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Super Season begins in Spa-Francorchamps
The 2018/19 FIA WEC Super Season is set to get underway this weekend with the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. The first race of the Super Season will see six brand-new or at least heavily revised cars make their competitive debuts, including the wealth of new LMP1 privateer machinery and new cars from the factory BMW…
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The changing face of the WEC Prologue
The FIA WEC Super Season begins on the 6th of April with the official Prologue. It marks the start of a brand-new era for the World Endurance Championship, with a new 30-hour open test format a fitting step into the unknown. The likes of this official test, where the track is open to all registered…
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LMP1 entry list begin to take shape
The 2018/19 Super Season marks somewhat of a new dawn in the history of the FIA WEC. The loss of Porsche and Audi over the past two years has forced the series into a re-think when it comes to the premier prototype class. But with nine entries either confirmed or looking extremely likely, the LMP1…
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Nick Tandy hoping for something “a little bit different to a standard race”
The #1 Porsche will start from third on the grid for tomorrow’s six hours of Silverstone. However Nick Tandy has noted that tyre wear will be the limiting factor in the race. We caught up with him to get his thoughts ahead of his first home race in LMP1 with Porsche. Porsche were not as…
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2017 Season Preview: LMGTE-Pro
The mouth-watering battle in GTE Pro continues for another season with a straight-up battle between four two-car factory (or at least factory-blessed) squads. One of the main bugbears of the 2016 season, the number of BoP adjustments over the course of the season, has been resolved with the addition of an “automatic” BoP system, based…
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2017 Season Preview: LMP2
It’s all change in LMP2 for 2017, with the introduction of four standard chassis made by Dallara, Onroak, Oreca or Riley/Multimac and a spec Gibson V8 engine. The four-chassis variety has, though, failed to reach the FIA WEC for this year at least, with all teams opting for the Oreca 07, which won the LMP2…
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2017 Season Preview: LMP1
2017 marks somewhat of a step into the unknown for the FIA World Endurance Championship, and particularly the LMP1 class. The loss of Audi, a genuine stalwart of the prototype scene, after almost 20 years in the top-class prototype category seemed to have caught the ACO and FIA off guard, even though the writing had…
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Is the future bright for LMP1?
At first glance the LMP1 entry list for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship looks paltry. Indeed, the loss of Audi’s two-car programme reduces the manufacturers’ title battle to a head-to-head between Porsche and Toyota. With Porsche still weathering the VW diesel emissions scandal and Toyota warning that toning down regulations may bring an end…
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Mexico to be ‘one of the best races of the year’, says Lucas di Grassi
This weekend, the WEC debuts in Mexico. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is uncharted territory for the WEC, so every team will be driving into the unknown come raceday. We spoke with Audi driver Lucas di Grassi ahead of the the first race at the latest WEC circuit. “The Six Hours of Mexico will be one of the…