Le Mans

  • Porsche top wet session 1 at Le Mans test day

    It was rain on the menu for breakfast at Le Mans for the first offical session of the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans. As always, the test day is taking place two weeks before the race. All of this years runners of the endurance classic have been completing, with some special entries for teams…

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  • The Story of Derek Bell

    The Story of Derek Bell

    We would like to take a look back at some of the highlights of the legendary race. Each article in the series will be dedicated to a certain individual, car or other feature in Le Mans history that are particularly meaningful to wec-magazin.com. In the first article in the series, we take a look at…

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  • Are Aston Martin on the right track?

    Last weekend Aston Martin had a surprisingly successful showing at the track in the Ardennes forest. Already at Silverstone, the British team qualified on pole position in both GTE-PRO and AM, but only managed to hold on to the win in AM. At Spa, the Prodrive prepared team delivered again in qualifying and converted both…

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  • ByKolles continues to struggle against hybrids

    The privateer teams in LMP1 have never had it simple. Sitting in the classes between the factory prepared hybrid cars and the LMP2 cars, there is a small section for the private LMP1 cars. Earlier in the year a small entry became smaller when Rebellion Racing confirmed that they would miss the first two races…

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  • Strong showings for Jota and SARD-Morand

    For the last four years, the ELMS team, Jota Sport appear at the Belgium round of the WEC in preparation for Le Mans. The round at Spa-Francorchamps allows the #38 crew to eye up their competitors ahead of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Once again, the team appeared at the event again last weekend.…

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  • Audi’s latest trio

    Every year for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Audi enter an extra car to help increase their chances. This gives three drivers the chance to compete in the team’s race winning factory LMP1 car. The seats in the third car have been used by Loic Duval, Lucas di…

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  • Rockenfeller becomes Audi reserve driver

    After Marc Gene left the Audi team to join Nissan’s new LMP1 effort for this season, the position for Audi reserve driver was left vacant. Mike Rockenfeller is no stranger to endurance racing and will be back on the scene in 2015 as the driver who will be filling the role Gene has recently departed. Mike…

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  • Nissan push GTR-LM debut back to Le Mans

    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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  • Oliver Jarvis Q&A: It won’t be an easy job but I’m looking forward to it

    Oliver Jarvis has proved himself to be among the top level of drivers in the LMP1 class with two podiums at Le Mans in the past three years. 2015 marks the Briton’s first full season in the WEC.  Jarvis will be sharing then #8 Audi R18 e-tron quattro this season with Lucas di Grassi and…

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