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Eng and Catsburg to test for Porsche in Bahrain
Porsche has confirmed that Philipp Eng and Nick Catsburg will drive the current 911 RSR at the rookie test in Bahrain. The test day will take place a day after the series finale later this month. As well as claiming the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup title this year, Eng also retained his Porsche Carrera Cup…
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Ferrari reveal new GTE Challenger
The GTE class is set for a new look for 2016, with Porsche set to step out of the class. Ford stepping in, and the most successful GTE class in the WEC’s history, the Ferrari 458 Italia, will be replaced. This weekend, Ferrari formally showed off the new Ferrari 488 for the first time. Ferrari…
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Drivers and third cars: Toyota talk about plans up to 2017
It has become a tradition for Audi to run an extra car at Le Mans over the years. Latterly Porsche has followed suit. Toyota have always stuck to the two car effort at La Sarthe. However, that could be about to change for 2017. According to Rob Leupen, Toyota’s vice president, the team will have…
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Strakka and Greaves abandon LMP1 plans
The news of Strakka Racing and Greaves Motorsport’s plans to launch privateer LMP1 efforts in LMP1 season were universally welcomed. With just three cars on the LMP1 privateer grid this season, the addition of two new teams would have been a boon to the ailing category. But as dailysportscar.com reported yesterday, the plans have since…
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GTE title battles hot up
As if the on-track action at last weekend’s 6 Hours of Shanghai wasn’t enough, the results also had major implications for the respective championship battles. While a number of titles were decided in LMP, the championship battles in both the GTE Pro and GTE Am classes closed up dramatically. As a result, the 6 Hours of Bahrain on 21…
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Porsche win to claim Manufactures’ title
Porsche come first and second for the fifth time running in the WEC this year to claim the manufactures’ world championship in a race where fantastic strategy and late drama played a part. We take a look at the final three hours of the race. The final half of the race started with a trio…
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6 Hours of Shanghai: 3 Hour Report
The Six Hours of Shanghai is the penultimate race of this seasons World Endurance Championship. With one race to go after this one, and as many points in it in the championship battle, this race is set to be as important as ever. We take a look at the first 3 hours. Hour 1 The…
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Porsche on pole yet again, Ferrari head up GT
In qualifying for the penultimate race of the WEC season, Ferrari locked out the front row in the GTE-Pro category. In LMP1, Porsche took its seventh pole position out of seven, with the championship-leading #17 car set to start Sunday’s race from pole. An average lap time of 2:02.243 gave Toni Vilander and Gianmaria Bruni in…
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Shanghai: No clear tendency in Free Practice
The FIA WEC heads to China this weekend for its penultimate round of the season at the Shanghai International Circuit. Earlier today saw the first two Free Practice sessions take place. WEC-Magazin takes a look at how they went and who has the best chances for pole tomorrow. In the morning session, the Audis were…
