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Analysis: Who should have won in Mexico?
So the Six Hours of Mexico has just finished, and I can’t help but keep thinking about the ifs, buts, could have, should have, would haves of the race. There was plenty of them! I started the second half report on WEC-Magazin by saying that there was not a car that did not deserve to […]
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The WEC family pull together for Toyota
Sunday the 19th of June 2016 was the day that Toyota should have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, a suspected turbo issue handed victory to Porsche with three minutes left out of the 1440. The devastation of what had happened to Toyota was felt by everyone, and the entire sportscar community has […]
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Derani, Fassler and Ferrari star at Sebring
With new cars and the season looking to be competitive as ever, some of the teams are getting their eye in over in the United States before the season gets under way. We take a look at some of the WEC’s success from last weekend’s round two of the IMSA WeatherTech United Sportscar Championship, the 12 Hours of […]
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Bahrain testing round up: Montoya fastest
After Saturday’s tense season finale at the Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain, the teams and drivers stayed behind for a five hour test session with a slightly more relaxed atmosphere on Sunday. The aim, to give new drivers a chance to prove themselves in either the WEC or a new class within the series. Ex Williams Formula […]
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6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas: 3 hour report
Round five of the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship saw the series head outside of Europe for the first time this year. With Porsche once again starting at the front of the field, They will be looking to make a championship charge this weekend. We take a look at the first three hours of the […]
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LM24: SMP Racing victorious in GTE-Am
GTE-Am is often the go-to class when looking for an on-track battle in the FIA WEC, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans was no different. In fact, the pro-am GT class was arguably the most exciting of the four categories, with the lead of the race changing in the final hour. In the end, […]
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LM24: Corvette Racing beat the odds
The GTE-Pro class once again served up a fascinating mixture of door-banging action and strategy. Corvette Racing, down to only one car after Jan Magnussen’s huge crash in qualifying, emerged on top after 24 hours, with the #64 car of Oliver Gavin, Tommy Milner and Jordan Taylor taking the victory ahead of the #71 and […]
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LM24: KCMG's perfect run
Hong Kong-entered team KCMG wrapped up a dominant victory in the LMP2 class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the weekend. The #47 Oreca 05 Nissan of Richard Bradley, Nicolas Lapierre and Matt Howson led the race almost from start to finish and recorded their first victory at La Sarthe in their […]
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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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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 […]