Day: May 4, 2021

MacNeil goes to Europe

Jens Jensen

A lot of people got quite surprised when the Proton Competition rolled out of their European Le Mans Series garage in WeatherTech colours. And it all becomes clear now. Cooper MacNeil will run the rest of the European Le Mans Series 2021. The MacNeil family owns the WeatherTech company, so all cars run by Cooper for the last few years have had the sponsor logos more or less predominant. MacNeil will be sharing the 911 RSR-19 #77 with Christian Ried and Gianmaria Bruni, leaving no space for Jaxon Evans. The…

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Team Penske gets new Porsche deal

Jens Jensen

Porsche has got more details set, regarding their future in sportscar racing. The German brand has signed a new deal with Team Penske, who will run the LMDh programme in both IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the FIA World Endurance Championship. The collaboration will be named Porsche Penske Motorsport, and will two cars in both series. If that means four cars at Le Mans, time will tell. Team Penske was previously a part of Porsche from 2006 to 2008, where they ran the Porsche RS Spyder LMP2 programme in the…

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Asian Le Mans Series gets new boss

Jens Jensen

Asian Le Mans Series will have a new boss. Cyrille Taesch Wahlen has been responsible for the series since 2015, and has lifted it from a series with less than 10 entrants divided into four categories to an absolute peak in 2021, with 36 entries in three categories. Taesch Wahlen has been involved in ACO for even more seasons, but he has chosen to leave the organization for now. His replacement will be Frederic Lequien, who is the CEO of the European Le Mans Series and FIA World Endurance Championship…

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