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Audi win Silverstone thriller

The no7 Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Marcel Fässler, Benoit Tréluyer and Andre Lotterer won the 6 Hours of Silverstone and the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy after an action packed race. FIA WEC Press...

PORSCHE AND G-DRIVE TAKE 1-2 IN QUALIFYING FOR 6 HOURS OF SILVERSTONE

The no17 Porsche of Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley took pole position and underlined their pre-season testing pace when the 1m39.721 average lap time was three second faster than the 2014 pole time.    The no18...

Audi starts ahead in Silverstone

Audi have been the strongest team in the two free practice sessions of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) in the British Silverstone circuit. G-Drive Racing and Aston Martin have been the fastest in the...

Chilton joins Nissan in WEC

Former F1 racer Max Chilton and Nissan regular Alex Buncombe have completed Nissan’s squad of nine drivers for the Nissan GT-R LM NISMO.  This news was announced ahead of the Geneva Motor Show where...

Strakka Racing’s DOME S103 completes first test of 2015

S103 LMP2 car completes 4000km comprehensive test at Aragón in Spain Strakka Racing’s preparation ahead of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship continued at Motorland Aragón, when the team completed a faultless test of the...

Full Grid for 2015 WEC season

In Paris today the ACO revealed an incredible 35 entries for the forthcoming FIA World Endurance Championship season which begins at Silverstone on the 12 April.  The large grid includes 21 LMP entries, with...

Nissan presents his LMP1 and Marc Gené

Nissan has now revealed its much-anticipated new LMP1 car which will be competing in the 2015 World Endurance Championship against Audi, Porsche and Toyota.  Below, in full, is a release giving details about the...

Toyota Racing firms up its 2015 driver line up

2014 World Endurance Champion Toyota Racing is delighted to confirm its driver line-up for the 2015 season. The team will again enter two TS040 HYBRID cars as it aims to extend its reign as...

Aleshin making the switch from IndyCar to LMP2

Mikhail Aleshin is leaving SPM for a team with the same initials, just in a slightly different order. Mikhail Aleshin's rookie season in IndyCar may have been his last. The 27-year-old Russian has left Schmidt...

First images of the 2015 Porsche 919 Hybrid

Porsche has revealed the first images of the new Porsche 919 Hybrid who will race this year at the WEC and the 24h of Le Mans.   The pictures are of a private test did it...

Porsche achieves it’s first victory in the WEC

The German team won its first race after more than 10 years without competing in the category. First position for the Porsche #14 followed by the Toyota #8 and the Audi #1. The Porsche #20...

Porsche #20 on last pole of the year

The Porsche #20 will start from first place in the 6 hours of Sao Paulo. The Porsche #14 was second and the Toyota #8 third. The best LMP2 was the G-Drive with a Ligier...

Porche will run with LMP1 in 24 hours of Le Mans 2015

Apart from this they have also confirmed that next year counted with the same drivers this year for the WEC and now the third car drivers are not known. This new car is to increase...

Tom Kristensen to retire

The nine-time LeMans champion Tom Kristensen will retire from racing at the en of the month when the WEC will finish   The 47 years old Danish pilot Tom kristensen has decided to end his career...

Strakka DOME S103 LMP2 car debut delayed until 2015

Strakka Racing has been forced to turn its attentions to the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship after homologation issues surrounding the DOME-designed chassis meant the S103 LMP2 car might not have been able to...

The Toyota #7 wins in Bahrain followed by two Porsche

The Toyota #7 won the Bahrain 6h after winning a race that seemed to have a clear winner, the Toyota # 8 suffered problems in the alternator. After the Toyota #7 have finished the two...

Alonso visits 6h of Bahrain

The FIA WEC paddock for the 6 Hours of Bahrain is buzzing this morning with VIP guests including Scuderia Ferrari Formula One driver, Fernando Alonso. FIA WEC Press Release The Grand Prix driver is making his...

Another Pole Position for Porsche #14

Porsche #14 will start tomorrow from pole position in the 6 hours of Bahrain. Behind him will start the #8 Toyota. In LMP2 first position for the #26 Ligier and in GTE pole for...

Toyota dominates in Shanghai, first and second again

After a very quiet race and where many things have not occurred, both Toyota Hybrid TS 040 have achieved a double victory ahead of Porsche #14.In LMP2 a new win for Ligier G-Drive and...

Pole for Porsche # 14 tied with Toyota No. 8

The # 14 Porsche Dumas / Jani / Lieb has achieved pole of the 6H Shanghai tying the time after taking the average of 4 laps with Toyota # 8. In LMP2 pole for...

Toyota #8 on pole at Fuji

The #8 Toyota set the best time at Fuji Qualifying. In LMP2 pole position for the #26 G-Dive and in GTE for the #99 Aston Martin. In LMP1-H after the #8 Toyota, the two Porsche...

Audi win the 6 hours of the Circuit of the Americas

The #2 Audi win the 6h of CoTA after a very dificult race with rain. The #1 Audi was second and the #8 Toyota third. In LMP2 victory for KCMG and in GTE for...

Toyota achieves another pole with #8

For third time this year Toyota got another pole position. This was Toyota #8 with Davidson, Lapierre and Buemi as drivers, followed by both Porsche as Audis are fourth and sixth. First LMP2 is...

G-Drive to race the 6h of CoTA with a Ligier JS P2

The team who won the two first WEC races in LMP2 and after their crash at Le Mans, want to be back to the top. They will try to win with their new Ligier JS...

Audi won a double victory in the “24 Hours of Le Mans”

Benoit Treluyer, Marcel Fassler and Andre Lotterer brought Audi victory in the marathon at the daily ring Sarthe, held under the sign of problems for Toyota and Porsche.   For the "Four Rings" this success was...

Aston Martin has lost leadership in the GT class at the 19th hour race...

Aston Martin dropped out of the fight for the victory in the marathon, "24 Hours of Le Mans" at the 19th hour of the race because of problems with the steering. The team battled for the lead with the AF Corse almost throughout the race: Gianmaria Bruni driving a sports car 458 Italia was Bruno Senna, the Brazilian but then regained the lead. Subsequently, however, Senna was forced to go into the pits because of the problem with the steering, which also prevented the crew team at number 98. Machine spent a lot of time in the pits and dropped to fourth place in its class, while Bruni ahead of nearest rival by more than one circle. Marc Gene of Audi continues to lead comfortable, increasing its lead over the Porsche driver Mark Webber, which in turn is gradually catching up with the pilot of the second crew Audi Marseille Fessler. After relay lead in the fight for second place is one circle. In class LMP2 Oak lost leadership Mark Shulzhitsky was forced to stop in the pits, behind Pierre Tire of TDS. After the diagnosis and repair of the vehicle ignition system number 35 returned to the track, continues its Russian segment and the second largest in its category. Signatech failed to take advantage of the problems of Oak: because of the broken suspension arm the team also had to spend time on his replacement. At the 15th hour of the race driver Kazuki Nakajima Japanese manufacturer was forced to stop on the track due to electrical problems with the car.  

After 8 hours of racing at Le Mans Toyota continues to build up an...

Kazuki Nakajima even more away from the opponent in the eighth hour marathon "24 Hours of Le Mans" and is now ahead of his nearest rival Marcel Fässler early two minutes. Marc Gene goes and plays third-mate Audi about one minute with a small, while Mark Webber continues to lose momentum behind the wheel of Porsche 919 Hybrid. Yan Mardenboro of OAK continues to lead the category LMP2: he is ahead of the pilot TDS Tristan Gommendy more than one minute, Franck Mailleux of Race Performance - another forty seconds. KCMG is now officially on the list after a crash derailed Alexander Imperatori, and crew number 48 Murphy Prototypes was again in trouble: the car stopped on the highway because of problems with the steering. In class GTE Aston Martin strengthened its leadership: the drivers remain at the brand first in both categories of Gran Turismo. Darren Turner missed ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella on the 458 Italia, but then beautiful maneuver regained second position. Subsequently, the Italians are having problems on a new set of tires, causing the Briton also created a decent gap. Fisichella driving a sports car Gianmaria Bruni changed because of what AF Corse passed forward and Oliver Gavin of Corvette. In the class Am Pedro Lamy continues to go ahead mate Nicky Tim Aston Martin. Andrea Bertolini...

Nakajima takes the pole for Toyota, as Porsche grabs second

Kazuki Nakajima gave Toyota pole position for the Le Mans 24 Hours as the leading LMP1 cars set their fastest times of the event so far in final qualifying. The ex-Formula 1 driver found nearly...

Porsche takes temporary pole in first qualifying

Brendon Hartley put Porsche on provisional pole for the Le Mans 24 Hours after the opening qualifying session was brought to a premature end due to a crash. Kiwi Hartley, who is partnered in the...

Duval: «We can win again»

With just a few days to go to the start of the Le Mans 24-Hours week Loïc Duval, who set the fourth-quickest time at the test day last Sunday, has finished his training programme...

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