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Championships Decided in Bahrain
With so many titles on offer in the FIA World Endurance championship, the penultimate round at the Bahrain International Circuit was bound to see a number of championships decided. However, the six-hour race proved to be a rollercoaster ride of tension and intrigue, with incidents with major title implications in the final 15 minutes! First […]
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Alonso Attends His Second WEC Race this Year
Yesterday the two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso, was for the second time this year a guest at a WEC race. After the Spaniard was the guest of honor at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, he privately attended yesterday’s race in Bahrain. He enjoyed his appearance in the WEC paddock and was pleased […]
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Toyota Victorious in the Desert
Toyota made it five wins for the season in Bahrain with a nail-biting victory in the 6 Hours of Bahrain ahead of the two factory Porsche 919 Hybrids. It wasn’t all plain sailing for the Japanese manufacturer though, with the championship-leading #8 car driven by Anthony Davidson and Sébastian Buemi suffering alternator issues two hours […]
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Toyota Lead at Halfway Stage in Bahrain
The #7 Toyota TS040 of Mike Conway, Stéphane Sarrazin and Alex Wurz leads the 6 Hours of Bahrain at the halfway mark, but drama has hit the championship-leading #8 car. The #20 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Timo Bernhard is in second, with the #2 Audi R18 e-tron quattro rounding out the top three. The #14 […]
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Race Preview – Round 7 Bahrain
Saturday sees the FIA World Endurance Championship arrive at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir for the third running of the 6 Hours of Bahrain. As was the case in 2013, the race will start in daylight and be run into the Arabian night. In fact, with the race due to start at 4.00pm local […]
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Porsche on Top in Bahrain
Neel Jani left his competitors behind in tonight’s free practice sessions in Bahrain and got the fastest time for Porsche. The Dane, Nicki Thiim set a blistering time in his GTE-AM Aston Martin to be the fastest of all the GT cars. The first day in Bahrain is now over and Porsche driver, Neel Jani set […]
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Porsche Announce 2015 Driver Line-Up
After speculation about Porsche’s LMP1 drive line up has got larger and larger over the last few weeks, the manufacture has finally put an end to the rumors and have now officially announced their LMP1 drive line-up for next year. In recent weeks rumours have been doing the rounds that former Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button was […]
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Nissan Driver Line-up Still Under Wraps
The 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season marks the return of Nissan to the top class of prototype racing for the first time since the early 1990s. The Nissan GT-R LM NISMO is set to be unveiled on 8 December, and is reportedly already testing at Nissan’s top-secret test centre in Arizona. The driver line-up […]
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G-Drive Plan Second Car for 2015
For the Russian G-Drive Racing team the 2014 season has been a very positive one to date. Since the beginning of the season, the team surprised with a strong performances and lead in almost every race. In the past six World Championship races, the trio put their car on the LMP2 pole position. On four […]
