Announcements
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Audi and Porsche prepare for 2016
Despite the season only coming to a close last month, Audi and Porsche are already back out on track testing their machinery in a bid to get the upper hand heading into next season. This year’s world champions, Porsche, stayed in Europe of their test. They tested their 2015 car at Aragon in Spain, while…
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SARD and Morand part ways
At the beginning of this year, Team SARD and Newblood by Morand announced they were to join forces in order to compete in the WEC. However, the joint venture was not to last. After a season of ups and downs, the parties have separated and disbanded the team. After the SARD-Morand team had a successful test at Paul…
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2016 technical reguations confirm LMP1 to slow down
2015 saw the fastest LMP1 cars to date. With lap times getting dangerously close to dipping underneath the 3:15.000 mark at Le Mans, it has been decided that for saftey reasons, the cars from the top class will be pegged back for next season. For the new season, all cars with additional hybrid power will…
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Endurance Archive Awards: The Vote
The 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship was one of the most exciting since the series’ inception in 2012. Victory for the “Rookie Porsche” at Le Mans, or Audi and Porsche’s final-round showdown for the World Drivers’ Championship, will certainly live long in the memory. At Endurance Archive, we have taken a look at the season…
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Audi and Porsche reduce Le Mans effort
Due to the Volkswagen emissions scandal uncovered late this year, the Volkswagen group has been left with a large amount to pay in fines. In a bid to save money throughout next season, Audi and Porsche, subsidiaries of the Volkswagen Group, have seen their budget reduced. Although the season will go ahead as usual for…
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FIA rubber-stamps 2016 changes
Yesterday evening the FIA World Motorsport Council met in Paris to rubber-stamp all the rules and regulations for next season’s FIA-sanctioned racing series. One major factor for the 2016 WEC season and its calendar, which must be approved by the committee before it becomes official. The 2016 calendar is one of the major sticking points…
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Porsche test young drivers in Spain
Porsche have undoubtedly been the class of the LMP1 field this year. However, the years to come are the key to a long term of success in any form of motorsport. In order to start looking to the future, Porsche have tested three young drivers in their Le Mans winning 919 Hybrid at the Circuit…
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FIA announce updated driver ratings
The FIA have announced their driver ratings ahead of the 2016 season. As ever, the changes in rating will have an effect on what cars these drivers will be able to drive for next season. As well as the World Endurance Championship, these ratings are used for the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, European and Asian…
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Eng and Catsburg to test for Porsche in Bahrain
Porsche has confirmed that Philipp Eng and Nick Catsburg will drive the current 911 RSR at the rookie test in Bahrain. The test day will take place a day after the series finale later this month. As well as claiming the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup title this year, Eng also retained his Porsche Carrera Cup…