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Sebring: Where it all began
This weekend marks the 65th running of the Twelve Hours of Sebring, one of the most important races on the US motorsport calendar. Now part of the WeatherTech United Sportscar Championship, the race into the Florida night at Sebring has a history of hosting the world’s premiere sportscar series. It’s also where the FIA World…
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Old hands to tackle Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the most challenging races in world motorsport, so popular that it often tempts racing drivers back out of retirement. This year, a new effort by the name Racing Team Nederland is set to compete at the endurance classic, as well as the full season of the…
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Audi exit prompts change to LMP1 roadmap
Saturday’s Six Hours of Bahrain marked the final appearance of Audi Sport on the prototype scene. Besides the tears of joy and sadness at the circuit at the weekend, the decision has put the ACO and the FIA at a quandary in terms of the LMP1 class’ future. With only two manufacturers remaining in the top…
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Thiriet by TDS Racing win at rain-hit 4h Imola
Thiriet by TDS Racing took overall victory in the 4 Hours of Imola today, finishing just ahead of the #38 G-Drive Racing Gibson 015S and the pole-sitting #21 DragonSpeed Oreca 05 in a rain-shortened four-hour race. In LMP3, The #2 United Autosports entry of Alex Brundle, Christian England and Mike Guasch finished on top while the #77 Porsche 911…
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6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps: Halfway report
Round 2 of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship got underway at Spa-Francorchamps and the drama ensued. A tough day for Porsche and a strong fight between Audi and Toyota make up the headlines from the first half of the 6 Hours of Spa. Hour 1 Audi charged up to third and fourth positions at the start after…
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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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ELMS: G-Drive win the 4 Hours of Silverstone
After a chaotic start, the G-Drive team ran a perfect race to secure victory in the European Le Mans Series season opener at Silverstone. In LMP3, United Autosports battled hard with the Graff team, which ended in a 1-2 for United Autosports. JMW Motorsport took LMGTE honors in their Ferrari 458. The first ELMS race of the year…
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Rene Rast: “The car felt very good yesterday in the dry”
Rene Rast set pole position in LMP2 alongside Roman Rusinov for G-Drive Racing today for tomorrow’s FIA WEC season opener at Silverstone. Rast confirmed that despite the qualifying session taking place in the wet, the #26 Ligier was being run on the dry set up the team had worked on over the free practice sessions…
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Silverstone Snow Shortens FP3
Free practice three got underway for the FIA World Endurance Championship in very wet conditions. With sleet and rain adding to the already wet circuit, conditions were far from ideal. Anthony Davidson wasted no time getting out onto the circuit but struggled for grip. After running off the road at Luffield, the British driver then…