Reports
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Ford Dominate GTE Qualifying
The sun came out for GTE qualifying at Silverstone, and with it, quick times for Ford. Harry Tincknell and Andy Priaulx claiming pole position in GTE-Pro. Aston Martin replicated Ford’s dominance themselves in Am, taking pole by 1.3 seconds. The #67 Ford of Andy Priaulx, Pipo Derani and Harry Tincknell will start from a class pole…
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Toyota fastest again as Porsche close in
Toyota have maintaned their record of topping all sessions so far this weekend at Silverstone, with the #8 Toyota TS050 once again heading the times. However as qualifying looms, Porsche are closing in. Davidson took the #8 Toyota to the top of the times with a late lap. Although slower than yesterday’s FP2 pace, rain…
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2017 Season Preview: LMGTE-Pro
The mouth-watering battle in GTE Pro continues for another season with a straight-up battle between four two-car factory (or at least factory-blessed) squads. One of the main bugbears of the 2016 season, the number of BoP adjustments over the course of the season, has been resolved with the addition of an “automatic” BoP system, based…
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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…