Endurance Archive
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Toyota Top Second Free Practice
Toyota have once again set the pace in free practice at Silverstone. The #8 TS050 led the #7 in the time sheets for LMP1, while Porsche head the GTE-Pro ranks. Toyota were fastest once again in free practice two claiming the top two fastest times, with a best of a 1:38:210. 0.234 of a second…
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Bruno Senna talks 2017: “600hp, more downforce, great circuits and winning races!”
With the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship begining this weekend, we caught up with Rebellion Racing’s Bruno Senna to get his thoughts ahead of the new season. The Brazilian is set for his second full season in LMP2, however over the winter has made the switch between RGR Sport and Rebellion Racing, who have stepped…
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Toyota take the honours in FP1
Toyota Gazoo Racing recorded the fastest time in the first free practice session of the season, with Sébastien Buemi’s early best of 1:40.104 proving unassailable over the remainder of the 90 minutes. Second quickest was Brendon Hartley for Porsche, 0.7 seconds further back. Mike Conway was third in the #7 Toyota TS050 with a 1:40.960.…
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2017 Season Preview: LMP2
It’s all change in LMP2 for 2017, with the introduction of four standard chassis made by Dallara, Onroak, Oreca or Riley/Multimac and a spec Gibson V8 engine. The four-chassis variety has, though, failed to reach the FIA WEC for this year at least, with all teams opting for the Oreca 07, which won the LMP2…
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2017 Season Preview: LMP1
2017 marks somewhat of a step into the unknown for the FIA World Endurance Championship, and particularly the LMP1 class. The loss of Audi, a genuine stalwart of the prototype scene, after almost 20 years in the top-class prototype category seemed to have caught the ACO and FIA off guard, even though the writing had…
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WEC opens up 2016 race archive
The FIA WEC has released a full archive of race coverage from the 2016 season on the eve of the first race of the 2017 season next weekend at Silverstone. Fans can now catch up on 48 hours of race action from eight of the series’ nine rounds (all six-hour races; excluding Le Mans) for…
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Comment: Is the problem really the entry list?
Many words have been committed to print on the meagre entry list in LMP1 for 2017, the lack of competition and strict regulations. But there comes a time, after discussing and debating past developments and future changes, when we must ask ourselves: is the problem really the entry list? Or are we fans the problem?…
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First blood to Toyota after WEC Prologue
Toyota Gazoo Racing left the weekend’s WEC Prologue with broad smiles after securing the quickest times on both days of testing, but the pair of factory Porsche 919 Hybrids kept a watching brief at Monza and topped three of the five sessions. Prodigal son Nicolas Lapierre, returning to Toyota Gazoo Racing after his acrimonious departure…
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LMP1 2017: Meet the Cars
At Monza on Friday the presentation of this season’s new LMP1 cars took place. Over the course of this weekend, Toyota, Porsche and all the other WEC teams will be hitting the track for the official test session for the 2017 season. Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche are once again the defending champions in LMP1. To be…