Announcements
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Sixty-car entry for 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours
The FIA WEC’s annual press conference not only announced a bumper grid for the 2018/19 Super Season, another sixty-car line-up for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours was also revealed. With all full-season WEC efforts guaranteed a spot on the grid, competition for the remaining spaces on the starting line for the endurance classic in…
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FIA WEC Super Season entry list revealed
On Friday afternoon the ACO revealed the official entry list for the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/2019 Super Season in its annual press conference. Here is a quick run-down of all the confirmed teams for the new season as well as each team’s nominated driver. FIA WEC 2018/2019 Super Season # Nat. Team Car…
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Glickenhaus aiming for GTE Pro with SCG 004S
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has been making a name for itself on the sportscar scene for a number of years. Now, the boutique US car makers is looking to step up its racing operations with a GTE homologation for its brand-new SCG 004S sports car. This week saw the unveiling of the SCG 004S, the lightweight…
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WEC Super Season ratified by FIA
Next season sees the FIA WEC face arguably the greatest challenge since its re-inception in 2012, with the loss of Porsche from the LMP1 fold leaving only one competing manufacturer in LMP1 and evidently no takers for the 2020 ruleset announced at Le Mans.
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Porsche confirms end to LMP1 programme
Porsche has today confirmed that its highly successful LMP1 programme will be coming to the end following the 2017 season, with the German marque set to focus its WEC efforts on its GTE Pro programme with the 911 RSR as well as its commitment to the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship in the US. In addition,…
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The next evolution of the LMP1 regulations
In its annual Le Mans press conference, the ACO today announced the next evolution of LMP1 regulations set to take effect in 2020. Under the new ruleset, the top category in the FIA WEC will see a concerted effort to cut costs as well as a clear move towards electric drive, with the possibility of…
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LMP1 2017: Meet the Cars
At Monza on Friday the presentation of this season’s new LMP1 cars took place. Over the course of this weekend, Toyota, Porsche and all the other WEC teams will be hitting the track for the official test session for the 2017 season. Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche are once again the defending champions in LMP1. To be…
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The return of the works Porsche GT team
2017 marks the return of the Porsche works team to LMGTE Pro after a one-year sabbatical. Since the unveiling of Porsche’s 2017 GTE challenger at the 6 Hours of Bahrain last year, the team have moved on to finalising the details of their programme. The reason for Porsche’s one-year absence from GTE Pro as a…
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Marvin Dienst ready to tackle maiden WEC season
Marvin Dienst will be one of the new names on the FIA World Endurance Championship entry list for 2017. The 20-year-old German has joined Dempsey-Proton Racing for this season and will race in the GTE Am category alongside team boss Christian Ried and Porsche junior driver Matteo Cairoli in a Porsche 911 RSR. It’s always…