IGTC 2010 : E-Team in top 10 !
For his second race in the series, E-Team manage to catch a wonderful top 10 in IGTC for the 2010 season round 2 at Kyoto National ! Indeed Nicolas Vallée and Morgan Trollé crossed the line in 7th position but the race wasn't a safe river for the two frenchmen !

Vallée started 9th for E-Team and was fighting for the end of the top 10 with Alternative, My3id gaming,Team Inferno and CoRe racing after the first 20 minutes when #02 send #07 out of the track. Nicolas Vallée manage to avoid the contact with the spinning car but not Nolan Scott which needed the first SC period (see pictures). When the green flag was shown Vallée unfortunately hit #02 car and a lap after that #11 hit the rear of #25 which send Nicolas into the wall in the oval section, causing a big one and the second SC. Vallée, who was now last in the lap leader decided to pit and change the strategy (after ~35 minutes). With that strategy we tried to take the lead when the first pit stop period arrive and it worked ! Indeed just after 1h15 Nicolas overtook #10 Conquest Racing FZR which as leading the race before the pit stop when suddenly a major server lag disconnected 7cars including E-Team's one !

Trollé joined the track but he was now a lap down in 19th position. He pushed the car as hard as he can to catch several cars trying to save a top 15 when just after the 3hours mark, a yellow flag was showed ! several cars which have just pitted loose a lap whereas E-Team was still 1lap behind leader, now the top 10 was possible !

So after a safe restart and a big attack, Morgan Trollé manage to catch the 7th position after overtaking #05 team Inferno and #26 Ministry of Speed (thx guys it was some nice racing !)

GTAL 2010 : Fern Bay : a season later
Last season, E-Team won Fern Bay round of GTAL. It was the start of a successful period which enabled the team to win the championship after another victory and a nice 2nd position in the final round. But this season is quite different. Indeed this year, Fern Bay isn't the start of the success but maybe the end of the #01 in the side of E-Team's car !

After a nice race at Westhill where E-Team fighted a long time for the victory before being crashed, #01 FZR was back in 3rd position (forgetting #25 with had withdrawn). The championship was still possible for the team but Fern Bay was dramatic !

Indeed Pierre Peron was hurt in a soccer match few hours before the race so Sean Williams who wasn't planned to race started to train for the race ! The start of the race wasn't easy but after 2h30mins Sean manage to catch the top 10 ! It wouldn't have been such a bad result for E-Team but unfortunately #09 spun just ahead of the young Englishman who couldn't avoid the contact sending him in an half flip. Finally Sean lost his concentration and finished the race for E-Team upside down resulting of the first DNF of E-Team in the serie !

E-Team is now 6th in points but the championship isn't lost yet ! Sean Williams, Pierre Peron and Fabrice bankhauser don't give up the fight and are going to do their best and try to win the two races comiing to keep the titel !

XF GTi Cup season 2 : Bankhauser again !
After a bad team result in Fern bay rallyX, E-Team is back in buisness at South City ! Indeed three E-drivers took part of the 4th round : Fabrice Bankhauser, Nicolas Vallée and Ludovic LeHenaff. Bankhauser won the race and Vallée and LeHenaff could have completed the top 3 if Shark from MagicTurtles team wouldn't beat them for 2nd position.

Finally E-drivers took the 1st, 3rd and 4th position of this race !

FSR Championship : Only one E-driver and a lack of luck !
Only Nicolas Vallée took part of the 3round of FSR championship at KY1 with FXR. After starting 2nd of the 1st race, he wasn't able to do better than a 7th position. It was worse than better in race 2 because Vallée was penalize in pit which send him in 5th whereas he was going to win the race !

GTAL 2010 : Podium in AS4R = E-Team back in buisness for the championship !
After Fern Bay Gold's round, I was saying that one year after our successful season, things have change...but maybe I was wrong !

Indeed E-Team is now back in buisness for the championship thanks to an awesome race of Sean Williams ! let's do a small come back to see what happen !

This race didn't started well. Indeed the day before the race, an argue between Sean Williams and an admin cost us to make a really bad qualification session : We started LAST ! Fabrice Bankhauser manage to be back to 15th position after half an hour and 12th when he let Sean Williams race after about an hour. The british began his best race of ever with E-Team and manage to be back in top 5 about 1h30 later. Unfortunately he crashed the car and Bankhauser took over. E-Team was still in top 10 in 8th position far from the leader when SC was deployed ! After a bit of mathematic, it was decided that Sean Williams gonna drive the car until the end of the race ! It was going to bepretty close to the 75% but a bit less so everything was ok !

Sean did a fantastc restart and after only one lap, he was back to the podium whereas he restarted 8th ! He manage to catch the two leader the lap after that when suddenly the black cat touched us again ! While he was overtaking #36 Maximum Racing, a bit of brazilian lag made Sean spun in straight, dropping to 15th !

But Sean was one of the fastest driver on track, so he manage to catch the 2nd position and keep it the whole end of race. So E-Team finally finished 2nd !

In championship standings, E-Team might be 2nd now (instead of 7th) at about 40-50pts to the leader 7Karat. One race is lefting : double points 12 hours of Kyoto National on May 1st. For this race, one aim : victory lane and a second championship in a row ! To achieve that aim, we need to win and 7Karat need not to be in top 5 ! It gonna be hard, but Pierre Peron, Fabrice Bankhauser and of course the revelation of Aston Historical race Sean Williams wanted to do it ! and can do it !

Moreover this situation is quite the same as last year when after a really bad beginning of the season (DQ & 5th), E-Team achieve 2 win before the last race which enable the team to be 2nd in points before the last round...We all know how that story finish, will it happen once again? Wait and see !

iTCC 2010 : Nicolas Vallée into the podium and Morgan Trollé in top 10
Two drivers from E-Team manage to qualify for the last iTCC race at Blackwood : Nicolas Vallée currenty 6th in points and Morgan Trollé. In qualification Vallée manage to do a nice 5th position whereas Trollé started 13th. The first race was clean and both E-drivers finished it in points Nicolas did another podium whereas Morgan completed the race with a nice 8th.

Second race was less calm and quite caothic. After a nice start, Nicolas was still 3rd faster than the to driver ahead of him. Unfortunately Joe Holmes didn't see him when he was overtaking him sending the frenchman into the sand. Nicolas finally finshed 18th because of the consequences of this accident to his tyres and the ballast. Morgan was a bit luckier but was only 16th in Lap 2 ! He manage to overtake several cars to take the 9th position. Unfortunately, the lucky number was only 8.

Third race : Morgan started well and was 6th after 2 laps, Nicolas started a nice climb in 10th when a SC was deployed, the only one of the meeting ! When the green flag was shown, a terrible fight began which enable Vallée to climb in a nice final 5th. Morgan Trollé did an error while he was fighting for 6th and dropped to 11th.

XF GTi Cup season 2 : E-Team monopolyze the podium of the endurance race !
The 5th round of XF GTi Cup season 2 was the first of the two endurance race of the serie. It took place in KY2 for 2hours. 3 drivers from E-Team raced on it and they have all finished in the podium ! Nicolas Vallée won the race ahead of Tony Le Revert. Ludovic Le Henaff completed the podium which was finally full of E-Team !

In championship standings, E-Team is back on top with Nicolas Vallée and fabrice Bankhauser !

FSR Championship : Morgan Trollé in 2nd for his come back in the serie
The fith round of FSR championship took place in Blackwood. Only one E-driver did it : Morgan Trollé who have already won the opening round. He manage to start 3rd behind TEM drivers Tommy Østgaard and Mike Saidl and finished the race in a nice 2nd position.

LFS Endurance Series : E-Team conclude the season with a podium !
Only one E-Team car was racing at the final round of LFS Endurance Series : Sean Williams, Pierre Peron and Morgan Trollé manage to achieve a podium with their #101 XRR GT500. This 12 hours race wasn't easy for the team, indeed after a nice qualify and a nice first hour, E-Team's XRR was 2nd when Sean Williams leave the pit with an uncalibrate wheel. Back in 5th position, the young englshman was back in 3rd when Morgan Trollé took over and reach the 2nd position trying to catch the leader PlayerZone italia Team. After 4 hours of an close race, the podium was only in 10s ! After the half of the race, 4 cars were still fighting for the victory ! Unfortunately, E-Team need to fix damage which enable PLZ to have an huge gap that neither Morgan Trollé neither Tommy Ostgaard for TEM manage to catch. Finally after a great fight during several hours with #135 Tiger Express Motorsport driven by Tommy Ostgaard, E-Team conclude this 12 hours race in 3rd behind #125 PLZ and #135 TEM.

In championship standings, no E-Team member is in a podium of the final standings because none of them made the whole season. Carpio is 5th in GT500 with only 5 races (1 win, 1 second, 2 third), Pierre Peron is third in GT350 with only 3 races in GT350 (1win) but E-Team is champion in team championship for the second time in a row.

E-Team grow up : Welcome to our new member : Martin Seppam (RudolfR)
E-Team staff is proud to announce that Martin Seppam join E-Team ! When Martin left Estonian Endurance racers (EER) few weeks ago, we didn't hesitate to make him an offer because he had already shown us what he was able to do in GTAL. Martin is going to race for E-Team in IGTC and lot of the other leagues E-Team is going to take part like International XF GTi Championship. In real life, Martin drive a VW Golf in some Estonian races making some great performance and winning some races ! Another time, Welcome Martin !

XF GTi Cup season 2 : Rasta4Racing vs E-Team !
The 5th round of XF GTi Cup season 2 took place at Aston North. 3 E-drivers tried to reach a great result, but unfortunately if Morgan Trollé have only 5kgs ballast, Ludovic LeHenaff and Nicolas Vallée were both near the 50kg limit with 45kg each ! Anyway Trollé finished 4th of the quali, Vallée 5th and LeHenaff 6th. The race was quite different and after a great fight with the french team R4R, Aerox win the race ahead of Morgan Trollé. Nicolas Vallée after being involved in a wreck at T1 manage to be back on 4th position near the podium ! Ludovic LeHenaff manage to keep his 6th position during the whole race.

In championship standings, Nicolas Vallée is still leading but Matty from R4R is still near from him whereas LeHenaff lose his second position, back in 3rd. Morgan Trollé make an huge climb, he was 19th before the race and his now 8th in points (after missing several races)!