Endurance Archive
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Analysis: Who should have won in Mexico?
So the Six Hours of Mexico has just finished, and I can’t help but keep thinking about the ifs, buts, could have, should have, would haves of the race. There was plenty of them! I started the second half report on Endurance Archive by saying that there was not a car that did not deserve…
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Mexico to be ‘one of the best races of the year’, says Lucas di Grassi
This weekend, the WEC debuts in Mexico. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is uncharted territory for the WEC, so every team will be driving into the unknown come raceday. We spoke with Audi driver Lucas di Grassi ahead of the the first race at the latest WEC circuit. “The Six Hours of Mexico will be one of the…
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New Audi LMP boss: “We want to break new ground”
Doubts over Audi’s commitment to the FIA World Endurance Championship – and prototype racing at all – have long since been the subject of paddock rumour-mongering. In reality, Audi is looking to the future of its LMP concept and assessing how the new LMP1 regulations can match the works teams’ ambitions. “I think that’s the spirit of…
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The WEC family pull together for Toyota
Sunday the 19th of June 2016 was the day that Toyota should have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. However, a suspected turbo issue handed victory to Porsche with three minutes left out of the 1440. The devastation of what had happened to Toyota was felt by everyone, and the entire sportscar community has…
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Porsche win extraordinary 24 Hours at the death
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Marc Lieb, Romain Dumas and Neel Jani has won the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans after one of the most astonishing race conclusions ever seen at La Sarthe. With the race seemingly in the bag, the #5 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 of Kazuki Nakajima crawled to a halt on…
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Barker “confident” ahead of Le Mans 24 Hours debut
British driver Ben Barker is the latest a new crop of young drivers showing off their considerable talent in GTE racing and one-make GT series. Two very recent graduates, Earl Bamber and Nick Tandy, went on to win Le Mans last year. This season marks Barker’s debut in the WEC in a Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR alongside Adam Carroll…
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Win a signed Corvette cap!
Le Mans just wouldn’t be Le Mans any more without those rumbling Corvette V8s. In fact, the classic US muscle car brand has been coming to La Sarthe for over half a century, ever since a quartet of C1s took the grid at the 1960 race. Once again, Corvette Racing will be making the trip over…
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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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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 Endurance Archive that a…