Simon Pagenaud will contest the Pikes Peak Hill Climb with Honda which has entered nine cars in a number of different classes. Simon came eighth at last weekend's IndyCar race ay Long Beach. With three rounds of the IZOD IndyCar series completed, he is 13th in the provisional standings.

Audi Sport has appointed Dieter Gass as manager of its DTM programme and Christopher Reinke as the boss of its LMP endurance racing programme.

It is said that F1 driver Mark Webber has signed a five-year contract with Porsche from 2014...

The official LMP qualifying positions at Silversone are: Overall: 1, Toyota 7. 2, Toyota 8 (+1.974s). 3, Audi 2 (+3.262s). 4, Rebellion 12 (+4.103s). 5, Audi 1 (+5.467s). Etc. LMP2: 1, Oreca03-Nissan 25. 2, Morgan-Nissan 24. 3, Oreca03-Nissan 26. Etc.

Le Mans... Starworks Motorsport has withdrawn from June's Le Mans 24 Hours. Its place will be taken by the Swiss team Morand Racing (Morgan-Judd LMP2) which has been invited to compete in the 90th anniversary race.

Strakka Racing has acquired P1 Motorsport. The new operation, which will be known as P1 by Strakka Racing, will enter Formula Renault 3.5 cars in the World Series by Renault 2013 for Will Stevens and Matias Laine.

Asian Le Mans Series... The 2013 calendar will kick off on August 4 in South Korea. The championship will feature four three-hour races. The LMGTE class has been dropped.

ELMS - official test, Paul-Ricard, France: Wednesday morning saw the N°36 Alpine-Nissan/Michelin claim the fastest time of this year's ELMS test when Nelson Panciatici posted a 1m47.652s. In total, the car completed a distance of 1,447km (250 laps) over the two days. The fastest LMGTE time (1m58.226s) was the work of Johnny Mowlen in the N°52 Ferrari/Michelin (RAM Racing).

ELMS - official testing, Paul-Ricard, France: the fastest lap of the morning's session was posted by Jota Sport's Simon Dolan (1m48.582s) in the N°38 Zytek-Nissan. The best effort of the afternoon was the work of Natacha Gachnang (1m48.153s) in the N°43 Morgan-Judd (Morand Racing). The Alpine-liveried, Signatech-run N°36 Oreca03-Nissan/Michelin completed the day with the third quickest time.

12 Hours of Sebring: Audi picked up a one-two finish in Florida with the e-tron quattro/Michelins of Fassler/Tréluyer/Jarvis and Di Grassi/McNish/Kristensen (2nd, +7.679s). Third place went to Rebellion Racing's Lola-Toyota (Heidfeld/Prost/Jani). The LMP2 class produced a one-two, too, for the HPD-ARX03b prototypes of Level 5 Motorsports. The GT battle was won by the Corvette/Michelin of Gavin/Milner/Westbrook who were followed across the line by the Risi Competizione Ferrari and the N°17 Porsche. The race brought Michelin its 15th victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring.

12 Hours of Sebring (halfway): the N°2 and N°1 Audi/Michelins are split by just +8.6s and continue to top the order in Florida, ahead of the N°12 Lola-Toyota (+2 laps) and the N°6 HPD. Meanwhile, there's a thrilling battle in the GT class between the N°62 Ferrari, the N°17 Porsche and the N°56 BMW which are covered by two seconds! The N°4 and N°3 Corvettes and the N°97 and N°007 Aston Martins have all been delayed by mechanical problems. The LMP2 order is currently topped by the N°551 and N°552 Level 5 HPDs.

12 Hours of Sebring (after 1 hour): the N°1 and N°2 Audi e-tron quattro/Michelins have pulled out an assertive lead already. Their closest chasers are the N°6 HPD (Muscle Milk) and the N°12 Lola-Toyota. The GT class is currently led by the N°44 Corvette/Michelin, ahead of the N°48 Porsche and the N°62 Risi Ferrari. The N°3 Corvette, the N°97 Aston Martin, the N°16 Lola-Mazda and the Deltawing have all suffered early delays...

Le Mans 24 Hours / ELMS: Sébastien Loeb Racing (Oreca-Nissan LMP2) has withdrawn its entry for Le Mans and the 2013 ELMS. This news will allow Switzerland-based Race Performance (Oreca-Judd LMP2) to race at Le Mans instead.

WEC: Ferrari AF Corse has recruited the former Japanese F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi for the 2013 WEC. Kobayashi, 26, started 60 F1 Grands Prix for Toyota, BMW Sauber and Sauber.

WEC: OAK Racing has named its driver line-ups for the two Nissan-engined LMP2 Morgans it will run in the 2013 WEC 2013. They are Olivier Pla/Alex Brundle/David Heinemeier-Hansson for the N°24 car and Bertrand Baguette/Martin Plowman/Ricardo Gonzalez for the N°35 car.

Le Mans 24 Hours: withdrawal of the Ferrari Extreme Speed Motorsport entry. The N°98 Aston Martin Vantage to take its place in the LMGTE Pro class.

ELMS: Michelin has been named by the ACO and LMEM as the exclusive tyre supplier to the championship's LMPC (FLM09) and LMGTC (GT3) classes. LMGTC runners will be able to use up to three sets of slicks per race weekend.

ALMS: The new BMW Z4 GTE unveiled at Daytona will race on Michelin tyres. RLL will run two cars in 2013. The N°55 car will be shared by Bill Auberlen and Belgium's Maxime Martin. The N°56 will be in the hands of Dirk Müller and Joey Hand or John Edwards.

The ACO has received 71 entries for the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours. Only 56 will be officially invited to take part. Who will they be? Details will be announced on Friday, February 1.

6 Hours of Shanghai - Free Practice 3: The third and last free practice session took place in mixed (dry/damp) conditions. Alex Wurz (Toyota TS030 Hybrid/Michelin) was fastest again (1m48.979s), ahead of the N°2 Audi (+1.618s) and N°1 Audi (+2.938s). The best LMP2 time was the work of the N°24 Morgan-Nissan, while the N°77 and N°88 Porsches were fastest in the LMGTE Pro and LMGTE Am classes respectively.

6 Hours of Fuji: Toyota topped the timesheet in the first test session in Japan this morning. This afternoon, the two Audi e-tron quattros were first and second. The TS030 Hybrid was third.

6 Hours of Bahrain (half-distance, after three hours): 1, Audi 1 (95 laps). 2, Audi 2, +1 lap. 3, Lola-Toyota 12, +3 laps. 4, HPD-ARX03a 21, +3 laps. 5, Toyota 7, +4 laps. Etc. LMGTE Pro: 1, Ferrari 71. 2, Ferrari 51. 3, Aston Martin 97. Etc. LMP2: 1, HPD-ARX03b 44. Etc. LMGTE Am: Porsche 88. Etc..

6 Hours of Bahrain: The N°7 Toyota TS030 Hybrid has dropped four laps following a problem with a side body panel (race number lighting). Audi 1 now leads ahead of Audi 2.

6 Hours of Bahrain, positions after 1 hour: 1, Toyota 7. 2, Audi 1, +24s. 3, Lola-Toyota 12, +58s. 4, HPD-ARX03a 21, +1 lap. 5, Audi 2, 1 lap (rear brakes problem and new front end, with lights). Etc. LMGTE Pro: 1, Aston Martin 97. 2, Ferrari 51. 3, Ferrari 71. Etc.

WEC Bahrain: the N°1 Audi of Treluyer/Lotterer/Fassler posted the best time of the three free practice sessions (1m47.403s), ahead of the N°2 Audi (Kristensen/McNish) and the N°7 Toyota (Wurz/Lapierre).

6 Hours of Sao Paulo: the N°1 Audi e-tron quattro and the N°2 Audi R18 were fastest in the first free practice session for the Brazilian round of the WEC. The Toyota TS030 Hybrid and Strakka's HPD-ARX03a were third and fourth. The fastest LMGTE Pro runner was the N°51 Ferrari AF Corse, ahead of the N°77 Porsche.

Rebellion Racing has entered a Lola-Toyota/Michelin for Jani/Prost/Belicchi for Petit Le Mans (final round of the ALMS and ELMS). Romain Dumas will drive the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD-ARX03a .

The WRT R8 LMS/Michelin of Bonanomi/Vanthoor/Sandström/Kumpen won last weekend's 24 Hours of Zolder ahead of the Prospeed Compétition Porsche/Michelin. It was Audi and Michelin's fourth win together in a 24-hour race together this year.

Alex Brundle has been recruited by OAK Racing for the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo. He will share the N°35 Morgan-Nissan with Bertrand Baguette and Dominik Kraihamer.

North America's two endurance racing championships will merge in 2014.

ALMS: one-two glory for the Level 5 Motorsport LMP2 prototypes at Baltimore and GT success for the Falken Porsche. For all the latest ALMS news, go to Michelin Alley!

Frenchman Guillaume Moreau, who suffered spinal injuries in an accident during the pre-Le Mans test day on June 3, has been discharged from the specialist unit where he has been receiving treatment in Le Mans. He will continue his re-education at Limoges hospital. Keep it going, Guillaume!

Following a request by the FIA, the ACO has changed the date of the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours by one week. The event will now take place on June 22-23, 2013. The Test Day will be held on June 9.

Audi n°1 wins the 8 Hours of Silverstone

Safety car in at Silverstone.

Safety Car deployed after 146 laps following accident of the N°23 Oreca-Nissan LMP2

After Twi-thirds of race: 1, Audi 1 (133 laps). 2, Toyota 7 (+22s). 3, Audi 2 (1m29s). Etc. / GTE Pro: 1, Ferrari 51 (116 laps). 2, Aston Martin (+6s). 3, Ferrari 66. Etc

Green light at Silverstone again, but Toyota 7 passes the Audi 2 at the re-start. The Audi2 (McNish) is now a lap down on the leaders!

Safety car deployed after 64 laps completed.

Unscheduled pit-stop for Audi 2 (McNish). The rear-right tyre was changed. The order is Toyota 7, Audi 1 (+6.7s) and Audi 2. The N°2 Audi also dropped a few seconds during its second (scheduled) pit-stop

Positions after 1 hour: Toyota 7 (33 laps), Audi 1 (+8.804s), Audi 2 (21.713s), Lola12, HPD21, etc. LMGTE Pro: Porsche 77 (29 laps), Aston Martin 97 (+1.363s), Ferrari 51 (+4,392s). Etc. LMGTE Pro: Porsche 88 (28 laps), Ferrari 61 (+1.4s), Aston Martin 98 (+3s). Etc.

After the first round of refuelling stops, Toyota 7 (Wurz) leads Audi 1 (Lotterer) and Audi 2 (Kristensen).

12:39pm - Slightly earlier than predicted: Toyota 7 is the first front-runner to pit for fuel. Audi is first and second.

After 30 minutes: Toyota7 pulling clear in front (+5.793s). LMGTE order: Porsche77 (Lietz), 14 laps. Ferrari 61 (Bruni), +1.111s. Aston Martin (Turner), +2.831s. Etc.

Wurz (Toyota 7) takes advantage of traffic to pass Lotterer (Audi 1) into the lead...

Positions after 10 laps: Audi1 (Lotterer). Toyota7 (Wurz, who made a great start), +1.712s. Audi2 (Kristensen), +4.846s. Lola 12 (Jani), +28.304s. HPD21 (Kane), +33.845. Etc.

The last round of the 2012 World Endurance Championship has been postponed one day. It will now take place in Sunday, October 28.

Lucas di Grassi will share the N°2 Audi R18 ultra/Michelin with Tom Kristensen and Allan McNish at the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo, round 5 of the 2012 WEC.

Luxury Racing, which had entered two Ferrari 458s for the 6 Hours of Silverstone (one in the LMGTE Pro class and one in LMGTE Am) has withdrawn from the race.

GT300 teams contesting the SuperGT championship will be able to take part in the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series (GTC class). Their performance will be adjusted to ensure a balance with the LMGTE runners. GT300 cars will still not be authorised to compete in the WEC or at Le Mans.

Roman Dumas took his Michelin-equipped Porsche GT3-R to second place at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. The Frenchman finished just 0.017s short of Hyundai Genesis driver Rhys Millen (9m46.964s).

The first practice session for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb saw Romain Dumas (Porsche 911 GT3 R/Michelin) post the fastest time in the Open class. The event was postponed until August 12 as a result of the bad fires which affected the state of Colorado at the beginning of July.

A one-two finish for Audi/Michelin at Spa 24 Hours. The N°16 Audi R8 LMS ultra of Piccini/Rast/Stippler was first past the flag, ahead of the German make's N°1 car (Mies/Ortelli/Haase). The N°66 and N°3 Michelin-equipped BMW Z4s were third and fourth, while the N°6 Audi (Lotterer/Fassler/Kristensen) recovered from an early delay to finish sixth.

Violent storms at Spa have caused the 'Super Pole' session to be cancelled. The N°66 Vita4One BMW Z4/Michelin (Lauda/Kechele/Franchi) and the similar Marc VDS Racing car (Palttala/Martin/Leinders) will consequently start from the front row. The 2012 Spa 24 Hours kicks off tomorrow (Saturday) at 4pm local time.

The ELMS teams will join their ALMS counterparts at Petit Le Mans. The next (and last) round of the 2012 European Le Mans Series will take place in the USA at Road Atlanta (October 17-20). The previously scheduled races in the Czech Republic (Brno) and Portugal (Algarve) have been cancelled.

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest has announced that one of the 2013 Asian Le Mans Series rounds will take place in Indonesia at Sentul (Java).

The fastest time in Q1 for the Spa 24 Hours (2m19.473s) was posted by Franck Kechele in the Vita4One BMW Z4/Michelin. The best lap in Q2 (night-time) was the work of the N°6 Audi/Michelin of Fassler/Lotterer/Kristensen. The 20 fastest cars will take part in Friday afternoon's Super Pole shooutout.

Bruno Famin has been nominated Director of Peugeot Sport.

The Donington 6 Hours, round two of the 2012 ELMS, was won by the N°35 OAK Racing Morgan-Nissan (Pla/Baguette/Enjalbert), ahead of the Thiriet by TDS Racing Oreca03-Nissan (Beche/Thiriet). The LMGTE-Am battle was won by the Imsa-Performance-Matmut Porsche/Michelin (Pons/Armindo/Narac).

The 90th anniversary Le Mans 24 Hours will take place on the weekend of June 15-16, 2013.

The Krohn Racing Ferrari 458 (LMGTE Am) will race on Michelin rubber for the remainder of its FIA World Endurance Championship programme. Next round: Silverstone.

In addition to testing work with Michelin and his race programmes with Hexis Racing (GT1) and Luxury Racing (WEC), Fred Makowiecki is now the father of a baby daughter, Doriee. LeMansLive.com extends its very best wishes to both parents

Only 15 cars - including 10 LMP2 prototypes - are expected to start the Six Hours of Donington, round two of the 2012 European Le Mans Series. Free practice takes place on Friday, July 13, with qualifying on the Saturday and the start of the race itself on Sunday at 11:55am.

In a period of less than one month, the circuit at Le Mans has atttracted almost 350,000 spectators: 240,000 for the Le Mans 24 Hours and 109,000 for last weekend's Le Mans Classic, where the different classes were won by a Talbot (Lago), Jaguar (Type D), Lotus, Ford (GT40), Lola (T70 MkIII) and Gulf Mirage.

Victory for the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing (Graf/Luhr) HPD-ARX03a/Michelin at Lime Rock Park. GT honours went to the N°45 Flying Lizard Porsche/Michelin of Bergmeister/Long. Find all the latest ALMS news in 'The Alley' section of www.LeMansLive.com!

There are 75 cars entered for the Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hours (July 28-29), including a Sébastien Loeb Racing Mercedes SLS.

The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) resumes this weekend at Lime Rock (30 entries). Michelin's prototype partners will be the Muscle Milk Pickett Racing HPD-ARX03a (LMP1) and Dempsey Racing's Lola-Judd (LMP2). In GT, Michelin will race with the factory Corvettes, Flying Lizard Porsches and Extreme Speed Ferraris.

Faced with epic conditions and safety concerns related to the wildfires threatening Colorado Springs, the 90th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is being postponed until later in the summer.

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