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Both CEFC TRSM Racing cars out of Six Hours of Spa
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 the British manufacturer to not allow the cars to race. The British-based, Manor-run team were…
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Rebellion Racing fastest in FP3 at Spa-Francorchamps
The #1 Rebellion R13 topped the timing sheets in the third and final free practice session ahead of tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Swiss driver Neel Jani registered the fastest time of the one-hour session, a 1:57.120, some eight tenths faster than the second-fastest #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid. Jani’s time was the fifth fastest across…
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Toyota, Ford, DragonSpeed and Gulf Racing top FP2
Toyota finished a good two seconds clear of its LMP1 competitors in the second free practice session for Saturday’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Mike Conway was the fastest man in the session, posting a 1:56.172 on lap five of his stint in the #7 TS050 Hybrid. The #8 machine was second fastest in the session,…
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Toyota head up first session of new WEC season
The works Toyotas finished one-two in Free Practice 1 for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Fernando Alonso in the #8 car was the quickest man of the session, setting a fastest lap time of 1:58.392 around the 7km Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The surprise of the session in LMP1 was the pace shown by the gaggle of…
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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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Button joins SMP Racing for Le Mans
SMP Racing have signed former Formula 1 World Drivers Champion Jenson Button as part of its driver line-up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the remainder of the 2018/19 FIA WEC Super Season. The Brit will race alongside Mikhail Aleshin and fellow former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov in the #11 BR Engineering BR1…
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Non-spec Toyota fastest at Prologue
Toyota recorded the fastest times at the season-opening Prologue at Circuit Paul Ricard, but the data only tells half the story. The Prologue began in sunny but cool weather, and the pair of Toyota TS050 Hybrids were quickly out on track setting the pace at the front of the field. Mike Conway’s 1:32.662 during his…
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The highlights from the 2018 Prologue
The season opener of the FIA WEC is behind us. We take a look back to the 30-hour test and show you the highlights from the Circuit Paul Ricard. [metaslider id=”14231″] Images © WEC-Magazin / Walter Schruff / Ton Kerdijk
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Toyota and Ford up front on first Prologue day
The FIA WEC 2018/19 Super Season officially kicked off this morning with the start of the two-day Prologue test, which gives teams and drivers the chance to put their cars under scrutiny for a full 30 hours around the Circuit Paul Ricard in France. Honours in the first timed sessions of the season went to…