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Porsche fastest in Free Practice
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Romain Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb recorded the fastest time in the four-hour Free Practice session for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. KCMG topped the time sheets in LMP2, while Ferraris finished first in both GTE Pro and GTE Am. The only free practice session at this year’s 24 Hours…
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Barker “confident” ahead of Le Mans 24 Hours debut
British driver Ben Barker is the latest a new crop of young drivers showing off their considerable talent in GTE racing and one-make GT series. Two very recent graduates, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy, went on to win Le Mans last year. This season marks Barker’s debut in the WEC in a Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR alongside Adam Carroll…
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2016: GTE Pro Preview
The 14-car GTE Pro class is the largest seen at Le Mans since the World Endurance Championship’s inception in 2012. WEC stalwarts Ferrari and Aston Martin are joined by two Corvettes and additional entries from Ford and Porsche in what’s set to be an epic battle. Reigning champions Corvette Racing are back with their now-customary…
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GTE BoP finalised for Le Mans
The ACO yesterday announced the final adjustments to its balance of performance formula for the GTE Pro and GTE Am classes, with Ford and Aston Martin gaining further weight breaks. Aston Martin were the main beneficiaries from the changes, receiving an additional 10kg reduction in minimum weight – on top of a 50kg it was…
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Win a signed Corvette cap!
Le Mans just wouldn’t be Le Mans any more without those rumbling Corvette V8s. In fact, the classic US muscle car brand has been coming to La Sarthe for over half a century, ever since a quartet of C1s took the grid at the 1960 race. Once again, Corvette Racing will be making the trip over…
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Audi quickest at Le Mans Test Day
The #8 Audi R18 of Loic Duval, Lucas di Grassi and Oliver Jarvis posted the fastest time of yesterday’s Le Mans Test Day of 3:21.375. In LMP2, Eurasia Motorsport finished top of the time sheets while Corvette recorded the fastest times in both GTE Pro (Corvette Racing) and GTE Am (Larbre Competition). Loic Duval was…
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Audi claim unlikely victory in Spa thriller
What seemed to be a race for Toyota went up in smoke with two hours remaining. Reliability issues were the story of the day, which led to an unlikely victory for Audi in Belguim. Toyota seemed to have it in the bag going into the final half of the race, however with two hours to…
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6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps: Halfway report
Round 2 of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship got underway at Spa-Francorchamps and the drama ensued. A tough day for Porsche and a strong fight between Audi and Toyota make up the headlines from the first half of the 6 Hours of Spa. Hour 1 Audi charged up to third and fourth positions at the start after…
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Toyota fight back to top FP2
Toyota topped an interrupted FP2 for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, ending the session first and second fastest ahead of a previously dominant Porsche team. Toyota #6 set the fastest time in FP2 at Spa, with the #5 Toyota second fastest in the session. However, the time that the leading car set was half a…