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29 Cars for WEC Prologue

The time for talking is over! The sights and sounds of 29 of the world’s best endurance racers will soon be the focus of attention at the FIA World Endurance Championship’s official pre-season test,...

Sam Bird joins Ferrari’s GTE Pro line up

Ferrari has today announced that FIA World Endurance Championship LMP2 Champion Sam Bird will be joining the Italian marque as a factory driver for the 2016 season, plus it is re-shuffling its driving crews...

Ford GT Drivers Revealed for World Endurance Battle

Ford Chip Ganassi Racing on Tuesday 5 revealed that Marino Franchitti, Stefan Mücke, Olivier Pla and Andy Priaulx have been selected to race in the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at the wheel...

Former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov to race 2016 FIA WEC with SMP

The Russian driver will try to continue his motorsport career in the World Endurance Championship and the 24 hours of Le Mans with SMP after not being racing for a year.   Petrov finished his Formula...

Nissan withdraw from FIA WEC 2016

Nissan has announced that it will withdraw its LMP1 entry from the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship. Nissan entered the LMP1 category in the 2015 season with an innovative, new, and bold concept, with the...

Porsche claims 1-2 in the WEC finale

Porsche will start the final round of the 2015 FIA World Endurance championship at the Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain from the front row of the grid after another spectacular performance in qualifying this...

Audi #7 in front in Bahrain’s Free Practices

Lotterer, Fassler and Treluyer were the fastest drivers in the Audi #7 in the end of the first two free practices of the 6 hours of Bahrain. In LMP2 the best time was set...

Alex Wurz to hang up the helmet

Alex Wurz will leave the competition after an announcment this morining: After 12 years as a race and third driver in F1, I was lucky to indulge a passion for Le Mans Prototype racing for...

Another one-two for Porsche who take manufacture’s title

Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley have taken their fourth consecutive win of the season in FIA WEC championship at Shanghai, China. The Stuttgart team earns it 13th team championship in his fourth...

Porsche has made another one-two in Shanghai

Porsche has signed a one-two in the six hours of Shanghai with the leaders of the championship, Webber, Hartley and Bernhard ahead in the Porsche #17. After them, have finished the Porsche #18 and Audi...

Porsche & Audi continue their battle at Shanghai

The first track session of the 2015 6 Hours of Shanghai weekend ended with the no7 Audi Sport R18 e-tron quattro as the quickest car in the 90-minute session.  The 1m45.707 lap was set...

Ellinas & Williamson to test with Strakka at first WEC Rookie Test

World Series by Renault front runner Tio Ellinas will join Lewis Williamson at the official FIA WEC Rookie Test next month in Bahrain. Ellinas, who finished fourth in this year’s Formula Renault 3.5 championship with...

Porsche achieve again another one-two at Fuji

Mark Webber-Timo Bernhard-Brendon Hartley won the 6 hours of Fuji of FIA World Endurance championship for Porsche. It’s the third win in a row for the Team #17 who now is in the lead...

Fuji Qualifying: Another 1-2 for Porsche

Porsche Team set another one-two in qualifying session, at the 6 hours of Fuji with the #17 of Bernhard, Hartley and Webber first. Both Audi R18 complete the second row of the grid, closer...

Porsche continues his dominance on LMP1 and GTE at COTA

Porsche Team #17 wins his second consecutive race of the season with Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley at COTA. The Germans also achieved a 1-2 victory in the GTE-Pro class, led by...

9 races for 2016 WEC, Mexico newcomer

FIA just released the provisional calendar of 2016 World Endurance Championship, with 9 races. Mexico will have a race on September 4th.   After the remodeling of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez for the Formula 1, other...

KCMG disqualify after take the pole on LMP2

The Oreca #47 of KCMG team, after take an amazing pole position on LMP2  for the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas, they has been disqualify. Great and heroic deed for KCMG who started...

Porsche maintain perfect 2015 pole record

Porsche maintained its 100% success rate in taking pole position in the 2015 WEC as Marc Lieb and Neel Jani topped the average times in the 20-minute session at COTA this evening. It was...

Hartley sets pace for No17 Porsche in FP3

Porsche continued to be the pace setters in the final Free Practice session before today’s qualifying session at the Lone Star Le Mans at COTA.   The No.17 Porsche 919 Hybrid set the fastest time of...

Porsche controls Thursday practice at Austin

Porsche Team keep on the top of the standing in FIA WEC, this time in Austin, where they led both practice sessions. In LMP2 the G-Drive and the KCMG alternated the top position, as...

Porsche beat Audi at Nürburgring

Porsche Team took a memorable 1-2 finish on home soil at the Nurburgring today as the No.17 Porsche 919 Hybrid car claimed a maiden win for Mark Webber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley. It...

One-two for Porsche in Nürburgring Quali

Porsche has achieve a new double in qualifying, this time for the 6 hours of Nürburgring. The Porsche #18 will start on top of the grid followed by Porsche #19 and Audi #8. In...

0.070 Separate top three in FP2

Improved track and ambient conditions ensured the lap times tumbled in the second Free Practice at Nürburgring this afternoon.   Sunshine welcomed the 31 entries for the second of three practice sessions on the challenging track...

Emotional maiden win for BMW Marc VDS

In their sixth attempt at the Total 24 Hours of Spa, the Belgian BMW Sports Trophy Team Marc VDS finally took their first win on home soil. The #46 BMW Z4 driven by Nick...

Audi on pole at 24 hours of Spa

The Audi number 2 has make the pole position in the 24 Hours of Spa after a fantastic lap done by Frank Stippler. On second place will start the McLaren #58 and third the...

SMP Racing also bet on LMP1 for 2017

SMP Racing announces what also announced Strakka Racing last week. They will leave the LMP2 category to focus on the LMP1 car for 2017. The Russian team, SMP Racing has not been selected to be...

Strakka Racing announces new FIA WEC LMP1 car project

British team will expand its expertise in advanced manufacturing techniques to create Privateers’ LMP1 car for 2017 season   Strakka Racing will develop a new LMP1 car for the team to run in the Privateers’ category...

Porsche wins with Hülkenberg in Le Mans

  One-two for Porsche in the 2015 24 hours of Le Mans. This was a historic victory, as 3 rookies were driving the LMP1 car: Tandy, Bamber and the F1 driver Nico Hülkenberg. Bernhard, Webber...

The fight continues in the night of Le Mans

With the race already started, the fight is still open and both Audi and Porsche can win. Now comes the night and there is forecast of rain. Porsche leads the #17 LMP1, in LMP2...

Ford gets back to Endurance in 2016

The Ford team announced today at a conference in Le Mans that they will return to endurance racing in 2016 with his new Ford GT GTE.   50 years after the first Ford GT victory in...