LMP2
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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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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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Vaillante Rebellion disqualified from third
Rebellion Racing achieved something in the LPM2 class at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans that they had attempted to achieve for years when running in the LMP1 category: an overall podium finish. The team was absolutely ecstatic at the third-place finish for the #13 Vaillante Rebellion Oreca 07 of Nelson Piquet Jr., David…
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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…
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24h Le Mans: Toyota’s race falls apart in astonishing half hour
Le Mans has never been a race short on drama, especially after the conclusion to last year’s 24 hours, but the 2017 running looks to have delivered yet another chapter of Le Mans history. The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of André Lotterer, Nick Tandy and Neel Jani leads at the halfway point, but that only…
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Astonishing Koyabashi lap takes pole for Toyota
A new post-Mulsanne-Chicane lap record for Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi secured pole for the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing ahead of this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 3:14.791 lap came in the first of two qualifying sessions in the sweltering heat of Thursday evening. The lap was so quick, in fact, that it broke…
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Toyota 1-2-3 at Le Mans Test Day
Toyota Gazoo Racing recorded the fastest three times of the official Le Mans Test Day in preparation for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in two weeks’ time. In LMP2, Nelson Panciatici topped the time sheets for Signatech Alpine Matmut, as the Oreca 07’s dominated the test filling the first 13 places in the standings.…