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Spyker finishes fifth at Nürburgring

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Nürburgring, 17 Augustus 2008 - After a long break in the Le Mans Series calendar, the last race was at Spa in May, the championship continued this weekend with the Nürburgring 1000 km. In the hard-fought race, the #85 SNORAS Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R finished in fifth place.

Nürburgring 1000 km qualifying report

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Nürburgring, 16 Augustus 2008 - In sunny weather conditions SNORAS Spyker Squadron qualified seventh and ninth for tomorrows Nürburgring 1000 km race. Peter Dumbreck qualified the #85 SNORAS Spyker Squadron car and set a quickest time of 1:59.613, 1.7 seconds behind the GT2 pole position. Benjamin Leuenberger set a best of 2:00.132 in the #94 Speedy Racing Team Spyker.

SPYKER SQUADRON Nürburgring preview

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Zeewolde, 13 august 2008 - After a short break racing resumes this weekend for SNORAS Spyker Squadron. The fourth round of the Le Mans Series; the 1000 km of the Nürburgring is the team’s second last race this year.

VOLVO DELIVERS NEW TRUCKS FOR SPYKER SQUADRON

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200

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.

SNORAS Spyker Squadron wins Omnitel 1000 km

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Palanga, 19 July 2008 - In good weather conditions SNORAS Spyker Squadron started from pole position in the Baltic's biggest endurance race; the Omnitel 1000 km. The annual held race drew many thousands spectators to the top-class Lithuanian beach resort of Palanga for the 50-car grid with entrants from several Baltic countries.

Spyker Squadron: Le Mans 24 hours race report

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

At exactly three o’clock this afternoon the field of 55 prototypes and GT’s crossed the finish line. For the first time the green flag was not waved from the Rolex tower at the finish line but at 400 kms above the track from the international space station.

24h Du Mans: Warm-up report

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Both cars went out minutes after the green flag was given at nine o’clock this morning. Andrea Chiesa did the 45 minute warm-up session in the #94 Speedy Racing car and Peter Dumbreck and Ralf Kelleners shared time in the #85 SNORAS Spyker Squadron car.

Le Mans 24 hours after two hours

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Le Mans, 14 June – It is 17:00 and we are two hours in the race of the 76th run of the ‘24 Heures du Mans’. At exactly three o’clock this afternoon the field of 55 prototypes and GT’s crossed the finish line. For the first time the green flag was not waved from the Rolex tower at the finish line but at 400 kms above the track from the international space station.

Le Mans 24 hours after four hours

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Le Mans, 14 June – After four hours of racing unfortunately the #85 car is in the box with an engine problem. The other car also had to return for a quick repair as the alternator did not work properly.

Le Mans 24 hours after six hours

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

The Swiss Speedy Racing Team Spyker, the last car still running, has been officially retired from the race with an engine failure.

24h Du Mans: Qualifying report

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Le Mans, 12 June – After yesterday’s action packed qualifying sessions, the teams got another chance today to further improve their race setup and qualifying times today. Like yesterday two two-hour session were scheduled and today’s goal was to finalise a satisfactionary setup for this weekend’s race.

24h Du Mans: Qualifying Session 2

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Besides completing the mandatory three night laps for each driver, the Dutch team continued to work on the setup of their cars for the race in the second two-hour session today. Although the #85 car with Peter Dumbreck behind the wheel did improve times their plans for a quick lap towards the end of the second session were abandoned due to a second code red.

24h Du Mans: Qualifying Session 3

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Both crews continued to work on a further refinement of the setup in a session dominated by accidents. The first qualifying session this evening, the third out of a total of four sessions, started at 19:00 in dry conditions. Just before the start a few showers caused the track to be wet but with the sun replacing the cloud and medium winds all cars went out on slicks.

Both cars passed scruteneering

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Another major step was taken yesterday in SNORAS Spyker Squadron’s road to Le Mans. Early in the morning both cars were transported by truck to the ‘Place des Jacobins’, downtown Le Mans, for the official ACO scruteneering. A large crowd gathered in the historical city centre to watch the administrative and technical checks from close distance.

24h Du Mans: Qualifying Session 1

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

After last weeks weather drama the majority of time in the first session was spent on installation laps and setup of both cars. Alexei Vasiliev started in the #85 car before switching places with Ralf Kelleners after 40 minutes. The weather conditions in Le Mans are windy, dry and with 25 degrees at the begin of the session it was still warm. The crew closely monitored engine temperatures as well as the cockpit temperature which is set to a maximum of 32 degrees centigrade.

SNORAS Spyker Squadron Official Le Mans test

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200

As per last Wednesday SNORAS Spyker Squadron exchanged their Zeewolde based workshop for their new home: two pit boxes, three trailers and an old land house inside the track form their base of operations for the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans in two weeks time.

Spa after two hours of racing

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Almost two hours ago, at 12:50, 41 Le Mans Prototypes (LMP’s) and GT’s started in the third Le Mans Series round this season, the 1000 km of Spa-Francorchamps. The #85 car, driven by Peter Dumbreck started from a seventh position in class but currently runs in a fifth position.

Update after incident involving car #85

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200

15:25 update: we have just had a yellow flag situation where both the Audi #1 and Peugeot #8 and the Spyker #85 were involved. In the double left-hander Ralf Kelleners was driving the Spyker C8 Laviolette GT2R. Ralf stayed on the right-side as he saw that he was being overtaken on the left side by the Audi driven by Capello. The Peugeot followed the Audi immediately and tried to overtake or out-brake the Audi from the slipstream.

SNORAS Spyker Squadron Spa race report

Sun, 11 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Many visitors arrived early at the paddock this morning, in time for the autograph session and the pit walk. The weather was not comparable with the ‘normal’ Belgium Ardennes conditions that we have seen in so many races: this time the team’s Michelin intermediates and wet tires were fortunately not of use this weekend as the skies were clear and the temperatures were in the mid-twenties.

SNORAS Spyker Squadron Spa qualifying results

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200

The SNORAS Spyker Squadron cars will start from a seventh and twelfth position on the grid tomorrow. The #94 Speedy Racing Team car with the Swiss trio Andrea Chiesa, Benjamin Leuenberger and Iradj Alexander will start from the 12th place while the #85 car with Peter Dumbreck, Ralf Kelleners and Alexey Vasiliev, qualified seventh.