WEC
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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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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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Porsche Close Gap in GTE-PRO Battle
Porsche Team Manthey had a very successful race in Shanghai. The Chinese race saw the two Porsche 911 RSR cars take their second 1-2 class finish of the 2014 WEC season. The winning drivers of the GTE-Pro class, Frenchman Patrick Pilet and Ferderic Makowiecki drove 167 laps on their way to class victory. They were closely followed…
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Toyota Victorious in China
Toyota win again while the #8 drivers have 1 hand each on the drivers championship. Thanks to their 4th win of the season in China today, it means that Audi’s #2 car is the only car that can stop Buemi and Davidson from becoming World Champions. The Audi trio would have to win in both…
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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.…