David Tunnicliffe
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Toyota take hard-fought win at home race
Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Stéphane Sarrazin took a cathartic victory for Toyota at their home race in Fuji after a gripping tactical battle over six hours. The #6 car was followed home by the #8 Audi R18 of Lucas di Grassi, Loic Duval and Oliver Jarvis and the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark…
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Audi hold the upper hand after three hours
The #8 Audi leads the 6 Hours of Fuji after three hours, some ten seconds ahead of the #6 Toyota TS050 and the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid. The race got off to a frantic but largely clean start in bright sunshine in southern Japan, with Oliver Jarvis turning his pole position into a commanding lead for the…
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Audi takes pole in Japan
Audi continued their impressive performance from Friday’s free practice sessions and secured the pole position for tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Fuji. Lucas di Grassi, Oliver Jarvis and Loic Duval secured the fastest average lap time for the #8 Audi R18, a 1:23.570 but were only 0.025 seconds ahead of the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Timo…
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Porsche strike back in Fuji FP2
Porsche struck back in the second free practice session for the 6 Hours of Fuji on Friday afternoon, with Mark Webber setting the fastest time of the session in the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of 1:24.074, some nine tenths down on his nearest competitor. Oliver Jarvis was second fastest in the #8 Audi R18, while…
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Audi fastest in FP1 at Fuji
The #7 Audi R18 of Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoit Tréluyer finished top of the time sheets in the first practice session for Sunday’s 6 Hours of Fuji. Fässler was the quickest man in the morning session, posting a fastest lap of 1:25.030 in dry but cool conditions at the Japanese track. The #6 Toyota TS050…
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Mark Webber announces retirement from racing
Australian driver Mark Webber has announced that he will be hanging up his boots at the end of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season. Webber, who turned 40 in the summer, will compete in his final top-level competitive motorsport event at the 6 Hours of Bahrain on 19th November. After a long and successful career…
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More driver reshuffling in LMP2
The LMP2 driver market has been a hive of activity this season, with numerous teams chopping and changing their line-ups almost on a race-by-race basis. The latest changes come at G-Drive Racing, where Will Stevens replaces German driver René Rast to partner Roman Rusinov and Alex Brundle at Fuji. Elsewhere, Alex Lynn becomes the latest…
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BMW Motorsport confirm WEC return
BMW Motorsport today confirmed plans for its motorsport activities moving forward, with the German marque committing to the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2018 with an as as-yet-unnamed programme. The brand-new WEC commitment will see BMW return to Le Mans for the first time since 2011, where Andy Priaulx, Dirk Müller and Joey Hand finished third (pictured…
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Monza replaces Paul Ricard for 2017 Prologue
The FIA and the ACO have revealed the calendar for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, with no significant changes to the competitive championship. There is, however, one major difference compared to the 2016 season: the official Prologue – two days of official testing for all WEC runners – will be held at the Italian circuit of Monza, not Circuit…