In some 17 years of following the race from afar, the 2018 edition wouldn’t rank in my top ten or fifteen. On the positive side there were some prominent highlights: a worthy winning team, a true test of endurance among the new LMP1 cars, some fascinating F1 visitors with very different approaches, a much better GT race than expected. And I once again enjoyed being a tiny part of the online endurance racing family.
Category: ELMS
European Le Mans Series
Weekend Preview: 16/17 June 2018 Le Mans
It’s the big one, the 24 Hours of Le Mans!
Times are approximate and in British Summer Time.
There are 60 cars with 180 drivers. 60 stories to follow. Three class races other than LMP1. Please do not belittle all of that just because the race for the win might be boring!
Weekend Preview: 12/13 May 2018
Some of the many things happening this weekend.
Times are approximate and in British Summer Time.
Now this is a massively busy week, including one of the most stupid date clashes of the year, between the Nurburgring 24 Hours and the European Le Mans Series.
Apologies for not writing a recap of last weekend. I actually went to the Blancpain GT Sprint at Brands Hatch to sit on the grass in the glorious sunshine watching GT racing, which I didn’t preview at all, and I haven’t yet seen any of the other events I did write about! With the upcoming weekend so full it looks like I may not catch up for some time.
2018 Calendars: European Le Mans Series
2018Â European Le Mans Series
European continental series for LMP2, LMP3 and GTE cars in a short series of 4 hour races.
LMP2 and GTE teams from the ELMS regularly join WEC & IMSA competitors at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The series is supported by the Michelin Le Mans Cup, 2 hour races for LMP3 and GT3 cars.
ELMS Google/iCal Calendar links:Â Â ICALÂ -or-Â HTML
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