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Victory for Toyota at the 6 Hours of Silverstone
Update: Toyota was disqualified after the race at Silverstone. The victory went to the second placed rebellion. All information can be found here. Toyota Gazoo Racing put together a perfect weekend at the 6 Hours of Silverstone to take its third victory of the season. After six hours of racing, the #8 TS050 of Buemi/Nakajima/Alonso…
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Pole for Toyota and Ford at Silverstone
The Silverstone race weekend began according to plan for Toyota Gazoo Racing. The Le Mans champions were quickly on the pace, setting the fastest times in free practice. In qualifying, the Japanese manufacturer continued its impressive form and secured pole position for Sunday’s race. In GTE Pro, it was Ford who took the pole, finishing…
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Provisional 2019/2020 calendar revealed
In the run-up to this weekend’s 6 Hours of Silverstone, the FIA WEC today revealed its provisional calendar for the 2019/2020 season.
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Equivalence of technology adjusted ahead of Silverstone
Equivalence of technology was one of the most-discussed issues at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The system, designed to equalise performance between hybrid and non-hybrid cars was much criticised for giving the works Toyota team (the only cars running a hybrid system in LMP1) a significant perceived advantage at the Circuit de la…
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Porsche #919tribute breaks Nordschleife record
Porsche today bettered one of the most-famous lap records ever set in motor racing as part of its #919tribute world tour. Timo Bernhard lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife with his Porsche 919 Hybrid in an astonishing 5:19.55, the quickest lap ever recorded around the 20.8 kilometre Green Hell. The official lap record was set by Stefan…
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Corvette Racing to enter Six Hours of Shanghai
Corvette Racing today announced that it will be entering the Six Hours of Shanghai later this season, marking the works team’s first foray outside of US sportscar racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Despite rival Ford being a permanent fixture of the World Endurance Championship since 2016, Corvette Racing have so far never…
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Alonso, Nakajima and Buemi extend championship lead
Fernando Alonso, Kazuki Nakajima and Sébastien Buemi have extended their lead in the LMP FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship after victory at Le Mans. In GTE, Porsche hold a commanding lead in the manufacturers’ title battle – in part thanks to a post-race penalty handed to Ford. LMP FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship A rule…
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Le Mans: LMP2 winner G-Drive Racing disqualified
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 Francois Perrodo, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Loic Duval has also been excluded from the classification for…
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Le Mans 2018: The statistics
The 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans provided some unusual and interesting statistics for all those anoraks among us to get our teeth into. We have put together a rundown of the key facts and figures from the 86th running of the famous French endurance race Maiden winners All of the class winners at the…