David Tunnicliffe
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Post-race penalties for Ford and Risi
The class-winning #68 Chip Ganassi Team USA Ford GT of Joey Hand, Dirk Müller and Sébastian Bourdais and the second-place #82 Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 of Giancarlo Fisichella, Toni Vilander and Matteo Malucelli have both been handed post-race penalties by the stewards, however the results of the race are not affected. Risi Competizione had been…
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Comment: That damn emotion
I always feel a sense of emptiness, verging on destitution on those Sunday evenings in the middle of June. It is the culmination of spending 36 hours awake, watching an often emotionally draining and mentally exhausting motor race that lasted for an entire day and the thought that a whole year must pass until we experience this…
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Porsche win extraordinary 24 Hours at the death
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani has won the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans after one of the most astonishing race conclusions ever seen at La Sarthe. With the race seemingly in the bag, the #5 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 of Kazuki Nakajima crawled to a halt on…
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Porsche and Toyota continue fierce battle
The #5 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 of Sébastian Buemi leads Le Mans with six hours remaining ahead of his teammate Mike Conway in the #6 car. Marc Lieb remains less than a minute behind as the three cars continue their yo-yo battle for the lead. In the early hours of the race it was Kamui Kobayashi…
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Drama for Porsche, Toyota continue to lead
The #6 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Stéphane Sarrazin leads the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans at the halfway stage, chased by the #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb. The most dramatic moment of the race so far came at around 11pm, when…
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Toyota leads Le Mans at six-hour stage
The #6 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 of Kamui Kobayashi leads the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans after the first six hours with the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Mark Webber in second. Thiriet by TDS Racing leads LMP2, while it’s a Ford one-two in GTE Pro. The #78 KCMG Porsche leads GTE Am. The race…
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Frédéric Sausset: From dream to reality in G56
Frédéric Sausset’s life was turned upside down in July 2012. The successful businessman was on holiday in Western France when he caught a bacterial infection that attacked his entire body, costing him parts of all four of his limbs. Wheelchair-bound, Sausset’s dream of racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans appeared to be confined to just…
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Porsche back with Manthey Racing in 2017
Porsche Motorsport has extended its contract with Manthey Racing, with the Meuspath-based team tasked with running the Porsche works GT programme from 2017. Manthey Racing have a wealth of experience running factory Porsche programmes and operated the two-car works effort in 2013, 2014 and 2015, which gave Porsche one Le Mans win and one World Endurance…
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ACO tweaks GTE BoP before race
The ACO has taken the unparalleled decision to adjust the GTE Pro balance of performance ahead of Saturday’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The decision comes after the Ford GTs and Ferrari 488s dominated qualifying, locking out the top seven positions on the grid. The next-fastest car was the eighth-placed #92 Porsche Motorsport 911 RSR,…