WEC-Spa
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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…
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6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps: Halfway report
Round 2 of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship got underway at Spa-Francorchamps and the drama ensued. A tough day for Porsche and a strong fight between Audi and Toyota make up the headlines from the first half of the 6 Hours of Spa. Hour 1 Audi charged up to third and fourth positions at the start after…
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Porsche top FP1 at Spa
The FIA World Endurance Championship was back on track today with free pratice one from the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Despite the spectacular accident that Brendon Hartley suffered at Silverstone in the #1 Porsche, the Kiwi has wasted no time putting his name back on top of the times. In LMP1 it was Brendon Hartley that…
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6 Hours of Spa: LMP Preview
The LMP1 and LMP2 teams, the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is the perfect opportunity to test out low-downforce spec and set-ups before the big 24-hour race at the Circuit de la Sarthe. Traditionally we also see a number of one-off entries in both classes looking to test their mettle against the rest of the prototype field.…
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6 Hours of Spa: GTE Preview
This weekend sees the Circuit Spa-Francorchamps in the heart of the Ardennes play host to the 6 Hours of Silverstone. Ferrari dominated the first race of the season at Silverstone, taking victory in both GTE classes. GTE Pro The entry list for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps shows no changes compared to the first race…
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Spa-Francorchamps entry list revealed
Traditionally, the Six Hours of Spa has a much larger entry list than what we see at Silverstone due to teams searching for extra running in the WEC field before Le Mans in June. However, with no third cars for Audi or Porsche this year, there are only minimal changes to the entry list for…
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James Rossiter in at ByKolles for Silverstone and Spa
Briton James Rossiter will return to LMP1 for the ByKolles team for the first two races of the season at Silverstone and Spa-Francorchaps. Rossiter, who usually drives in the Super Formula championship will replace regular ByKolles driver Pierre Kaffer and share the car with Simon Trummer and Oliver James Webb. ByKolles Racing Director of Operations,…
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Michael Shank Racing targeting Spa
Michael Shank Racing has made no secret of its desires to expand its ventures beyond the WeatherTech Sportscar Championship. This season, the US team is set to compete at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time. But the famous race at La Sarthe won’t be MSR’s only WEC start of the season:…
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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…