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17.06.2007	Le Mans - Binnie Triumph Again...
	We made it! Binnie Motorsports - 1st in P2 - by a 'Le Mans' country mile! bring it on!! Well done to all the Binnie Boys - well deserved victory for all concerned. Congratulations are coming in from all over the globe, from friends and sponsors. A big thanks to Kumho for providing us with great tires and congrats to them-this is their best ever finish at Le Mans and we are pleased to bring that to them, and indeed all our sponsors - Carlisle Capital, Vanco, Chic Outlet Shopping (the first race for them, and a Le Mans win!), Click Culture, Red Hook, all our fans and everyone else who followed us. Thanks! To wrap it up, because we sat out most of the final hour in the pit garage to be safe, and also because we had no radio contact with Chris, we ended up finishing 18th overall. we completed 317 laps and made 28 pit stops. The race was won outright by Audi #1 - Pirro/Werner and Biela. GT1 spoils went to the #009 Aston Martin, and GT2 honours went to #15 Porsche IMSA Performance team. Well done to them too. Pics (left) courtesy of Motorsport.com.
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16.06.2007	Le Mans 2007 Final Timesheets
16.06.2007	Le Mans - Race Classification 19.00 CET
	Fairly easy last 2 hours with very little drama for the car. Allen put in an excellent double stint, holding on to P3 after re-taking the Del Bello Courage. Chris is now lapping, in the midst of his 1st ever Le Mans stint. Weather has improved drastically-dry track and sun is out, and yes, it's 9pm! Currently Chris lapping in the 3.52's, 3 seconds faster than the chasing Del Bello car. Leading the class is Adrian Fernandez, now in the Lowes Zytek, heading up the Quifel Lola with Miguel de Castro behind the wheel. Top 4 LMP2 positions (with drivers currently driving) 1. A.Fernandez Zytek/Barazi/Lowes Racing 82 laps 2. M.De Castro Quifel Racing 81 3. C.Buncombe Binnie Motorsport/Carlisle 80 4. R.Ianetta Noel Del Bello Racing 80 LMP2 cars out of race #21 Bruicladdich Racing Lola - heavy accident damage Overall Race and class Leaders: LMP1 top 6: 1. Audi Sport USA Audi R10/Audi 89 laps 2. Audi Sport USA Audi R10/Audi 88 laps 3. Team Total Peugeot Peugeot HDi 86 4. Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo/Judd 86 5. Pescarolo Sport Pescarolo/Judd 84 6. Charouz Racing Lola/Judd 83 GT1 top 3: 1. Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 83 laps 2. Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin DBR9 82 3. Corvette Racing Corvette GT 82 GT2 top 3: 1. Risi Competizione Ferrari F430LM 79 laps 2. Flying Lizard Mspts Porsche 997 78 3. Autorlando Sport Porsche 997 78 Notable Retirements: Audi Joest Racing # 3 - Accident Corvette Racing # 64 - Propshaft
15.06.2007	Thursday Qualifying and final Grid position …
	The 4 hours of running last evening were engulfed in heavy rainfall, meaning that nobody improved on their Wednesday qualifying times. We caught up with Bill Binnie today (Friday) on the build up to the race. “We’ve had a faultless week so far. No complaints. The car has run like clockwork, and the team has done a fantastic job with preparation. Both Allen and Chris have also done fantastically well, and we are going into the race in good shape. We have a very good Kumho dry tire and a ‘good’ wet tire, and now we have an excellent wet setup. To be honest, I just want to get on with it now”. He added “I maintain that this race is not about qualifying at all, though a decent start place does help a little. We have just that, with our 3rd in class qualifying and inside the top 20. It really won’t make too much difference come the start of the race. We will be working to a strategy, as will all the other teams, and our aim is to be there at the finish”. Mechanic Martin Jarvis added “Today we’re installing the race engine and going through the car’s system to check everything is working correctly. We are all looking forward to the race now”. This afternoon the drivers will be on-parade for the public masses, through the streets of Le Mans city on vintage French cars. Let’s hope it dries up for that!
09.05.2007	Look ahead to Le Mans
	This year 55 cars have been invited to start Le Mans, and we are no exception. Binnie Motorsports is aiming for a fourth consecutive podium with a Lola chassis. Already after returning from Valencia, work has begun preparing for the June 2 test weekend. With some trepidation, hopes are high. We have the advantage of knowing the car well, and the engine package, but development never stops at this level of racing. New for us this year at Le Mans will be Chris Buncombe. The young Englishman has already proved his worth to us, and has integrated himself into the Binnie Motorsports 'fold' very well. In fact, he took his first race win for us sharing our Lola T212 with Bill in the Classic Endurance Race at Valencia. Also new to us at Le Mans are the Kumho Tires. But, the Korean manufacturer, in 2 appearances at Le Mans have taken 2 podiums, and we have tested extensively with them, enough to know we will have as good a chance as anyone else going into the race next month. Over the next few weeks we will be running a competition to win some rather special team merchandise and also we will keep you up to date with our progress before, during and after the test weekend, with the build up to the race week thereafter.
03.06.2007	24 Heures Du Mans - Test Day

The countdown has begun for the 55 teams invited to take part in the test day on 3rd June with the aim of making it onto the grid for the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours.

16.06.2007

24 Heures Du Mans - 75th Edition

One of the major changes for the 2007 race is that the start has been brought forward to 15h00 because of the second round of the legislative elections. This modification will help facilitate the return journey of the hundreds of thousands of spectators who will have attended an exceptional race.

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Le Mans Story 2007: Binnie Win LMP2

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Le Mans Race Reports 2007

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Special Le Mans 24 Hours Competition

THE WINNER IS ….Nicholas Baines, come on down!

Our lucky Binnie Motorsports Le Mans competition winner is Nicholas Baines, from the UK got all 5 questions correct, as over 70% of the 106 entries did. The answers are as follows:

2004
Kumho Tires
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Maserati MC12 and Ferrari F360 Modena
3rd in class

Thanks to all of you from around the World who took the time and trouble send in your entries. Lots of you got all correct but there could only be one winner and Nick was drawn out of the hat first. Most incorrect answers were to question 4. Nick, please get in touch by sending an email to binniems@gmail.com - we need your address to send you the goodies!