LMP1
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Driver’s view: Simon Trummer from Silverstone
We travelled to the first race of the 2016 WEC with some brand-new parts on the car. Unfortunately we were unable to test them properly beforehand, so we weren’t entirely sure how they would perform. Friday’s free practice sessions, most of which took place in wet conditions, went pretty well. We seemed to be able to…
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Audi take impressive victory at Silverstone
The #7 Audi R18 of André Lotterer, Benoit Tréyuler and Marcel Fässler took the overall victory after an incident-packed 6 Hours of Silverstone. The pole-sitting car didn’t have everything its own way, however, and benefitted from a number of issues affecting the Porsches, including a massive accident for Brendon Hartley in the #1 919 Hybrid two hours…
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Audi take pole at Silverstone
The first qualifying session for the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship ended with the LMP1 pole going the way of the #7 Audi. G-Drive Racing will start tomorrow’s race from pole in LMP2, while the #71 Ferrari will lead away the GTE-PRO class, and the #88 Porsche the GTE-AM field. In LMP1, there was nothing…
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6 Hours of Silverstone: LMP Preview
The 6 Hours of Silverstone this weekend marks the on-track competitive debuts for many of the LMP1 and LMP2 competitors. Last year’s curtain-raiser saw astonishing on-track battles between the LMP1 competitors and set the tone for the remainder of the season. Have the works teams made similar progress for 2016? It’s all change in LMP2,…
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James Rossiter in at ByKolles for Silverstone and Spa
Briton James Rossiter will return to LMP1 for the ByKolles team for the first two races of the season at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchaps. Rossiter, who usually drives in the Super Formula championship will replace regular ByKolles driver Pierre Kaffer and share the car with Simon Trummer and Oliver James Webb. ByKolles Racing Director of Operations,…
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Porsche Carrera Cup GB and ELMS join WEC at Silvertone opener
The 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship kicks off over a three day event at Silverstone in Great Britain over the weekend of the 15th-17th April. However the WEC is not the only championship heading onto the track across the three days. The Porsche Carrera Cup GB will be on track for the second round of their championship after…
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Porsche fastest in day 1 of testing
Earlier this week the European Le Mans Series headed to Paul Ricard for their 2016 prologue. Today the teams of the FIA World Endurance Championship got their chance to start their season at the same venue. A total of 29 of the 31 full season cars are at the French circuit over the 25th and 26th of March to test…
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Toyota TS050 Breaks Cover
Toyota have become the third and final LMP1 manufacture to show off their 2016 challenger. The brand new Toyota TS050 will be the car that Toyota hope will get them back to the top of LMP1 after a disappointing title defence 2015. The TS050 will use a turbocharged V6 rather than the V8 of its…
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Porsche “Ready for title defence”
One day later than Audi, Porsche have revealed their 2016 LMP1 challenger. A strong 2015 for the German team has left them with a tough act to follow this season. However Porsche’s LMP1 Vice President, Fritz Enzinger has said that the new “Le Mans Prototype is ready for the title defence”. The new Porsche 919 Hybrid has over…