LMP1
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Porsche Repeat FP1 to Stay Fastest
A repeat of FP1 for Porsche Team see’s them remain on top in LMP1. Once again the #20 car leads the #14. The rest of the order however looks somewhat different to earlier in the day. The LMP1 teams finished the session in formation, with Porsche heading Audi, Toyota and Rebellion. The #20 Porsche once…
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Analysis: Did Porsche's Strategy Call Cost Them The Race?
The 6 Hours of Bahrain was a testament to the excitement of modern endurance racing. It had drama, tension and intrigue from start to finish and was decided by tiny margins. Did one strategy call from the Porsche 919 Hybrid team cost them a potential race victory? Ultimately, the #7 Toyota TS040 took a relatively comfortable victory in…
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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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Why Have Audi Struggled This Year?
Last Sunday, Toyota pulled off their 2nd consecutive 1-2 finish in the last two races. After a comprehensive victory at their home race, the Japanese marque managed to win again in China and making the world champions of 2012/2013 look very behind. It is a trend which started early in the season, Toyota has managed to…
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8 Toyota Recovers to Lead in Third Hour
The 6 Hours of Shanghai got underway with a slightly retained first lap. Romain Dumas got away from pole position well to retain the lead but racing wasn’t to get underway proper for 21 minutes, after the safety car came in. An incident at turn 10 saw Alexzander Imperatori loose drive out of the corner.…