Endurance Archive
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Win a Strakka Racing brake disc
The date: 21 November 2015. The place: Bahrain International Circuit. Strakka Racing is on the absolute limit in an effort to finish the 2015 World Endurance Championship as best it can. The sun sets behind the dunes, but the cars keep going. The brake discs glow red, piercing the darkness. We’ve joined up with Strakka…
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Spectator view: 6 Hours of Silverstone
The 6 Hours of Silverstone is a highlight of the British motorsport calendar. With the high calibre of cars, teams, drivers and not to mention variety of machinery on display, for a fraction of the price of a rival Formula One event, it really is a must see event. The first thing to strike you…
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Andy Priaulx: “We’re in a good strong position”
Andy Priaulx is making his FIA World Endurance Championship debut with the new Ford team this weekend. However very wet conditions have not played into the British driver’s hands. Priaulx told Endurance Archive after free practice three today (Saturday 16th April) that it was “difficult to read anything”. It is very much a case of…
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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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Audi take pole at Silverstone
The first qualifying session for the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship ended with the LMP1 pole going the way of the #7 Audi. G-Drive Racing will start tomorrow’s race from pole in LMP2, while the #71 Ferrari will lead away the GTE-PRO class, and the #88 Porsche the GTE-AM field. In LMP1, there was nothing…
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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…
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Porsche Carrera Cup GB and ELMS join WEC at Silvertone opener
The 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship kicks off over a three day event at Silverstone in Great Britain over the weekend of the 15th-17th April. However the WEC is not the only championship heading onto the track across the three days. The Porsche Carrera Cup GB will be on track for the second round of their championship after…
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Jonny Adam on his 2016 campaign and how the new Aston Martin is shaping up
Jonny Adam has proved himself to be a front runner for Aston Martin all over the world over the last few years. Now a British GT Champion, Adam is about to embark on his first full season in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Endurance Archive caught up with him to see how Aston Martin are…
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Porsche fastest in day 1 of testing
Earlier this week the European Le Mans Series headed to Paul Ricard for their 2016 prologue. Today the teams of the FIA World Endurance Championship got their chance to start their season at the same venue. A total of 29 of the 31 full season cars are at the French circuit over the 25th and 26th of March to test…