News in Brief for 25 January

More information has come to light about the Fernandez Aston Martin rumours. That plus Toyota rumours update, news from the Le Mans Series and the Prototype Lites Series


  • More detail has emerged on the Fernandez Aston Martin rumours. Not only has the rumour gained in detail but major publications have picked up the story. What we have learnt includes:
    - It will be the endurance races plus Long Beach
    - Le Mans will also be planned
    - Fernandez hopes to finalise the deal bu then end of the month
    - The car would remain in Gulf colours.
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  • Rebellion Racing have received their 2010 cars. The team will be using new-for-2010 Lola B10/60.
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  • Toyota have revealed to Endurance-Series that they are not planning on a LMP1 campaign at this stage. A campaign with the Lexus LFA still may be a possibility
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  • The Cooper Tires Prototype Lites has announced that they will run one endurance round of 75 minutes in 2010. This round will take place at the Laguna Seca.
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  • Stephane Sarrizan ended up finishing fourth in the Rally Monte Carlo, the first Peugeot home. He finished behind Mikko Hirvonen (Ford), Juho Hanninen (Skoda) and Nicolas Vouilloz (Skoda)
  • Sam Tickell