2015
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WEC at the Nürburgring: There is only one chance
On August 30th, the time will come for the first ever FIA WEC race in Germany. It is a moment which Audi and Porsche have waited for, the chance to race in front of their home crowed. However it may be the case that there will not be a race in Germany again next season.…
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Nick Tandy to drive for KCMG
The news surrounding LMP2 team, KCMG has been coming thick and fast recently. The latest piece of the puzzle to fall into place is confirmation of yet another driver. Porsche works driver, Nick Tandy will compete for KCMG in this year’s WEC alongside the already confirmed drivers, Richard Bradley and Matthew Howson. Tandy will compete…
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ByKolles launched online
Since the end of last season the team which we knew as Lotus has seen a lot of change, including a name change to ‘ByKolles Racing’. After having a the early part of their season littered with issues in 2014, the LMP1 team didn’t manage to start a race until round four of the championship at the Circuit of…
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Richard Bradley returns with KCMG
The KC Motor Group Ltd. (KCMG) announced yesterday that Richard Bradley will drive for the team for the full WEC season in the LMP2 class. The Briton will compete alongside with his team-mate from last season, Matt Howson in the new ORECA 05. For KCMG, the 2014 WEC season was very positive. The team won three races…
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Harry Tincknell Q&A: This is going to be really different!
Harry Tincknell is one of the latest drivers to arrive in the top class of the World Endurance Championship. He will be making his LMP1 debut in April for Nissan in their GT-R LM at the 6 Hours of Silverstone. We caught up with him in this exclusive interview ahead of his first full season in…
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ACO announce bumper entry list for 2015 WEC
The major players of the endurance racing world gathered in Paris today to witness the announcement of a bumper grid for the 2015 World Endurance Championship. At 35, the number of full-season entries far exceeded the 2014 figure of 31 and even exceeded the ACO’s self-imposed cap of 32. Here’s a class-by-class rundown of the…
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Entry lists for 2015 World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans
2015 World Endurance Championship Entry List LMP1 No. Team Car Named driver(s) 1 Toyota Racing Toyota TS040 Hybrid Anthony Davidson, Sébastian Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima 2 Toyota Racing Toyota TS040 Hybrid Alex Wurz, Mike Conway, Stéphane Sarrazin 4 ByKolles CLM P1/01 Simon Trummer 7 Audi Sport Team Joest Audi R18 e-tron quattro Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer,…
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Nissan reveal new GT-R LM
Last night at between Sunday and Monday, Nissan finally launched their new endurance programme. In the half-time of the Super Bowl, the Japanese manufacture presented a one and a half minute commercial which released the manufacture’s new car for the first time to the public. With the slogan “A Hero Comes Home” the advert advertised…
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2015 WEC begins to take shape
The long winter season break is almost over for the WEC, with the full grids for the 2015 season and the 83rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans set to be announced at 15:00 on February fifth (CET). Here is a round up of all the big news from the last few days.…