The first qualifying session at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans yesterday started with a bang: Porsche followed up their superiority in free practice with a spectacular first few laps in the evening session. Neel Jani proceeded to smash the previous lap record (3:19.074, from 2011) with a lap Read more…
The 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans finally kicked off today as the 56 starters rolled out for the first practice session of the weekend. The weather over the course of the four-hour session was any motor racing team’s nightmare, with spells of rain hitting different parts of the circuit Read more…
This season’s 24 Hours of Le Mans promises to deliver one of the greatest races ever since at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Four separate manufacturers with two- and even three-car teams is almost unheard of the modern Le Mans era; add two newly engined Rebellion AERs and the ByKolles Read more…
After the lunch break the teams and drivers set back out on track at a wet circuit at Le Mans for the afternoon test session. Porsche once again set the pace and confirmed that records will be beaten in this years 83rd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Read more…
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 Read more…
We are but a matter of weeks away from the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans. Here at wec-magazin.com, 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 Read more…
Round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship kicks of at Spa-Francorchamps tomorrow afternoon in Belgium. Tomorrow’s 6 hour race will be the team’s and driver’s final competitive outing before the series moves to Le Mans next month. Qualifying was, as ever split in to two parts, LMP1 was on track with Read more…
It has still not quite reached a week after last weekend’s fantastic race at Silverstone, but the FIA have already released the entry list for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. As well as extra cars and new driver line-ups announced there is also an update on the situation at SARD-Morand. On Read more…
A front row lock out for Porsche set up a strong showing for them the race. But it was to be Audi that took win at the opening round of the WEC this season. The early stages of the race were productive for Porsche’s Mark Webber. A perfect start saw Read more…
The long winter break has finally been brought to a close by qualifying ahead of tomorrow’s Six Hours of Silverstone. Porsche, G-Drive and Aston Martin lead their classes away in 2015’s opening round. LMP After Porsche took the final victory in their return season last year they have gathered momentum with Read more…