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Richard Bradley returns with KCMG
The KC Motor Group Ltd. (KCMG) announced yesterday that Richard Bradley will drive for the team for the full WEC season in the LMP2 class. The Briton will compete alongside with his team-mate from last season, Matt Howson in the new ORECA 05. For KCMG, the 2014 WEC season was very positive. The team won three races…
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Harry Tincknell Q&A: This is going to be really different!
Harry Tincknell is one of the latest drivers to arrive in the top class of the World Endurance Championship. He will be making his LMP1 debut in April for Nissan in their GT-R LM at the 6 Hours of Silverstone. We caught up with him in this exclusive interview ahead of his first full season in…
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Nissan announce three more drivers
After a secretive year of information around the Nissan LMP1 project, the drivers are now beginning to break cover. Marc Gene, Harry Tincknell, Olivier Pla and Le Mans extra Tsugio Matsuda will be joined by Nissan regular and GT-R LM NISMO test driver, Michael Krumm and GT Academy winners Lucas Ordonez and Jann Mardenbourgh. When…
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ACO announce bumper entry list for 2015 WEC
The major players of the endurance racing world gathered in Paris today to witness the announcement of a bumper grid for the 2015 World Endurance Championship. At 35, the number of full-season entries far exceeded the 2014 figure of 31 and even exceeded the ACO’s self-imposed cap of 32. Here’s a class-by-class rundown of the…
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Rebellion Racing switch to AER power for 2015
Rebellion Racing have announced a switch from Toyota customer V8 power to the twin-turbo AER P60 V6 for the 2015 World Endurance Championship season. However, upgrades to the Oreca-built R-One chassis mean the Swiss team will miss the both the prologue and the first round at Silverstone. Rebellion Racing have answered one of the major…
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Nissan reveal new GT-R LM
Last night at between Sunday and Monday, Nissan finally launched their new endurance programme. In the half-time of the Super Bowl, the Japanese manufacture presented a one and a half minute commercial which released the manufacture’s new car for the first time to the public. With the slogan “A Hero Comes Home” the advert advertised…
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WEC drivers set to star in 24 Hours of Daytona
The TUDOR United Sportscar Championship is heading into it’s second season this weekend with the season kicking off with the world famous 24 hour race at Daytona. Among the 53 starters there is a healthy representation of WEC drivers that will be competing in the endurance classic. We take a look though each of the drivers ahead…
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Awards for Kristensen and Lotterer
Last season was among the most difficult in the history of Audi Sport Team Joest. After the team managed to claim the world championships in both 2012 and 2013, missing out on the championship last year was not in the script for Audi. It wasn’t for a want of trying at Audi, the team fought…
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Toyota begin testing 2015 car
After Porsche were the first LMP1 team to reveal images of their new prototype ahead of the 2015 season, Toyota have also been testing in the south of France. The Japanese team spent three days testing a modified version of the 2014 model of the TS040 at Le Castellet. Over the course of the test,…