The first qualifying session of the weekend for the LMGTE and GTC competitors taking part in the 3 Hours of Imola produced a pole position for the two famous Italian manufacturers Ferrari and Lamborghini at their home circuit. 

Today is the second round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series from Imola and the sun is shining on the Italian circuit as the teams prepare for qualifying and the race.

The opening day of the 3 Hours of Imola weekend ended under sunny skies with the nr36 Signatech Alpine finish with the fastest lap of the day around the 4.9km Imola circuit.  Nelson Panciatici posted a 1m36.214 time, 0.6 seconds quicker than the nearest rival, the nr18 Murphy Prototypes Oreca-Nissan of Brendon Hartley and Mark Patterson.    Panciatici's lap was over three seconds faster than the best LMP2 time set during the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (ILMC) 6 hour race held in July 2011.

All British team EcurieEcosse won at home in Round 1 at Silverstone last month and will start in Imola at the head of the GTC Category which boasts a seven car grid for round 2 in Italy.

2012 ELMS Champions Thiriet by TDS Racing were fastest during the opening session of the 3 Hours of Imola weekend in Italy with Mathias Beche setting a 1m42.026 lap at the end of the 60-minute Free Practice session. 

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Some four weeks ago the MOMO-Megatron DF1 Team finished the first race in the ELMS (European Le Mans Series), held on the English Silverstone circuit, in a successful third place in the GTC class.

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- The second round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series will take teams to Imola, some 40 kilometres from Bologna, Italy, on May 17-18.

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HVM Status GP has signed Canada's Tony Burgess and Switzerland's Jonathan Hirschi to compete in the European Le Mans Series race at Imola and the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Set up is in progress, the teams are settling in, and the paddocks are taking shape at Imola.

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The second round of the European Le Mans Series takes place this coming weekend at the Italian circuit at Imola near Bologna, home of the former San Marino F1 Grand Prix. Planning to feature strongly among the nine Ferrari 458 Italias due to race at the 3 Hours of Imola are Ram Racing's two gleaming white entries.

The second round of the European Le Mans Series will take place at the Imola circuit this week end and, amongst the 68 drivers entered for this event, ten of them will be able to call it a home event. In addition, the only Italian team present – AF Corse – will compete in two categories: LMGTE and GTC.

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After victory at Silverstone in the LM PC class for Soheil Ayari and Anthony Pons,Team Endurance Challenge heads to Enzo and Dino Ferrari d'Imola Circuit. Forthe second round of the European Le Mans Series, three ORECA-FLM 09 will beon track : the No. 47 in the hands of Andorran driver Alex Loan and FrenchmanMatthieu Lecuyer, the No. 48 driven by Soheil Ayari and Anthony Pons, as wellas the No. 49 shared by Paul-Loup Chatain and Gary Hirsch. It's another step forTeam Endurance Challenge allowing five of its six drivers to discover thediscipline with a future participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as the primarytarget. The team's mentor, Nicolas Minassian, will also be present.

Competitors from the European Le Mans Series will be racing at the Autodromo Enzo & Dino Ferrari at Imola in Italy, on 17th and 18th May, for the second round of the season.

The opening round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series saw 23 cars racing on the Silverstone circuit in England on 13th April.  However, 28 cars across the four categories will be providing a wonderful spectacle for the ‘tifosi' on 17 and 18 May when they take to the Autodromo Enzo & Dino Ferrari circuit.  The track is situated in the small town of Imola, 40 kilometres east of Bologna.

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Coming from the United States, the LMPC driver, Matt Downs joins our team to participate to the famous Le Mans 24 Hours race

Last week-end the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship was held in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium. Jota Sport, ELMS series' leader following the opening round in Silverstone last month, finished third in the LMP2 category at the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Simon Dolan and Oliver Turvey are now ready to do the same again at Imola, for the second round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series.

Soheil Ayari and Anthony Pons avoided trouble in an action packed race to take their first victory of the season. The 3 Hours of Silverstone, first round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series, was run under particularly difficult weather conditions.In fact, race direction showed the red flag to stop the race with 40 minutes to thefinish.

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The all British Jota Sport Zytek Nissan of Simon Dolan and Oliver Turvey won a shortened 3 Hours of Silverstone as the great British weather played an important role in deciding the opening round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series.  The weather conditions, which worsened as the race progressed, forced a long safety car period and then the red flags came out to end the race after 75% distance. 

Former GP2 star Oliver Turvey got his sportscar career off to a flying start by claiming pole position on his home track at Silverstone in the nr38 Jota Sport Zytek Nissan with a time of 1:48.032, eight tenths of a second ahead of his nearest rival Brendon Hartley in the nr18 Murphy Prototypes Oreca-Nissan.

Communiqué complet - Silverstone - un circuit sur lequel il faisait très beau ce matin. Les essais qualificatifs d'ELMS se sont déroulés sur piste sèche, ce qui a permis à tous les protagonistes de la course, de procéder à quelques réglages supplémentaires avant la course qui prendra son envol à 15h00.

Great sunny weather at the Silverstone race track today.

This morning it was on a wet and cold track that the European Le Mans Series competitors began their first free practice session of the day. But the sun made an appearance and it was in warmer conditions, although still on a wet track, that the second session was held this afternoon.

Key players in endurance racing, team principals, drivers, media and organisers came together this evening at Silverstone Circuit for a relaxed and informal gathering to celebrate the start of the 2013 endurance racing season.

British Ferrari team looks forward to Silverstone.

After 15 months of planning and preparation, there are now just three days remaining until Ram Racing takes to the track for its official European racing debut – the opening round of the 2013 European Le Mans Series.  Apprehension is mixed with anticipation and an overwhelming eagerness to get things started!  

While all the teams entered for the 2013 European Le Mans Series settle themselves in Silverstone's paddocks, the excitement mounts at the approach of the season's first race and drivers and team managers are delighted to be back on track. This is definitely the case for Xavier Combet, team manager of the French Thiriet by TDS Racing team, whose car will sport proudly the # 1 as 2012 LMP2 champion.

After testing sessions, here comes racing time ! Morand Racingwill make its racing debut in Silverstone next weekend in thehighly competitive European le Mans Series championship. Onmythic Northamptonshire race track, Natacha Gachnang and FranckMailleux will do everything possible to shine in LMP2 category !5 kms 901 long Silverstone racetrack consisting of 18corners will welcome competitors of the European leMans Series championship for the 9th time after racesin 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 et 2011.

More than fifteen nationalities are represented by teams and drivers on the entry list for the 2013 European Le Mans Series season. It was therefore important to organise high-level television coverage and to see the races broadcast in numerous countries.  The organisers are delighted to report that the potential number of households taking the highlights exceeds 600 million, with another potential 600+ million watching coverage through motorsport shows.  The number of countries in which the ELMS will be visible in 2013 is likely to be more than 100.

The weather at Le Castellet for day two of the European Le Mans Series (ELMS) test was cloudy but dry.  With two sessions being run today there was plenty of opportunity to fine tune the cars ahead of the opening round at Silverstone is just two weeks' time.

A warm and sunny day in the South of France greeted the teams and drivers taking part in the opening day of the official European Le Mans Series test.  After three sessions at the Paul Ricard Circuit the Morand Racing Morgan-Judd of Natacha Gachnang, Franck Mailleux and Kajim Ajlani set the fastest lap of the day with a time of 1:48.153 around the 5.791km track.

The Signatech-Alpine junior driver and the promising Swiss will drive the third ORECA-FLM 09entered by Team Endurance Challenge.The two men join Alex Loan/Matthieu Lecuyer and Soheil Ayari/Anthony Pons.

The ELMS teams get ready to travel to the south of France Paul Ricard circuit, for the coming official test session to be run on March 26 and 27th. Latest news…

The provisional entry list for the first race of the 2013 European Le Mans Series has been released and no less than thirty cars, divided into four categories, will take the start of the 3 Hours of Silverstone on 13th April.

3 drivers who know the team : two French and one English.

Bastien Brière, LMP2 driver in ELMS and Le Mans 24 Hours in 2012, Thomas Dagoneau and John Hartshorne, LMPC drivers with whom we won the title last year.

The entry list for the official European Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard (26/27 March) has been released with fifteen of the twenty-nine full season entries taking part in the two-day event on the full 5.7km Le Castellet track.

Looking to continue its endurance program in LM P2, Sébastien Loeb Racing requested an entry for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the European Le Mans Series at the beginning of the year. Although selected by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, the Alsacian team has made the decision to decline the invitation due to a sponsor's withdrawal at an advanced stage of discussions.

Famous Scottish squad confirms European Le Mans Series campaign

Over 60 years since the team was formed and following a successful full-time return to top-level sportscar racing in 2012, legendary Scottish outfit Ecurie Ecosse will continue its revival in 2013 running twin programmes in the GTC class of the European Le Mans Series and the GT3 category of the British GT Championship.

The French Alpine marque announced on Friday 8th March its return to endurance through the LMP2 category. Alpine has chosen to prepare itself for the greatest endurance race in the world with the Signatech team of Philippe Sinault and Didier Calmels, which is entered for a full seasonwith the European Le Mans Series and already registered on the list of entries for the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The 2013 European Le Mans Series:  more entertainment, more races and more teams.  The list of 29 entries for the European Le Mans Series has been unveiled but, before talking more about the teams, drivers or the series itself, it's important to bring to the fore some new areas which will change the look of endurance racing in Europe.  

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and Le Mans Endurance Management (LMEM) are pleased to announce that Michelin has been selected as the official tyre supplier for the LMPC and GTC classes in the 2013 European Le Mans Series.