LMP
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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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Sir Chris Hoy confirmed in Algarve Pro Racing’s Le Mans Line-up
Sir Chris Hoy has been confirmed on the entry list for this year’s 24 Hour of Le Mans as a driver for the Algarve Pro Racing team. The 40 year-old Olympian will drive alongside fellow Brit, Michael Munemann and Frenchman Andrea Pizzitola in the #25 car LMP2 car. Despite being renowned for holding the accolade…
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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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ELMS: Krohn fastest at Prologue
The 2016 European Le Mans series kicked off with the championship’s season launch and offical pre-season test session over the last two days. With 42 cars taking part in the test there was sure to be action across the two day test. In LMP2 Krohn Racing set the pace in the first session on Tuesday…
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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…
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Greaves and TDS Racing pull out of Le Mans
Greaves Motorsport and TDS Racing are big names in the European Le Mans series, and are regulars on the entry list for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Despite gaining entry to the endurance classic in 2016 however, both teams have withdrawn one car each from the race. News has come from the ACO that…