LMP1
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Audi draw first blood in Texas
The #8 Audi R18 of Lucas di Grassi, Loic Duval and Oliver Jarvis topped the timesheets in both free practice sessions on Thursday at the Circuit of the Americas. Oliver Jarvis was the quickest man of FP1 in the scorching Texan heat, posting a fastest lap time of 1:48.498 on lap 10 of his 12-lap…
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Mexico to be ‘one of the best races of the year’, says Lucas di Grassi
This weekend, the WEC debuts in Mexico. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is uncharted territory for the WEC, so every team will be driving into the unknown come raceday. We spoke with Audi driver Lucas di Grassi ahead of the the first race at the latest WEC circuit. “The Six Hours of Mexico will be one of the…
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Audi and Porsche stick with 2 car Le Mans efforts for 2017
AUTOSPORT have revealed that Audi and Porsche will stick to two car efforts next year at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. This news comes to end the speculation that the two German manufactures would return to three car teams in 2017. According to AUTOSPORT, Audi’s Dr Wolfgang Ulrich said that the switch back to a…
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New Audi LMP boss: “We want to break new ground”
Doubts over Audi’s commitment to the FIA World Endurance Championship – and prototype racing at all – have long since been the subject of paddock rumour-mongering. In reality, Audi is looking to the future of its LMP concept and assessing how the new LMP1 regulations can match the works teams’ ambitions. “I think that’s the spirit of…
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Driver’s view: Simon Trummer at the ‘Ring
The free practice sessions for the Six Hours of the Nürburgring went really well. I did laps on old tyres, while Pierre and Olli were on new rubber. We matched the Rebellions across all three sessions, the first time we have been able to do that this season. This performance continued into qualifying, where we took…
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Audi and Aston Martin on top in Qualifying
Audi stun in qualifying to steal a 1-2 at the Nurburgring, to take pole for their home race. Aston Martin topped the GTE times. Andre Lotterer and Marcel Fassler will start from pole for tomorrow 6 Hours of the Nurburgring thanks to a combined time of 1:39.444. Second fastest was the #8 Audi which managed a 1:39.710.…
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Porsche to show third aero configuration at the Nurburgring
Porsche have announced that they will use their third aero kit this weekend for their home race, the 6 Hours of the Nurburgring. The Le Mans winning team started the year with their medium downforce aero kit for Spa and Silverstone, before switching to their low downforce kit for Le Mans. This will be the…
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Jose Maria Lopez in potential WEC switch
Jose Maria Lopez has been linked with the Toyota GAZOO Racing team ahead of the 2017 season. Without any plans announced to date, the Argentine racer could be following in the foot-steps of the likes of Lucas di Grassi and Sebastian Buemi, and competing in LMP1 and the Formula E Championship in the same year.…
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Driver’s view: Simon Trummer at Le Mans
Le Mans week started very positively for us. The team prepared the car really well after the Test Day and fitted all the new parts in time. Our shakedown at Le Mans airport was really positive. Then came the big shock in Free Practice. Our car caught fire and almost destroyed the entire rear end. The guys…