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Battle for GT world titles heats up
The Six Hours of the Circuit of the Americas proved to be yet another turning point in the fight for honours in the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championships for GT Drivers and GT Manufacturers. Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK drivers Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell lead the FIA World Endurance Championship for GT Drivers on…
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Porsche takes hard-fought victory in Texas
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley took victory in the Texan heat on Saturday after a hard-fought battle with the pair of Toyota TS050s in the Six Hours of the Circuit of the Americas. The sister #1 Porsche of Nick Tandy, André Lotterer and Neel Jani came through…
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Porsche take commanding victory in Mexico
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Brendon Hartley, Earl Bamber and Timo Bernhard recorded a comfortable victory, its third of the season, to extend Porsche’s lead at the head of the manufacturers’ championship. Porsche held a significant advantage over the pair of Toyota TS050s throughout the weekend, with the pair of 919 Hybrids evidently more…
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Porsche completes Nürburgring hat-trick
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Brendon Hartley, Timo Bernhard and Earl Bamber took victory at the 6 Hours of the Nürburgring on Sunday after a tough battle against the sister car and the Toyotas. The Porsche team had shown solid pace in free practice, but were second-best to the Toyotas in qualifying and started…
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Suprising results on Saturday
Until the last minute all teams fought for the pole position for the 6 hours of the Nürburgring. While Toyota snatched the pole position in LMP1, G-Drive delivered a breathtaking top-end with Jackie Chan DC Racing. In the LMGTE-Pro Porsche were fastest and secured the first starting position for the race. [tabs] [tab title=”LMP1″ start=open]…
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Aston Martin and Porsche release Le Mans videos
Aston Martin and Porsche, winning manufacturers at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GTE and LMP classes, have released the now traditional video reviews of their racing weekends. The two-minute videos provide brief insight into the teams’ respective races, but more importantly give us a glimpse of the special moments and emotions…
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Porsche and Ford take championship leads
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is often a turning point in the fight for the FIA WEC championship titles, as – rightly or wrongly – double points are awarded. However, the amount of attrition in the LMP1 class means that both the manufacturers’ and drivers’ championships remain tight going into the second half of…
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Aston Martin secure memorable LMGTE-Pro victory
Aston Martin Racing claimed a memorable victory in the GTE Pro class at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. After an entire day of racing, there was practically nothing to separate the #97 Aston Martin Vantage, the #63 Corvette C7.R and the #67 Ford GT in what will go down as one of the…
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24h Le Mans: Porsche consolidate race lead
The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of André Lotterer, Neel Jani and Nick Tandy leads the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans by a comfortable 12 laps after eighteen hours of the endurance classic. The real story, however, is that a flock of LMP2 cars are in with a genuine shout of scoring an overall podium…