Locally-based Strakka Racing will make a high-profile return to the 2008 Le Mans Series for the season finale at Silverstone on September 14th. The team's regular pairing of Nick Leventis and Peter Hardman will be calling upon the services of one of the trio of drivers who helped steer Aston Martin to a second successive GT1 victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours this year, Darren Turner.

Autosport magazine backs Le Mans Series' Silverstone finale

The fifth and final round of the Le Mans Series at Silverstone over 12-14 September will be sponsored by Autosport -- the UK's biggest selling weekly motorsport magazine.

With the relaxing of the engine rules for Le Mans Style series, rumour has been heating up on who may use the 7.0 litre Chevrolet unit that is currently been used in the GT1 car.

Peugeot took a 1-2, helping their title hopes

Peugeot
Audi
Porsche
Charouz Aston Martin
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Van Merksteijn took the LMP2 title at the Nurburgring

Ferrari
Modena
Van Merksteijn
Horag
Saulnier Racing
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More points for RML at the Nurburgring

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Lola
Zytek
QUIFEL-ASM
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After an early race drama, Primat and Tinseau were able to score an unlikely point

Harold Primat
Liz Halliday
Rob Bell
Tomas Enge
Michelin
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Peugeot maintains record with victory in Germany

A perfect race in perfect conditions saw Peugeot score a 1-2 finish at the fourth race in the 2008 Le Mans Series at the Nurburgring. In front of 22,000 spectators, Stephane Sarrazin and Pedro Lamy led home their team-mates Marc Gene and Nicolas Minassian, the two diesel-powered prototypes crossing the line 16 seconds apart after 1000kms. The race was completed in five hours, 44 minutes at an average speed of 174km/h (108 mph) around the 5.137km circuit.

Peugeot have taken another pole in an effort to keep their perfect Le Mans Series record

Magnifique! What other word to describe the performance of the Peugeot Total team in qualifying at the Nurburgring, as Marc Gene snatched pole position from his team-mate Pedro Lamy to put the 908 HDi-FAP diesel prototypes on the front row of the grid. And in third place was the Aston Martin Lola of the Charouz Racing System team after a fantastic performance from Berliner Stefan Mucke, who out-paced Alexandre Premat and Rinaldo 'Dindo' Capello in their Audi R10 TDI diesel prototypes.

The diesel battle will return to the USA at Petit Le Mans

In addition to its bid to defend its Le Mans Series title, Peugeot Sport is already focusing its resources on its preparations for the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours. To this end, an entry for October's Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta has been added to the 908 HDi FAP's programme.

The Audis will start 4th and 5th

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Audi
Charouz Aston Martin
Porsche
Van Merksteijn
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The Speedy/Sebah Lola behind the Lavaggi P1 car

Speedy/Sebah
QUIFEL-ASM
Spyker Squadron
Tomas Enge
Michelin
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After announcing a deal to race with Creation AIM at the final two rounds of the American Le Mans Series earlier in the week, Liz Halliday will get a much earlier opportunity to race the team’s CA07 chassis than originally expected, having been called up to contest this weekend’s Nurburgring 1000kms.

Peugeot will be looking to come back strongly after not winning at Le Mans

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Audi
Porsche
Pescarolo
Harold Primat
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It will take a great run from another P2 car to beat the Van Merksteijn Porsche

Van Merksteijn
QUIFEL-ASM
Spyker Squadron
Michelin
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Spyker's new trucks...

Zeewolde, 9 august 2008 - Earlier this year Volvo Truck Nederland and Spyker Squadron negotiated an agreement for the use of two Volvo trucks until the end of the 2010 race season. The trucks will be used to transport the race trailers with the race cars of the SNORAS Spyker Squadron team that races in the famous 24-hours of Le Mans and in the Le Mans Series. Last Friday, at the Spyker Cars factory in Zeewolde, Spyker Squadron took delivery of their two state of the art Volvo FH520 Trucks.

Rumour has surfaced surrounding van Merksteijn's continued participation in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2009.

The test organized by the German based team KSM has become a great success for the two young Italian pilots that have participated at this test held on the "Lausitzring" Francesco Sini from Pescara (Italy), driver of the Radical SR8 of Radical Italy in the Radical European Masters has amazed even at his first experience with a LMP-2 racing car.

Monday the 4th of August will be a good day for Italian Autosport and in particular for 2 young Italian pilots as they will have the opportunity to test in one of motorsports most appraised series.