Corvette team to skip LeMans

Chevrolet will not return to the Le Mans 24 Hours next season, according to this week's Autosport magazine. The American manufacturer's Corvettes have won at La Sarthe four times since 2000 but has been told to reduce its racing budget next year. The GT1 program has been scrapped so Chevrolet can concentrate on the new GT2 Corvette, which will be introduced in the second half of the 2009 season.