Nissan Tag

Darren Cox, the man responsible for putting molding Nissan’s LMP1 program from scratch has left the Japanese company. Cox had been a part of Nissan since moving from its sister company, Renault, in 2005. Aside from the LMP1 program, Cox was involved in LMP2, GT3, and V8 Supercars programs for Nissan. Cox also oversaw the launch of the GT Academy in 2008, that since has grown all over the world and produced drivers such as Jann Mardenborough, Lucas Ordonez and Gaetan Paletou. “The decision to leave Nissan and the AllianceRead More

The 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans turned out to be a historic homecoming for Porsche claiming a 1-2 victory. My pre-race predictions were somewhat less successful, let’s see how they turned out class by class. LMP1 Winner: I had predicted the No. 18 Porsche driven by Neel Jani, Marc Lieb and Romain Dumas. I didn’t get the number right but the marque was correct as the sister car driven by Nico Hulkenberg, Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber was victorious. The 18 finished fifth. Dark Horse: Eighth place was the bestRead More

Halfway into the running of the 83rd 24 Hours of Le Mans and Porsche leads Audi as the two rival marques battle neck and neck for victory in the year’s most important motor race. Night has fully descended around Circuit de la Sarthe and the lead prototypes are slashing their way through traffic, lights flashing, drivers fully awake for the long haul till dawn. LMP1 F1 hot shoe Nico Hulkenberg handed over the No. 19 Porsche 919 to team mate Nick Tandy at the 9 hour mark, just past midnightRead More

Porsche is once again, back on top at Le Mans. Neel Jani stormed the circuit early tonight in the first of Le Mans, customary three qualifying sessions. He claimed a new track record of 3 minutes 16.887 seconds for the 8 megajoule 919 hybrid. His lap beat the previous record of 3 minutes 18.513 seconds held by Stephane Sarrazin in the formidable Peugeot 908 HDI-FAP. Smashing a record held by Peugeot was fitting for Porsche as their trifecta of 919’s poses the greatest threat Audi has faced at La SartheRead More

With all the hype over Nissan’s new GT-R LM Le Mans prototype, we use this week’s #tbt theater to take a look at Nissan’s last great Le Mans challenger; the R390 GT1. Here is a classic clip of it in action. Enjoy.Read More