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Porsche and Audi head first three hours in Mexico
The six hours of Mexico got under way in an exciting fashion, which saw Audi take advantage of their pole position. However Porsche and Toyota are still in the hunt. Hour 1 Andre Lotterer made a great start making a launch straight past the #2 Porsche , before taking advantage of the #8 Audi of…
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Henzler eyeing podium at Nürburgring
This weekend marks the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the famous Nürburgring circuit in the Eifel Mountains. In the run-up to the race weekend, WEC-Magazin spoke to Porsche driver Wolf Henzler on his preparations for his home race and the KCMG team’s performance so far this season. WM: Wolf, how would…
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Porsche win extraordinary 24 Hours at the death
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani has won the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans after one of the most astonishing race conclusions ever seen at La Sarthe. With the race seemingly in the bag, the #5 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 of Kazuki Nakajima crawled to a halt on…
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Toyota leads Le Mans at six-hour stage
The #6 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 of Kamui Kobayashi leads the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans after the first six hours with the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Mark Webber in second. Thiriet by TDS Racing leads LMP2, while it’s a Ford one-two in GTE Pro. The #78 KCMG Porsche leads GTE Am. The race…
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ACO tweaks GTE BoP before race
The ACO has taken the unparalleled decision to adjust the GTE Pro balance of performance ahead of Saturday’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The decision comes after the Ford GTs and Ferrari 488s dominated qualifying, locking out the top seven positions on the grid. The next-fastest car was the eighth-placed #92 Porsche Motorsport 911 RSR,…
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Rain disrupts Q2 at Le Mans
The second session of qualifying at Le Mans was practically a wash-out, with rain coming in from the north after just 20 minutes of running. Only seven cars went on to improve their times from Q1, most of which in LMP2. Brendon Hartley in the #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid recorded the quickest time of the session,…