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13th
June 2011
Tommy Helps Steer RML to 4th at Le Mans
Mike, Tommy and Ben recover from
two blown turbos to regain 4th in LMP2, 12th overall, in a
thrilling 24 Hours ... more
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20th
May 2011
The Arrival of Luca James Erdos
Tommy and Sheila are delighted to
announce the arrival of Luca James Erdos, born 2:10am on Friday
May 20th 2011 ... more
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6th
May 2011 -
Le Mans Series, Round 2, Spa-Francorchamps
RML AD Group forced to withdraw from Spa
1000 kms
A high-speed accident involving Mike
Newton and Peugeot driver Pedro Lamy forces the team's withdrawal ... more
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12th
April 2010 - Le
Mans Series, Round 1, Paul Ricard Third
and double points at Ricard
Tommy established an impressive LMP2 lead
during his opening triple-stint, but third at the flag was the team's
reward ... more
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10th
April 2010 - Le
Mans Series, Round 1, Paul Ricard
Tommy and RML in the running
Fourth wasn't as high as the expectations,
but it was a good start to the season's opening round at Paul Ricard
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13th
September 2009
- Le Mans Series, Silverstone Long
overdue podium for Tommy and RML
A near-perfect end to the season! The revised
engine "goes the distance", rewarding Tommy with a richly-deserved
2nd ... more
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12th
September 2009
- Le Mans Series, Silverstone Tommy
and RML Lola back on top form
For the final race of the year, the RML
Lola Mazda is back on top form, and Tommy qualifies third for Round
5 ... more
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11th
September 2009
- Le Mans Series, Silverstone Tommy
faces a grilling!
Lola hosts a pre-Silverstone debate with
Radio Le Mans, and Tommy is one of the invited panellists. (On team
website) ... more
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26th
August 2009 -
Le Mans Series, Nürburgring Resilient
in the Face of Adversity
A seventh engine failure of the year means
yet another non-finish for the RML AD Group Lola mazda, but it all
started so well ... more
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22nd
August 2009 - Le Mans Series, Nürburgring
Rising to the Challenge in LMP2
Tommy and the RML Lola lead the challenge
in the LMP2 class this season, but qualifying didn't go exactly according
to plan ... more
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15th
June 2009 - Le Mans 24 Hours Disappointing
18th hour retirement for RML
Tommy, Mike and Chris fought through to
the 18th hour before engine failure once again ended the team's race
hopes ... more
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12th
June 2009 - Le Mans 24 Hours
Fourth on the Le Mans grid for Tommy
The RML Lola Mazda will line up in a very
satisfactory fourth place in LMP2 for the start of the 2009 Le Mans
24 Hours ... more
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4th
June 2009 - Le Mans 24 Hours
Tommy and RML make final preparations for LM24
The full driver line-up was present for
RML's final pre-Le Mans shakedown test at Snetterton
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6th
May 2009 - Le Mans Series, Spa-Francorchamps
Déjà vu for Tommy as engine fails
in Spa For the second race in
succession RML's Lola Mazda suffered engine failure after making a
promising start to the Spa 1000 Kms ...
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6th
April 2009 -
Le Mans Series, Barcelona Tommy leads
in Barcelona before engine fails
Tommy fought through to an impressive class
lead in Barcelona before catastrophic engine failure ended RML's run ... more
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6th
November 08 RML announces new engine
deal with Mazda AER
Tommy will be racing a Mazda-powered Lola
Coupé in 2009, announces RML AD Group
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15th
September 08 Impressive debut to
4th for Lola Coupé at Silverstone
The team's MG Lola EX265C coupé
made an impressive race debut in the final round of the 2008 Le Mans
Series ... more
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4th
September 08 RML unveils Lola Coupé
for final round of 2008
In a surprise move, RML announces that
the team will contest the final race of 2008 in a new Lola Coupé
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17th
August 08 Sixth is poor reward for
a hard day's work Tommy and
Mike returned to the Le Mans Series hoping to make up for their Le
Mans disappointment, but it wasn't to be
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15th
June 08 Flying finish ends Le Mans
24 Hours for MG Lola An horrific
accident for Mike Newton ended the team's race in this year's Le Mans
24 Hours ... more
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12th
June 08 Sixth in LMP2 for Le Mans
24 Hours start RML concentrated
on establishing a good race set-up ahead of this weekend's 24 Hours,
and sixth in LMP2 was spot-on ... more
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31st
May 08 Dismal weather curtails Le
Mans test Heavy rain and poor
track conditions prevented the extensive running all had hoped for,
but Tommy wasn't fazed ... more
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12th
May 08 Blown turbo curtails strong
run at Spa A blown turbo mid-way
through the race destroyed all chances of a good result, but Tommy
recovered to sixth at the flag ... more
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26th
April 08 Tommy and Mike finish fourth
again . . . in Monza Prospects
did not look promising after engine failure in practice, but RML pressed
on to achieve a strong finish ... more
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8th
April 08 Tommy "chuffed"
by fourth place in Spain Tommy
and co-driver Mike Newton delighted to salvage a very respectable
fourth place in the season opener in Barcelona ...
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16th
November 07 Tommy and Mike Newton
LMP2 Champions! Tommy and Mike
are finally confirmed as Le Mans Series LMP2 Champions 2007...
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17th
September 07 "Legal Panel"
costs RML Silverstone win Damage
cost Tommy and Mike almost certain victory in the penultimate round
of the 2007 Le Mans Series ... more
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17th
August 07 Pole for Tommy at Spa-Francorchamps
Thomas Erdos topped the LMP2 times in qualifying
for Round Four of the 2007 Le Mans Series at Spa in Belgium ... more
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31st
August 06
P1 for Tommy and RML in Britain!
Tommy and the RML Team come home victorious
in an incident packed race at Donington Park ... more
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22st August
06 The LMS comes to Britain Tommy
and the RML Team make their final preparations for the “home
event” at Donington Park in Derbyshire ... more
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21st
August 06
Fittipaldi/Erdos Finish
7th At Watkins Glen
Tommy and fellow countryman Christian Fittipaldi
brought the Cheever Racing Porsche Crawford home in seventh-place
despite an early race drive-through penalty ...
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08th
August 06
Tommy In A Cheever Crawford
Again
Tommy has confirmed as co-driver alongside
Christian Fittipaldi for the Watkins Glen round of the Grand Am
Rolex Series ... more
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18th
July 06
Frustration and Disbelief
for RML
Good luck deserted Tommy in the Le Mans Series
when a bizarre brake-pad failure pitched the RML MG Lola out of
the LMP2 lead ... more
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04th
July 06
Victory at Le Mans
For the second year in a row, Tommy and the
RML crew took top honours at Le Mans in the LMP2 class driving the
MG Lola EX264 ... more
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09th
June 06
Erdos fastest in LMP2 at Le Mans Test Day
Tommy and the RML crew had a very successful
test at Le Mans and ended the day with the fastest time in the LMP2
class ...
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18th
May 06
Tommy and RML Foiled by Puncture
Tommy and RML were denied their first win
of the 06 Le Mans Series season by a chance puncture in the Spa
1000 Kilometres ... more
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27th
April 06
Frustrating First Round For Tommy at Istanbul
Tommy endured an enormously frustrating first
outing of the 2006 Season in Round 1 of the Le Mans Endurance Series
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23rd
March 06
First Test For Tommy In The New AER Powered
Lola
Tommy has been out running at Snetterton recently,
with the newly-installed AER two litre turbo engine ... more
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10th
March 06
New Season - New Engine
It's a new season and there's a new engine
being fitted into the RML MG Lola EX264, the AER 2.0 ltr turbo ...
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01st
February 06
Daytona Race Report 2006
Not quite the race that Tommy had hoped for
out in Daytona, but they still made it to the chequered flag ...
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26th
Jan 06
Final Preparations for Daytona
Thomas Erdos is back in the States for another
stab at the Daytona 24 Hours - his third year running in a Daytona
Proto type .... more
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04th
Jan 06
The New Season Begins in Daytona for Tommy
What a great way to kick off the 2006 season,
by joining Eddie Cheever Racing for the Daytona 24 Hour race ...
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16th
Nov 05
Message from Istanbul
Thomas scored his first championship win of
the season last weekend in the final round of the 2005 Le Mans Endurance
Series ...
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11th
Nov 05
Message from Istanbul
Tommy and the RML crew are happy following
Friday's first outing at Istanbul and are looking forward to a successful
weekend ... more
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05th
Nov 05
Tommy on Istanbul - The Decider
Tommy, Mike Newton and the whole RML Team travel
to Istanbul where only one thing matters: To win the '05 LMP2 Championship
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04th
Sept 05
Round 4 of the Le Mans Endurance Series
The RML MG Lola was the star of LMP2 at the
Nürburgring, for the fourth round of the LMES, but that first
win still eludes them ... more
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24th
August 05
Silverstone 1000 Kilometres
It was back to business as usual for Thomas
Erdos for the 1000 kilometre LMES race at Silverstone ... more
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Older
news from 2003-2005
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