Reports
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McLaren eyeing Le Mans comeback
After 19 years since their most recent visit to Le Mans, McLaren are weighing up the possibilities of a comeback to the French 24 hour race. The Woking-based team’s new boss, Zak Brown, has admitted he would ‘love to see McLaren go back to Le Mans’. Zak Brown, the executive Director of the McLaren Technology Group…
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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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Derani joins Ford for Le Mans
Brazilian driver Luís Felipe Derani will drive for Ford in the first three rounds of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship season, Ford Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed yesterday. The 23-year-old Brazilian enjoyed a breakthough year in 2016, winning the Rolex 24 at Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring overall for Extreme Speed Motorsports and…
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Kubica joins ByKolles in LMP1
Robert Kubica has been announced as the lead driver for LMP1 team ByKolles for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. The former F1 driver joins the Austrian-entered squad on a full-season basis after successfully testing the car at the official test in Bahrain last November. The Pole raced in Formula 1 until 2011, when a serious…
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Toyota confirm third car for 2017
Toyota Gazoo Racing have announced a number of changes to their LMP1 programme in the run-up to the 2017 season, with new additions to the driver line-up and three cars confirmed to run at Spa and Le Mans for the first time since joining the FIA WEC in 2012. With last year’s heartbreaking conclusion to…
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A fresh look for Endurance Archive
Last October Endurance Archive celebrated its third anniversary. Over those three years, the Endurance Archive team has kept abreast with the latest news from the WEC and provided comprehensive race reports and analysis. Unfortunately left little time to work on improving the site’s design and functionality – but all that has now changed!
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Fresh off the press!
For many fans, the annual Porsche Sport book is one of the first gifts on the Christmas list. This year is the 24th edition of the classic annual, but this time things are a little different. Here at Endurance Archive we have tried something new and got together with Gruppe C Motorsport Verlag for the 2016…
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Book review: Porsche Victory 2016
Books are popular gifts for friends and family at Christmas time. When it comes to motorsport books, it’s often hard to wade through the vast range of titles on offer to find something suitable. “Porsche Victory 2016”, published in November by Gruppe C Verlag, may just be the perfect present for that motorsport-mad member of…
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GTE-PRO winners to be crowned World Champions from 2017
Despite the FIA World Endurance Championship being five years old, the GTE-PRO class has never crowned an offical World Champion. Up until this point GTE drivers and Manufactures have been competing for the World Endurance Cup of GT Drivers. However that is set to change in 2017. Following the World Motorsport Council meeting in Vienna…