Race
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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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KCMG lose third in GTE Am, Audi fined
KCMG have been stripped of their second-place finish at yesterday’s 6 Hours of the Nürburgring after a decision posted by the race stewards late in the evening. The #8 Audi Sport Team Joest was also handed a fine for a post-race paperwork inconsistency. In post-race scrutineering, the #78 KCMG Porsche 911 was found to have…
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Porsche takes victory in Nürburgring classic
The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard was victorious in the Six Hours of the Nürburgring today after a fierce LMP1 battle that swayed between the Porsches and the Audis for almost the entire race. The Audi R18s capitalized on their front row advantage, but Brendon Hartley soon got amongst…
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The WEC family pull together for Toyota
Sunday the 19th of June 2016 was the day that Toyota should have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, a suspected turbo issue handed victory to Porsche with three minutes left out of the 1440. The devastation of what had happened to Toyota was felt by everyone, and the entire sportscar community has…
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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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6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps: Halfway report
Round 2 of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship got underway at Spa-Francorchamps and the drama ensued. A tough day for Porsche and a strong fight between Audi and Toyota make up the headlines from the first half of the 6 Hours of Spa. Hour 1 Audi charged up to third and fourth positions at the start after…
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Ferrari domination at Silverstone in GTE
The 6 Hours of Silverstone was a story of Ferrari domination in both GTE Pro and GTE Am, with AF Corse recording victory in both classes. Compared to the frantic prototype battles up ahead, the GTE classes were an ocean of calm. The #71 Ferrari 488 of Sam Bird and Davide Rigon took a lights-to-flag…
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Audi take impressive victory at Silverstone
The #7 Audi R18 of André Lotterer, Benoit Tréyuler and Marcel Fässler took the overall victory after an incident-packed 6 Hours of Silverstone. The pole-sitting car didn’t have everything its own way, however, and benefitted from a number of issues affecting the Porsches, including a massive accident for Brendon Hartley in the #1 919 Hybrid two hours…
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Audi lead at the halfway stage
The pole-sitting #7 Audi R18 of André Lotterer, Benoit Tréyuler and Marcel Fässler leads after three hours of the 6 Hours of Silverstone, but that only tells part of the story in an incident-packed race. The erstwhile leader, the #1 Porsche of Hartley/Webber/Bernhard, is out of the race after a serious incident with the #86…