally known as the 2025 Qatar Airways Qatar 1812 km) was an Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance Sports car racing, sportscar racing event held between 26 and 28 February 2025, as the first of eight rounds of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the second consecutive running of the Qatar 1812 km, event. Background The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. The race was scheduled to cover or, if this distance was not achieved, last for a maximum of 10 hours. The figure 1812 references the country's National Day (Qatar), national day. On 14 June 2024, the 2025 season calendar was published, with Qatar once again serving as the championship opener. Entry list The entry list was published on 12 February 2025 and consisted of 36 entries across 2 categories – 18 in both Hypercar and LMGT3. In the Hypercar category, Isotta Fraschini was dropped from the full-season entry list afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lusail
Lusail (, , ) is the second-largest city in Qatar after Doha, and the economic capital of Qatar, located on the coast, in the southern part of the municipality of Al Daayen. Lusail lies about north of the Doha city centre, just north of the West Bay Lagoon, on over and will eventually have the infrastructure to accommodate 450,000 people. Of these, it is estimated that there will be 250,000 or fewer residents, 190,000 office workers and 60,000 retail workers. It is planned to have marinas, residential areas, island resorts, commercial districts, luxury shopping and leisure facilities, a golf course community, man-made islands, and several entertainment districts. Development is being carried out by the state-controlled developer Qatari Diar along with Parsons Corporation and Dorsch-Gruppe. Lusail Stadium was one of the venues for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and hosted 2022 FIFA World Cup final, the final. It is also the site of a Formula One race track where the first Qatar Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isotta Fraschini
Isotta Fraschini () is an Italian luxury car manufacturer, also producing trucks, as well as engines for marine and aviation use. Founded in Milan, Italy, in 1900 by Cesare Isotta and the brothers Vincenzo, Antonio, and Oreste Fraschini, in 1955 it was merged with engine manufacturer Breda Motori and renamed F.A. Isotta Fraschini e Motori Breda. History The firm was named for its founders, Cesare Isotta and Vincenzo Fraschini, who had been importing Mors and Renault automobiles as well as Aster proprietary engines since 1899. The company they founded as Società Milanese Automobili Isotta, Fraschini & C. on 27 January 1900 had the stated purpose to "Import, sell, repair cars". Prior to establishing their own products in 1904, Isotta and Fraschini assembled cars very similar to Renaults, with Aster engines. They differed from the real Renaults in having a neater underslung front radiator arrangement. The first automobile bearing this marque featured a four-cylinder engine wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Rxcing
Pure Rxcing (pronounced ''Pure Racing'') is a Lithuanian sports car racing team that currently competes in the LMP2 class of the Asian Le Mans Series. Founded in 2022 by race mechanic and engineer Edgar Kochanovskij, it is the inaugural champion of the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMGT3 category. History Having worked as a mechanic and engineer in motorsport for several years, Edgar Kochanovskij formed his own racing team, Pure Rxcing, in late 2022. The team made its competitive debut in the 2022–23 Middle East Trophy at the 2023 6 Hours of Abu Dhabi. GT World Challenge Europe 2023 In 2023, Pure Rxcing entered the GT World Challenge Europe fielding the No. 911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) with support from German squad Herberth Motorsport in the Bronze Cup class. Alex Malykhin would serve as the team's bronze-graded driver, being joined by Ayhancan Güven for the Sprint Cup, Klaus Bachler and Joel Sturm in the Endurance Cup and Marco Seefried for the 24 Hours of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Lynx
Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola. The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They primarily participate in sports car racing, and are a sister team of both Iron Dames and Prema Racing under the ''DC Racing Solutions'' parent company. Iron Lynx were formerly partnered with Lamborghini in operating their Lamborghini SC63 LMDh prototype. History 2017 In 2017, the Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab was created by Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni, Sergio Pianezzola, and Andrea Piccini. 2018 In their first year competing, Iron Lynx placed second and ninth in the Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Lamborghini Super Trofeo Europe Pro-Am, with one pole position, twelve podiums, and two victories. Deborah Mayer created the Iron Dames Project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport. Rahel Frey, Michelle Gatting, and Manuela Gostner competed in the 12 Hours of Dubai, placing second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-AMG
Mercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG (Aufrecht, Melcher, Großaspach), is the high-performance subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Benz AG. AMG independently hires engineers and contracts with manufacturers to customize Mercedes-Benz AMG vehicles. The company has its headquarters in Affalterbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. AMG was originally an independent engineering firm specializing in performance improvements for Mercedes-Benz vehicles. DaimlerChrysler AG took a controlling interest in 1999, then became the sole owner of AMG in 2005. Mercedes-AMG GmbH is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG, which is in turn owned by the Mercedes-Benz Group. AMG models typically have more aggressive looks, higher performance, better handling, better stability and more carbon fibre than their regular Mercedes-Benz counterparts. AMG models are typically the most expensive and highest-performing variant of each Mercedes-Benz class. AMG has also made special variants of some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamborghini
Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. ( , ), usually referred to as Lamborghini or colloquially Lambo, is an Italian manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi. Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916–1993), an Italian Business magnate, manufacturing magnate, founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963 to compete with Ferrari. The company was noted for using a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive layout. Lamborghini grew rapidly during its first decade, but sales plunged in the wake of the 1973–1974 stock market crash, 1973 worldwide financial downturn and the 1973 oil crisis, oil crisis. The firm's ownership changed three times after 1973, including a bankruptcy in 1978. American Chrysler, Chrysler Corporation took control of Lamborghini in 1987 and sold it to Malaysian investment group Mycom Setdco and Indonesian group V'Power Corporation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racing Spirit Of Léman
Racing Spirit of Léman is a French-Swiss sports car racing team that currently competes in the LMGT3 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The team was founded in 2019 by Patrick Barbier. Notable accolades include the 2022 and 2023 Le Mans Cup drivers' and teams' championships in the LMP3 and GT3 categories respectively. Contrary to popular belief the teams' name has no relation to the headline WEC event of Le Mans, but comes from the French name for Lake Geneva, 'Lac Léman', which the team is based near in La Roche-sur-Foron, France. History Originally, Racing Spirit of Léman ran the operations for Cool Racing (now CLX Motorsport). In late 2020, after Nicolas Lapierre became a majority shareholder in Cool Racing, he decided to split from Racing Spirit of Léman and take the operation of the team in house. The team formed an alliance with Aston Martin and entered into the 2022 GT4 European Series with two Aston Martin Vantage GT4s. FIA World Endurance Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D'station Racing
NEXUS Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Japanese racing team who runs D'station Racing that competes in Super GT, FIA World Endurance Championship LMGT3, GT World Challenge Asia, Super Taikyu, and Asian Le Mans Series. History Japan & Asia D'station Racing was founded in 2013 by (no relation to Kazuyoshi Hoshino). Hoshino is the President & CEO of where the company runs Pachinko halls in Japan as well as fitness clubs, restaurants, convenience stores, onsen and child daycare centers. Before the inception of the team, D'station sponsored Kondo Racing in Super GT. D'station Racing competed first time in Porsche Carrera Cup Japan. Then expanded into Super Taikyu in 2016. D'station Racing made their debut in Super GT in 2017 with Tomonobu Fujii who is the current Team Managing Director of the team till now alongside Sven Müller, and some rounds replacing Müller are André Couto & Yuya Motojima. They run Porsche 911 GT3-R on their maiden Super GT GT300 race, and first season both claimed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadillac V-Series
The Cadillac V series (stylized as V-Series) is a line of high-performance vehicles tuned by the General Motors Performance division for the Cadillac division of General Motors. Models in the V series tend to vary from one generation to the other. It was introduced in 2003. The V series was initially created as part of the 2000s Cadillac rebranding and the new 'Art & Science' design language to compete directly with German rivals such as BMW M and Mercedes-AMG. The first-ever V series model was the 2004 Cadillac CTS-V which became a successful seller and steered Cadillac in the new direction for the following decade. The letter "V" was chosen as a salute dedicated to post-WWII Cadillacs that featured a V-shape ornament below the crowned wreath logo, the shape itself was never recognized as a letter back then. Most V series Cadillac cars traditionally include high-performance V8 engines, transmissions, revised suspension systems ( MagneRide Control), revised interiors, aerodyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadillac
Cadillac Motor Car Division, or simply Cadillac (), is the luxury vehicle division (business), division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Its major markets are the United States, Canada and China; Cadillac models are distributed in 34 additional markets worldwide. Historically, Cadillac automobiles were at the top of the luxury field within the United States, but have been outsold by European luxury brands including BMW and Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes since the 2000s. In 2019, Cadillac sold 390,458 vehicles worldwide, a record for the brand. Cadillac, founded in 1902, is among the first automotive brands in the world, fourth in the United States only to Autocar Company (1897) and fellow GM marques Oldsmobile (1897) and Buick (1899). It was named after Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658–1730), who founded Detroit, Michigan. The Cadillac crest is based on his coat of arms. By the time General Motors purchased the company in 1909, Cadillac had already est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jota Sport
Jota Sport is a British sports car racing team. Founded as Team Jota by Sam Hignett and John Stack, Jota Sport is part of the Jota Group which is owned by Sam Hignett and David Clark. The team is based in Tunbridge Wells in England. Jota Sport has finished on the overall podium of 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans with two Oreca in an alliance with Jackie Chan DC Racing. In 2018/2019 Jota competed, in partnership with Arden International, RP Motorsport, Jackie Chan DC Racing and Aston Martin in the FIA World Endurance Championship with two ORECA 07 LMP2 and in the GT World Challenge Europe with Mclaren 720S GT3 cars."JACKIE CHAN DC RACING AND JOTA SPORT COMBINE FOR 2017 FIA WEC-CAMPAIG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH
The Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH is a sports prototype developed by Aston Martin Racing and Multimatic to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar category and the IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTP category respectively. The car is a heavily modified racing version fitted to Le Mans Hypercar regulations based on Aston Martin's Aston Martin Valkyrie, Valkyrie AMR Pro track car. The Valkyrie AMR-LMH made its debut at the 2025 Qatar 1812 km. The car was originally slated to make its first appearance at the 2025 24 Hours of Daytona, however, Aston Martin opted to skip the event in favour of completing more internal testing. It is the first sports prototype to race with a V12 engine in top class endurance racing in 14 years since the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP and the Lola-Aston Martin B09/60 raced in the 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. Background Initial plans Aston Martin was one of the first manufacturers to commit to the Le Mans Hypercar class in 2019, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
