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6 Hours of Silverstone: GTE Preview
The 2016 World Endurance Championship kicks off this weekend with the Six Hours of Silverstone, the traditional curtain-raiser for the international sportscar championship. WEC-Magazin takes a look at the runners and riders in the two GTE classes. GTE Pro With all eyes on June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, the first two races of the…
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New beginnings for Porsche GTE effort
Not only did Toyota driver Alex Wurz announced he would retire after the end of the 2015 season, also the longtime head of the Porsche GT teams, Olaf Manthey, has announced he will step down from motorsport. Porsche now stands before a new beginning, which will see changes to it’s GT program coming thick and fast into…
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2015: Resources Page
Circuit Name: Circuit de la Sarthe Opened: 1923 Country: France Length: 13,629 km Corners: 21 Watch Allan McNish’s famous Le Mans track guide here. Timetable (all times CEST) Date Session Start time End time Wednesday 10th June Free Practice 1 16:00 20:00 Wednesday 10th June Qualifying 1 22:00 0:00 Thursday 11th June Qualifying 2…
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24 Hours of Le Mans 2015: GTE-Pro Preview
What GTE-Pro lacks in quantity, it more than makes up for in quality: nine cars spread across four factory teams almost exclusively comprising works drivers. The GTE machines are so finely balanced that every single car is genuinely in with a shot at victory. Expect frantic wheel-to-wheel, door-banging action in the closest class at this…
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Nissan push GTR-LM debut back to Le Mans
Nissan will miss the opening two round of this years World Endurance Championship at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchamps in order to focus on a continued testing program. The team have also announced their withdrawal from the pre-season test at Paul Ricard, meaning that the team will make their debut at Le Mans in June with their full three car…
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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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Corvette return to the WEC
Rumours of a return of Corvette to the WEC (wec-magazin.com reported) have now been officially confirmed. Experienced French privateer team Larbre Compétition will enter the 2015 WEC with a Corvette C7.R. Internal problems and difficulties bringing over the latest incarnation of the Chevrolet Corvette to Europe meant that Larbre Compétition decided not to enter the…
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Rebellion Racing switch to AER power for 2015
Rebellion Racing have announced a switch from Toyota customer V8 power to the twin-turbo AER P60 V6 for the 2015 World Endurance Championship season. However, upgrades to the Oreca-built R-One chassis mean the Swiss team will miss the both the prologue and the first round at Silverstone. Rebellion Racing have answered one of the major…