GTE-AM

  • Porsche sweep GTE Pro and Am victories

    Porsche sweep GTE Pro and Am victories

    The #92 Porsche 911 RSR of Michael Christensen, Kévin Estre and Laurens Vanthoor secured a comprehensive GTE Pro victory in the 86th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In GTE Am, the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsche 911 RSR of Julien Andlauer, Matt Campbell and Christian Ried made it a double victory for the…

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  • Audi claim unlikely victory in Spa thriller

    Audi claim unlikely victory in Spa thriller

    What seemed to be a race for Toyota went up in smoke with two hours remaining. Reliability issues were the story of the day, which led to an unlikely victory for Audi in Belguim. Toyota seemed to have it in the bag going into the final half of the race, however with two hours to…

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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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  • Gulf Racing confirm 2016 driver trio

    Gulf Racing confirm 2016 driver trio

    This season Gulf Racing Team will make the step up from the European Le Mans Series into the FIA World Endurance Championship. Today the team has announced Ben Barker and Adam Carroll as the two drivers to race alongside team owner and driver Mike Wainwright. The experienced Northern Irishman, Adam Carroll, who has driven with Gulf Racing for…

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  • KCMG not to compete in LMP2 this year

    KCMG not to compete in LMP2 this year

    The LMP2 team, KCMG, which finished second in last year’s LMP2 Championship has announced that they are to withdraw from the competition this year. However it is the team’s aim to defend their class win at Le Mans in June. KCMG had a successful year in 2015, finishing off the podium (in class) on only…

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  • Larbre expansion limited to GTE-AM

    Larbre expansion limited to GTE-AM

    Larbre Competition, the only team to represent Corvette in the full FIA WEC season, has confirmed they will not step up to the GTE-PRO category in 2016. The French team is now instead looking into a possible expansion to two cars in next years GTE-AM category. 2015 did not go to plan for the French team.…

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  • Proton Competition look towards 2016

    Proton Competition look towards 2016

    Proton Competition have confirmed that they will be bringing 2014 GTE-AM champion, David Heinemeier-Hansson, back to the class for 2016. Joining him the the AM Porsche effort will be two regular drivers in the privateer Porsche team. Khaled Al Qubaisi will return to the team for another full season effort alongside Heniemeier-Hansson. Porsche works driver,…

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  • Ferrari reveal new GTE Challenger

    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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  • Porsche win to claim Manufactures’ title

    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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