LMP2
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Porsche Take Maiden 2014 Victory at Interlagos
The #14 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani took the overall victory in the final FIA World Endurance Championship race of the season at Interlagos, Brazil. It’s Porsche’s first victory in a world sportscar championship since Bob Wollek and Frank Jellinski won at Dijon in the 962C in 1989. In LMP2,…
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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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Extreme Speed Motorsports Confirm full 2015 Season Entry
After a year of competing in the newly merged Tudor United Sportscar Championship, Extreme Speed Motorsports have confirmed that they will be leaving the American series to compete in the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship. ESM (Extreme Speed Motorsports) have competed in 2 WEC races this year, at their home round in the USA and…
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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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G-Drive Plan Second Car for 2015
For the Russian G-Drive Racing team the 2014 season has been a very positive one to date. Since the beginning of the season, the team surprised with a strong performances and lead in almost every race. In the past six World Championship races, the trio put their car on the LMP2 pole position. On four…
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SMP Racing Reveal New LMP2 Car
SMP Racing have had a successful year so far in the WEC, currently leading the LMP2 teams championship by 8 points. The Russian team has now revealed its plans for 2015 with a new, closed top LMP2 racer. The new car will be called the BR01 as it is built by BR Engineering. It is designed…
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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.…