Spa-Francorchamps

  • Driver’s View: Dominik Kraihamer in Spa

    Driver’s View: Dominik Kraihamer in Spa

    Dominik Kraihamer began his WEC Super Season last weekend at Spa. Once again the young Austrian will be driving for Bykolles Racing Team in the LMP1 class. We caught up with him to get his opinion on the first round of the season and the team’s chances in Le Mans. “The race in Spa was…

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  • Toyota fight back to top FP2

    Toyota fight back to top FP2

    Toyota topped  an interrupted FP2 for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, ending the session first and second fastest ahead of a previously dominant Porsche team. Toyota #6 set the fastest time in FP2 at Spa, with the #5 Toyota second fastest in the session. However, the time that the leading car set was half a…

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  • LMP1 is a big learning curve says Nelson Piquet Jr

    LMP1 is a big learning curve says Nelson Piquet Jr

    Nelson Piquet Jr made his LMP1 debut for Rebellion Racing at the Six Hours of Silverstone a fortnight ago. The Brazilian driver admitted that with just one race now until the 24 Hours of Le Mans, he is in for a steep learning curve.  After qualifying at Silverstone Piquet Jr told WEC-Magazin that a gear…

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  • Spa-Francorchamps entry list revealed

    Spa-Francorchamps entry list revealed

    Traditionally, the Six Hours of Spa has a much larger entry list than what we see at Silverstone due to teams searching for extra running in the WEC field before Le Mans in June. However, with no third cars for Audi or Porsche this year, there are only minimal changes to the entry list for…

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  • James Rossiter in at ByKolles for Silverstone and Spa

    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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  • ELMS set to expand for 2016

    ELMS set to expand for 2016

    As the European Le Mans Series gathers at Paul Ricard ahead of this weekends 4 hour race, announcements have been made regarding the next championship season. A longer calendar, longer race weekends, as well as a new and improved support package means the ELMS is set for its best season yet in 2016. Spa-Francorchamps has…

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  • 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps attracts WEC stars

    24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps attracts WEC stars

    With the World Endurance Championship in the middle of it’s summer break, drivers turn to other championships for seat time. The Blancpain GT Endurance series has WEC faces appear in it all year, but not as many as the series has attracted for this weekends Total 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. We take a look though…

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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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