On Sunday 24 October, the 4 Hours of Portimão will bring the curtain down on the 2021 European Le Mans Series season with what is shaping up to be an exciting race. No fewer than 41 cars will take to the Algarve track where titles in LMP2 Pro/Am, LMP3 and LMGTE are still to be decided.
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ELMS – HIghlights and winner reactions from the 4 Hours of Barcelona
Orlen Team WRT, Cool Racing and Iron Lynx triumphed in their respective classes at the 4 Hours of Barcelona. Here are the race highlights as well as reactions from winners Louis Delétraz, Mattew Bell and Matteo Cressoni.
Louis Delétraz, #41 ORECA 07-Gibson of Orlen Team WRT: It was my first start in endurance so it was something quite new and I wasn t sure what to expect exactly. I was very surprised by what the G-Drive did by driving so slow that it created cars behind. I just tried to follow the rules, not overtaking before the line, but it wasn t that easy. Then as the race went on, I couldn t really pass. I saw an opportunity and prayed [it would work]. So I pushed and that was the end of my stint, so I tried to give the maximum gap to my teammates and have a clean race. It was pretty straightforward. As a team, everyone is new. I think everyone did a great job and I think the best way to start was thi
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2020 has been a year like no other in recent history. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, it was an achievement to even have a racing season at all.
For many, this will have been a year of loss and of hardship. It certainly won’t be a year that we look back on fondly away from the track, but being able to escape into the sport of touring car racing will have provided many of us with a much-needed distraction.
With that in mind, here is our annual quiz of the year; a bumper 20-question edition to celebrate a remarkable year of racing in the context of such adversity.