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Dindo Capello admitted that his incident early in the Le Mans Series race at Monza was one of the biggest impacts of his career as the Italian - and team-mate Allan McNish - hit problems for the second straight event.

Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin have taken victory in the second round of the Le Mans Series at Monza but only after a late race incident between Lamy and Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller.

Pedro Lamy and Stephane Sarrazin have taken victory in the second round of the Le Mans Series at Monza but only after a late race incident between Lamy and Audi driver Mike Rockenfeller.

1. Gene/Minassian Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi 1mins 31.528secs LMP1 2. Sarrazin/Lamy Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi 1mins 32.174secs LMP1

Peugeot scored the first blow in the burgeoning diesel battle at the opening round of the Le Mans Series in Barcelona today, as the 908 HDi FAP of Marc Gene and Nicolas Minassian beat diesel rivals, Audi by a clear lap.

1. LAMY/SARRAZIN Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:31.875 LMP1 2. GENE/MINASSIAN Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 Hdi-FAP 1:32.454 LMP1 3. CAPELLO/McNISH Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R10 TDI 1:33.250 LMP1

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The ACO has revealed the 55 entrants and eight reserves for the 2008 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The full season entry list for the 2008 Le Mans Series has been revealed, with 50 cars set to take part in the five-event calendar during the season ahead.

Allan McNish has sent out a warning to drivers entering Formula 1 to be prepared to have to battle at the back end of the grid before making their way up the pecking order, after he finally got his big break in the top flight more than a decade on from first getting a taste of F1 power.

The British Racing Drivers' Club has confirmed that Le Mans legend Tony Rolt died earlier this week, aged 89.

James Watt Automotive has confirmed that it will expand to run two cars in the 2008 Le Mans Series after purchasing a new Aston Martin Vantage for the coming season.

1. Minassian/Gene Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 374 laps LMP1 2. Sarrazin/Lamy Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi-FAP 362 laps LMP1

Larbre's hopes of keeping the fight for second place in the GT1 championship standings alive has ended after rivals Luc Alphand Aventures protested a plan by the French team to run its lone entry into the Mil Milhas under as the #50.

Henri Pescarolo and Saulnier Racing's Jacques Nicolet are to join forces to create new organisation to run under the title of Group Pescarolo Automobiles.

Sixteen year old Max Chilton is to make his Le Mans Series debut alongside his brother Tom in the latest round of the championship at Silverstone.

Darren Turner is to return to the Team Modena line-up for the second time this season at Silverstone as he aims to help the team to success in its home round of the Le Mans Series next month.

Team Modena secured a podium finish on the resumption of racing in the Le Mans Series, with Antonio Garcia and Christian Fittipaldi taking second in the GT1 class at the Nurburgring.

Although unable to match the top ten result collected in 2006, Team Modena was given reason to smile at Le Mans after the British outfit was chosen by the Auto Club de L'Ouest as recipients of the Prix Escra for the best technical performance of any team at this year's race.

The race leading Audi of Dindo Capello, Allan McNish and Tom Kristensen has hit trouble at Le Mans after losing a wheel and going off into the tyre wall.

The official running order of the 2007 Le Mans 24 Hours as the race passes the halfway mark at 2am local time.

For the second successive season, Audi trio Emanuele Pirro, Marco Werner and Frank Biela have secured victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

1. Pirro/Biela/Werner Audi Sport North America Audi R10 Tdi 369 laps LMP1 2. Bourdais/Sarrazin/Lamy Team Peugeot Total Peugeot 908 HDi FAP 359 laps LMP1

Team Modena is fighting back in the Le Mans 24 Hours after losing time following a failed suspension damper that dropped the #59 Aston Martin DBR9 out of the battle for the top three places.