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Nurburgring confirmed for 2017 FIA WEC
Dates for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship are slowly forming a calendar for the sixth year of the series. Graham Goodwin and John Hindhaugh confirmed the 6 Hours of the Nurburgring will be on the WEC calendar for the third consecutive year during the 2016 edition of the race, while commentating on television pictures. Free practice…
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Porsche takes victory in Nürburgring classic
The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard was victorious in the Six Hours of the Nürburgring today after a fierce LMP1 battle that swayed between the Porsches and the Audis for almost the entire race. The Audi R18s capitalized on their front row advantage, but Brendon Hartley soon got amongst…
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Porsche leads 6h Nürburgring at halfway
The Six Hours of the Nürburgring began in overcast but humid conditions in the Eifel Mountains. With the threat of rain seemingly averted, it has been a largely clean and uninterrupted race so far. The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Neel Jani leads race at the three-hour stage after a smart pit stop during a…
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6h Nürburgring: View from the paddock
The Nürburgring lived up to its moniker of the Green Hell yesterday with a mixture of driving rain and bright sunshine taking the drivers to their limit in the qualifying session. Endurance Archive spoke to some of the drivers in the paddock and asked them what they expect for the race later today. LMP1 Stephane…
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Henzler eyeing podium at Nürburgring
This weekend marks the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the famous Nürburgring circuit in the Eifel Mountains. In the run-up to the race weekend, Endurance Archive spoke to Porsche driver Wolf Henzler on his preparations for his home race and the KCMG team’s performance so far this season. WM: Wolf, how…
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Porsche to show third aero configuration at the Nurburgring
Porsche have announced that they will use their third aero kit this weekend for their home race, the 6 Hours of the Nurburgring. The Le Mans winning team started the year with their medium downforce aero kit for Spa and Silverstone, before switching to their low downforce kit for Le Mans. This will be the…
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ByKolles complete successful Monza test
ByKolles Racing took to the Italian circuit of Monza together with LMP1 privateer competitors Rebellion Racing and a host of LMP2 and GTE teams last week. Endurance Archive spoke to driver Simon Trummer on how the test went and how ByKolles’ preparations are coming along for the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. WEC…
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Driver’s view: Simon Trummer from Spa
The race in Spa was definitely one of the highlights of the year for us. For us drivers, this circuit is an unbelievable thrill to drive. The perfect weather conditions made the weekend even better. We were unable to run through our testing programme in Free Practice 1, as we found a fault in the…
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Audi claim unlikely victory in Spa thriller
What seemed to be a race for Toyota went up in smoke with two hours remaining. Reliability issues were the story of the day, which led to an unlikely victory for Audi in Belguim. Toyota seemed to have it in the bag going into the final half of the race, however with two hours to…