Silverstone
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James Rossiter in at ByKolles for Silverstone and Spa
Briton James Rossiter will return to LMP1 for the ByKolles team for the first two races of the season at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchaps. Rossiter, who usually drives in the Super Formula championship will replace regular ByKolles driver Pierre Kaffer and share the car with Simon Trummer and Oliver James Webb. ByKolles Racing Director of Operations,…
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Porsche Carrera Cup GB and ELMS join WEC at Silvertone opener
The 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship kicks off over a three day event at Silverstone in Great Britain over the weekend of the 15th-17th April. However the WEC is not the only championship heading onto the track across the three days. The Porsche Carrera Cup GB will be on track for the second round of their championship after…
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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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Audi fend off Porsche at Silverstone
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 him gap the trailing pack…
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Porsche, G-Drive and Aston Martin claim Silverstone poles
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 a great pre season testing…
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Provisional 6 Hours of Silverstone entry list revealed
The 6 Hours of Silverstone will get under way on the weekend of April 10/11/12th. The event will also mark the start of a brand new World Endurance Championship season which will once again see the top level of Prototype and GT drivers and teams battle it out in the ultimate endurance battle to be crowned…