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WEC regulars star in other championships
Cost is an important factor for any racing series, especially with the current economic situation. From the word go the WEC has been aware of this and has tried to cap costs as best as possible. One of the ways the FIA does this is by limiting the season length to just eight races a…
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Nurburgring 6 Hours provisional entry list unveiled
The dust of Le Mans may have only settled a few days ago, but thoughts are already looking ahead to the next round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The Nurburgring 6 Hours will be the first WEC race held in Germany, meaning that for the first time Audi and Porsche will go head to…
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Larbre Corvette set for American appearance
The Le Mans week seemed like one to forget come Thursday night at La Sarthe for Corvette. Starting towards the back of the GTE-PRO field with the #64 car, and the #63 car set to sit out the race after a crash with Jan Magnussen behind the wheel at the Porsche Curves. Corvette went on…
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Porsche confirm pace in afternoon session
After the lunch break the teams and drivers set back out on track at a wet circuit at Le Mans for the afternoon test session. Porsche once again set the pace and confirmed that records will be beaten in this years 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Porsche once again topped the…
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Porsche top wet session 1 at Le Mans test day
It was rain on the menu for breakfast at Le Mans for the first offical session of the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans. As always, the test day is taking place two weeks before the race. All of this years runners of the endurance classic have been completing, with some special entries for teams…
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The Story of Derek Bell
We would like to take a look back at some of the highlights of the legendary race. Each article in the series will be dedicated to a certain individual, car or other feature in Le Mans history that are particularly meaningful to wec-magazin.com. In the first article in the series, we take a look at…
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Are Aston Martin on the right track?
Last weekend Aston Martin had a surprisingly successful showing at the track in the Ardennes forest. Already at Silverstone, the British team qualified on pole position in both GTE-PRO and AM, but only managed to hold on to the win in AM. At Spa, the Prodrive prepared team delivered again in qualifying and converted both…
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ByKolles continues to struggle against hybrids
The privateer teams in LMP1 have never had it simple. Sitting in the classes between the factory prepared hybrid cars and the LMP2 cars, there is a small section for the private LMP1 cars. Earlier in the year a small entry became smaller when Rebellion Racing confirmed that they would miss the first two races…
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Strong showings for Jota and SARD-Morand
For the last four years, the ELMS team, Jota Sport appear at the Belgium round of the WEC in preparation for Le Mans. The round at Spa-Francorchamps allows the #38 crew to eye up their competitors ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Once again, the team appeared at the event again last weekend.…