Allan McNish, Dindo Capello and Tom Kristensen have walked away from the 57th 12 Hours of Sebring with the gold trophy - the all-new Audi R15 TDI’s first competition victory.

The R15 now joins the R8 and R10 in having won its debut race.

After qualifying second the #2 Audi R15 TDI battled furiously with one of [...]

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Peugeot has today announced its decision to field a fourth 908 HDi FAP in this year’s Le Mans 24-Hours race. When you are up against the likes of Audi’s all-conquering diesel racers, three entries it seems, is one short of ideal.

With its oh-so-close 2008 Le Mans disappointment still fresh, Peugeot has confirmed that the fourth [...]

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Peugeot Sport this weekend whipped the covers off its 908 HY Le Mans racer, a hybridised version of the 908 HDi, at the final round of the Le Mans series at Silverstone. Running the same KERS setup expected to debut in Formula 1 next year, Peugeot hopes to compete with the 908 HY in next [...]

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After spending the day sitting in front of a computer, I can’t help but envy guys like the ones in the picture above. The sort who spend the day hanging out with an Aston Martin LM P1 prototype race car. The shriek of the engine, the smell of oil, rubber and unburnt fuel at a [...]

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Once again at this years Le Mans 24-hr race diesel dominated. Qualifying showed the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP prototypes to be the quickest in a sprint but when the chequered flag fell at the end of 24-hrs of racing it was the Audi R10 that was there, 10 laps ahead of the second place Peugeot.

This [...]

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