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14 Jun 2019

Toyota announce 2020/2021 hypercar

by David | posted in: Announcement, Homepage, Hypercar, Team, WEC | 0

Toyota Gazoo Racing today confirmed its participation in the 2020/2021 FIA World Endurance Championship with a new hypercar prototype.

14 Jun 2019

Aston Martin returns to prototype racing with Valkyrie

by David | posted in: Announcement, Homepage, Hypercar, Le Mans, Team, WEC | 0

Aston Martin has announced its return to the top class of endurance racing from the 2020/2021 season with its new Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar.

19 Jun 2018

Le Mans: LMP2 winner G-Drive Racing disqualified

by David | posted in: FIA, Homepage, LMP2, Team | 0

The #26 G-Drive Racing Oreca 07 of Roman Rusinov, Andrea Pizzitola and Jean-Eric-Vergne has been stripped of its Le Mans victory in the LMP2 class due to a fuel-related infraction. In addition, the fellow TDS Racing-run #28 Oreca 07 of … Continued

4 May 2018

Both CEFC TRSM Racing cars out of Six Hours of Spa

by David | posted in: Announcement, Homepage, LMP1, Team | 0

Ginetta today announced that the pair of CEFC TRSM Racing Ginetta G60-LT-P1s have been pulled out of the Six Hours of Spa. The decision comes after funds promised to Ginetta from team backer TRS (China) have failed to materialise, forcing … Continued

15 Feb 2018

Comment: Privateer commitment must be respected

by David | posted in: ACO, Comment, FIA, Homepage, Le Mans, LMP1, Team, WEC | 0

Privateer teams have come out in force for the 2018/2019 Super Season, giving the WEC’s LMP1 class the most full-season entries it has ever seen. Their commitment must be respected if the WEC is to progress as a series. Since … Continued

28 Jul 2017

Porsche confirms end to LMP1 programme

by David | posted in: Announcement, Homepage, LMP1, Team, WEC | 0

Porsche has today confirmed that its highly successful LMP1 programme will be coming to the end following the 2017 season, with the German marque set to focus its WEC efforts on its GTE Pro programme with the 911 RSR as … Continued

18 May 2017

Lopez switch raises further Toyota driver questions

by Tobias | posted in: Driver, Homepage, Le Mans, LMP1, Team | 0

José-Maria López hasn’t had the best of starts to his FIA World Endurance Championship career. The 34-year-old triple World Touring Car Champion, formerly named as a full-season driver for the #8 car alongside Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi, has switched … Continued

15 Apr 2017

2017 Season Preview: LMGTE-Pro

by Tobias | posted in: Homepage, LMGTE-Pro, Preview, Team, WEC | 0

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 … Continued

13 Apr 2017

2017 Season Preview: LMP2

by David | posted in: Driver, Homepage, LMP2, Preview, Team | 0

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 … Continued

12 Apr 2017

2017 Season Preview: LMP1

by David | posted in: Homepage, LMP1, Preview, Team, WEC | 0

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 … Continued