WEC
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Porsche and Ferrari on pole for season finale
The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of André Lotterer, Neel Jani and Nick Tandy took pole position at Porsche’s final FIA WEC race, the Six Hours of Bahrain, on Friday evening. GTE Pro pole went to the #71 AF Corse of Davide Rigon and Sam Bird, crucially denying the #67 Ford GT crew the extra point…
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GTE drivers’ title set for Bahrain showdown
The battle to be crowned the first ever FIA World Endurance Champion for GT Drivers reaches an exciting climax on Saturday, with four driver pairings still in with a mathematical chance of lifting the inaugural FIA championship. AF Corse drivers James Calado and Alessandro Per Guidi hold the advantage at the head of the championship…
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Victory for Toyota at the 2017 6 Hours of Shanghai 2019
The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid secured victory over the two works Porsches at the 2017 6 Hours of Shanghai. The Stuttgart-based manufacturer still has reason to celebrate, however, as second and third position handed the German marque the FIA World Endurance Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ titles with one round of the season to go. The #8…
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Toyota score 1-2 at rain-soaked home race
Toyota Gazoo Racing recorded a one-two finish at their home race, the 6 Hours of Fuji, which was cut short by rain and severe fog in southern Japan. Victory went to Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Anthony Davidson in the #8 TS050 Hybrid ahead of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José-Maria López in the #7…
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WEC Super Season ratified by FIA
Next season sees the FIA WEC face arguably the greatest challenge since its re-inception in 2012, with the loss of Porsche from the LMP1 fold leaving only one competing manufacturer in LMP1 and evidently no takers for the 2020 ruleset announced at Le Mans.
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Battle for GT world titles heats up
The Six Hours of the Circuit of the Americas proved to be yet another turning point in the fight for honours in the inaugural FIA World Endurance Championships for GT Drivers and GT Manufacturers. Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK drivers Andy Priaulx and Harry Tincknell lead the FIA World Endurance Championship for GT Drivers on…
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Porsche takes hard-fought victory in Texas
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Earl Bamber, Timo Bernhard and Brendon Hartley took victory in the Texan heat on Saturday after a hard-fought battle with the pair of Toyota TS050s in the Six Hours of the Circuit of the Americas. The sister #1 Porsche of Nick Tandy, André Lotterer and Neel Jani came through…
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Porsche take commanding victory in Mexico
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Brendon Hartley, Earl Bamber and Timo Bernhard recorded a comfortable victory, its third of the season, to extend Porsche’s lead at the head of the manufacturers’ championship. Porsche held a significant advantage over the pair of Toyota TS050s throughout the weekend, with the pair of 919 Hybrids evidently more…
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Porsche confirms end to LMP1 programme
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 well as its commitment to the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship in the US. In addition,…