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  • Richard Lietz returns to defend GTE-PRO title

    Richard Lietz returns to defend GTE-PRO title

    After his best season in the FIA ​​World Endurance Championship to date, the Austrian, Richard Lietz will compete again this year in the GTE-PRO class. We caught up with the 32-year-old ahead of his first WEC season as defending champion. For Richard Lietz, 2015 could not have been better. It was the first time in the history of…

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  • Marino Franchitti: “We hope to be competing at the sharp end”

    Marino Franchitti: “We hope to be competing at the sharp end”

    Fifty years on from their famous 1-2-3 finish at Le Mans, Ford are returning to the endurance racing scene. This year all eyes will be on the American manufacture as they enter the fiercely competitive GTE-PRO class. Marino Franchitti has been confirmed as a driver for the new entry and has been involved in the…

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  • Ford reveals line-up for LM24 assault

    Ford reveals line-up for LM24 assault

    Ford Chip Ganassi Racing have revealed their full driver line-up for their four-car assault on the 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours. Ford will be doing all in their power to win at La Sarthe in June, 50 years since their famous overall victory, and has enlisted the very best driving talent to achieve this aim.…

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  • Gulf Racing confirm 2016 driver trio

    Gulf Racing confirm 2016 driver trio

    This season Gulf Racing Team will make the step up from the European Le Mans Series into the FIA World Endurance Championship. Today the team has announced Ben Barker and Adam Carroll as the two drivers to race alongside team owner and driver Mike Wainwright. The experienced Northern Irishman, Adam Carroll, who has driven with Gulf Racing for…

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  • 2016 full-season entries: In brief

    2016 full-season entries: In brief

    The ACO announced the list of full-season entries for the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season this afternoon at its annual press conference in Paris. Here is a brief rundown of the full-season entries. LMP1 Team Car Number Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid #1 Porsche Team Porsche 919 Hybrid #2 ByKolles Racing Team CLM P1/01…

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  • KCMG not to compete in LMP2 this year

    KCMG not to compete in LMP2 this year

    The LMP2 team, KCMG, which finished second in last year’s LMP2 Championship has announced that they are to withdraw from the competition this year. However it is the team’s aim to defend their class win at Le Mans in June. KCMG had a successful year in 2015, finishing off the podium (in class) on only…

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  • Vilander, Calado and Bird in AF Corse Driver Shuffle

    Vilander, Calado and Bird in AF Corse Driver Shuffle

    Sam Bird, the Brit who last year took the LMP2 drivers championship on his first attempt for G-Drive Racing, will be heading to Ferrari for 2016. Bird will be driving the new Ferrari 488 with Davide Rigon.  New has broken today (January 7th) that Sam Bird, who tested for Toyota’s LMP1 program in Bahrain’s rookie…

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  • Ford reveal GTE-PRO drivers

    Ford reveal GTE-PRO drivers

    50 years on from Ford’s historic 1-2-3 finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the American marque is returning to sportscars on the world stage. With the already announced new Ford GT to be the car to race in the GTE-PRO class of the FIA World Endurance Championship, today, the four drivers that will…

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  • Larbre expansion limited to GTE-AM

    Larbre expansion limited to GTE-AM

    Larbre Competition, the only team to represent Corvette in the full FIA WEC season, has confirmed they will not step up to the GTE-PRO category in 2016. The French team is now instead looking into a possible expansion to two cars in next years GTE-AM category. 2015 did not go to plan for the French team.…

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