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European Le Mans Series
The European Le Mans Series (abbreviated as ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO). The European Le Mans Series is similar to the former American Le Mans Series (ALMS) based in the United States and Canada that was running with ACO and IMSA between 1999 and 2013. ELMS team champions and runners-up receive an automatic entry to the following year's 24 Hours of Le Mans. Originally titled the Le Mans Endurance Series before becoming simply the Le Mans Series in 2006, the series was renamed once more in 2012, reusing a name previously utilized by IMSA in 2001. History When he was allowed to bring the rules and racing formulae of the 24 Hours of Le Mans to North America with the creation of the Petit Le Mans in 1998, Don Panoz attempted to build a series inspired by the Petit Le Mans. The aged IMSA GT Championship was taken over and became the new American Le Mans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endurance Racing (motorsport)
Endurance racing is a form of motorsport which is meant to test the durability of equipment and endurance of participants. Teams of multiple drivers attempt to cover a large distance in a single event, with participants given a break with the ability to change during the race. Endurance races can be run either to cover a set distance in laps as quickly as possible, or to cover as much distance as possible over a preset amount of time. One of the more common lengths of endurance races can be running for , or roughly 3 hours, or , or roughly 6 hours. Longer races can run for , 12 hours, or even 24 hours. Endurance races often feature multiple different categories of vehicles competing in their own classes, but races with a single category also exist. Teams can consist of anywhere from two to four drivers per event, which is dependent on the driver's endurance abilities, length of the race, or even the rules for each event. Origins Coppa Florio was an Italian car race started in 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group GT3
Group GT3, known technically as Cup Grand Touring Cars and commonly referred to as simply GT3, is a set of regulations maintained by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for grand tourer racing cars designed for use in various auto racing series throughout the world. The GT3 category was initially created in 2005 by the SRO Motorsports Group as a third rung in the ladder of grand touring motorsport, below the Group GT1 and Group GT2 categories which were utilized in the SRO's FIA GT Championship, and launched its own series in 2006 called the FIA GT3 European Championship. Since then, Group GT3 has expanded to become the de facto category for many national and international grand touring series, although some series modify the ruleset from the FIA standard. By 2013, nearly 20 automobile manufacturers have built or been represented with GT3 machines. GT3 cars must be based on mass production road car models that are being built and sold at the time of homologa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AO Racing
Autumn Oaks Racing, doing business as AO Racing, is an American sports car racing team that currently competes in the LMP2 and the GTD Pro classes of the IMSA SportsCar Championship and in LMP2 in the European Le Mans Series. The team was founded in 2022 by P. J. Hyett and Gunnar Jeannette. The team won the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship in the GTD Pro class with driver Laurin Heinrich. History AO Racing was founded in 2022 by GitHub co-founder and technology entrepreneur P. J. Hyett, and American race car driver Gunnar Jeannette. Hyett and Jeannette met through vintage racing and became friends. In September 2022, they made the decision to form an auto racing team to compete in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The name AO stands for Autumn Oaks, which is the name of Hyett's car collection that helped start the race team. IMSA SportsCar Championship 2023 At the second round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship held at Sebring International Raceway, the team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axcil Jefferies
Axcil Ramar Jefferies (born 14 April 1994) is a Zimbabwean professional racing driver and senior race instructor at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. He currently holds the Nürburgring Nordschleife lap record in the GT3-class with a time of 7:50.370 which he set in a Konrad Motorsport Lamborghini Huracán GT3. Career Karting Jefferies started his motorsport career aged six in Zimbabwe and went on to win several national championships in Zimbabwe and South Africa before moving to Europe. In 2007 and 2008 he won races in the European Karting Championship. Formula BMW Jefferies contested the Formula BMW Pacific series in 2009 and 2010. He finished third overall in the 2009 season, taking pole position at Sepang and Okayama, and winning two races at Sepang and a total of twelve podiums. He completed a limited schedule in 2010, with two wins and four podiums. FIA Formula Two Championship In 2012, after not racing for two years, Jefferies returned to action in FIA Formula Two h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroshi Hamaguchi
is a Japanese businessman and racing driver. He won the 2019 FIA Motorsport Games GT Cup along with Ukyo Sasahara, driving a Lamborghini Huracán The Lamborghini Huracán (Spanish for "Tropical cyclone, hurricane"; ) is a sports car manufactured by Italian automotive manufacturer Lamborghini replacing the previous Lamborghini V10, V10 offering, the Lamborghini Gallardo, Gallardo. The Hu ... EVO GT3. Racing record Complete GT World Challenge results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamaguchi, Hiroshi 1976 births Living people Japanese businesspeople Japanese racing drivers Super GT drivers FIA Motorsport Games drivers Lamborghini Squadra Corse drivers B-Max Racing drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Asia drivers Le Mans Cup drivers Iron Lynx drivers Racing drivers from Tokyo Businesspeople from Tokyo 24 Hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Caldarelli
Andrea Caldarelli (born 14 February 1990) is an Italian racing driver who currently competes in IMSA in the GTP class for Lamborghini- Iron Lynx in the Lamborghini SC63 Hypercar alongside Matteo Cairoli and former Formula One driver Romain Grosjean . He has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, the Formula Three Euroseries, GP2 Asia, the GP3 Series and the Super Formula series. He undertook a Formula One test in 2008 with Toyota Racing and in 2010 with Ferrari. Career Super GT Caldarelli claimed his maiden victory in Super GT in 2014. Driving alongside Daisuke Itō for Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S, Caldarelli claimed victory in the opening race of the season at Okayama. The duo would finish the season second in the GT500-class championship to Tsugio Matsuda and Ronnie Quintarelli. Lamborghini factory driver Ahead of the 2017 Blancpain GT Series campaign, Caldarelli joined Lamborghini Squadra Corse's factory roster, taking part in the Blancpain GT Series E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaël Julien
Gael Julien (born 30 November 2005) is a French- Malagasy racing driver. He is the 2024 European Le Mans Series champion in the LMP3 class with RLR MSport. Previously, Julien became a race winner in the French F4 Championship. Early career Having discovered karting at the age of 7, Julien won titles in various Asian countries, as well as taking home the 2019 Rok Cup Asia in the junior class. He made his car racing debut in 2021, taking part in French F4. With one win at Lédenon, the Frenchman finished seventh in the standings. For the 2022 season, Julien switched to compete in Spanish F4, where he would race for Drivex School. He finished 11th in the championship, beating both of his full-time teammates and scoring a podium in Valencia. At the end of the year, Julien took part in an evaluation for the Ferrari Driver Academy as a selected candidate of the Asia Pacific & Oceania regional selection programme, representing Indonesia. Sportscar career 2023 marked the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthieu Vaxivière
Matthieu Vaxivière (born 3 December 1994) is a French racing driver from Limoges. He has been a factory driver for the Alpine Elf Team, Alpine brand since 2021, as part of which he has competed in the Le Mans Hypercar, Hypercar class of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship. Vaxivière is also renowned for his prowess in the LMP2 category; he has scored two class podiums at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and won the Pro-Am title of the European Le Mans Series with AF Corse in 2023 European Le Mans Series, 2023 and 2024 European Le Mans Series, 2024. Career Karting Vaxivière started his racing career in 2005 in the Karting Championship of France. Car racing debut Having made his car racing debut in the MitJet Series in 2010, Vaxivière progressed to the 2011 French F4 Championship, French F4 Championship the subsequent year. A successful campaign followed, as he took the title by winning three races, which included a double victory at Circuit de Pau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessio Rovera
Alessio Rovera (born 22 June 1995) is an Italian racing driver. He is a Ferrari factory driver and currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship with AF Corse. Early career After winning the 2013 Formula Abarth series in his debut season of single-seater racing, Rovera entered the Formula Renault 2.0 Alps championship in 2014. He finished the season sixth in the final standings, having scored three podiums. During the year, he also made a one-off appearance in the Euroformula Open Championship. In 2015, Rovera moved into Euroformula Open, racing with DAV Racing for three rounds and doing the same with BVM Racing. The Italian won the season opener at Jerez, having started that race from 13th place, and scored three further podiums on his way to sixth in the standings, which he achieved despite missing two events. Sportscar career Porsche competitions Rovera moved into sportscar racing ahead of 2016 with Ebimotors, whom he would drive for in the Porsche Carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Perrodo
François Hubert Marie Perrodo (born 14 February 1977) is a French billionaire businessman, racing driver, and car collector. He is the chairman of Perenco, an oil and gas company with operations in 14 countries, which was founded by his father. In October 2023, Forbes estimated his family to be worth US$10 billion. Biography Origin François Perrodo was born on 14 February 1977 in Singapore. He is the son of Carrie and Hubert Perrodo, French businessman and founder of the oil group Perenco. Education François Perrodo has a degree in physics from St Peter's College, Oxford, where he captained the University polo team in 1999. He is now a member of Guards Polo Club. After an engineering degree in 2002 from the École Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs (ENSPM) now called IFP School (French Institute of Petroleum), he received an MBA from INSEAD in Singapore. Business Perrodo is the president of the Franco-British Perenco, an oil and gas corporation specialized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Kubica
Robert Józef Kubica (; born 7 December 1984) is a Polish racing driver, racing and rally driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for AF Corse. Kubica competed in Formula One between and , and the World Rally Championship from to ; he won the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix with BMW Sauber, and remains the only Polish driver to compete in Formula One. In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Kubica has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in with AF Corse, and the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Team WRT, WRT. Between 2006 and 2009, Kubica drove for BMW Sauber, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006. In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden and only Formula One victory at the , which was also the only win for the Sauber team. That season, he led the championship at one stage, before finishing fourth overall, his best career position. Kubica drove for Renault F1, Renault in and was set to remain with the team in . Several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Edgar
Jonny Edgar (born 13 February 2004) is a British people, British racing driver racing in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship with TF Sport. He previously competed in the 2024 European Le Mans Series for AO Racing, AO by TF. Alongside his teammates Louis Delétraz and Robert Kubica, he is the reigning champion in ELMS, competing in the Le Mans Prototype, LMP2 class. A race winner in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, he was also the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship, 2020 ADAC Formula 4 champion. Edgar is a former member of the Red Bull Junior Team. Early career Karting Born in Whitehaven, Edgar started his career in 2012, being in the fourth generation of Edgars to practice motor racing. Edgar began his karting career with Fusion Motorsport in Britain, finishing second in the Super 1 National Kart Championships, Super 1 National Championship just three years after his debut. He also won the SKUSA SuperNationals that year, driving for Team Benik. His karting highlight came i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
