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Le Mans: Porsche and Toyota secure leads
The 86th running of the world’s most famous endurance race, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, began today under overcast skies. Toyota and Porsche started the race from pole in LMP1 and GTE Pro respectively and have retained their leads through to the six-hour stage. Toyota made a break from the remainder of the field…
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Le Mans: Toyota #8 on pole for the 24 Hours
The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid of Sébastien Buemi, Fernando Alonso and Kazuki Nakajima will start the 86th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans from pole. The #8 machine secured top spot in Thursday evening’s third qualifying session after a superb lap of 3:15.377 posted by Kazuki Nakajima at the beginning of the session.…
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Le Mans: Toyota secure provisional pole in Q1
The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid was quickest in the first qualifying session for the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. Swiss driver Sébastien Buemi set the fastest lap time in Q1, 3:17.270, in the early stages of the two-hour session. Buemi’s time was just one tenth of a second faster than the fastest time set…
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Le Mans Test Day: The best videos
Le Mans Test Day provides fans with a tantalizing glimpse of their favourite cars on one of the most famous tracks in the world. However, much like most motorsport testing around the world, there is no TV coverage. Fans must wait another ten days until Free Practice to see the cars on track for the…
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Alonso fastest on Test Day, Porsche ahead in GTE Pro
Fernando Alonso in the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid posted the fastest time of the 2018 Le Mans Test Day on his debut at La Sarthe. The Spaniard’s fastest lap time of 3:19.066 was six-tenths faster than the second-quickest man on Test Day, Mathias Beche in the #3 Rebellion Racing R13 Gibson (3:19.680). Toyota…
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Porsche unveil retro liveries for Le Mans
Retro liveries have always been a fan favourite, particularly at Le Mans. This year, the pair of works Porsche 911 RSRs competing in the GTE Pro have been given the retro treatment – with paint jobs harking back to Porsche’s glory days at La Sarthe. The #91 Porsche 911 RSR will be sporting the blue,…
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Toyota & Ford win at Spa opener
The #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid of Fernando Alonso, Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima secured victory at the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 Super Season at Spa. WEC debutant Alonso and his experienced teammates Buemi and Nakajima held out for the victory despite an impressive charge by the sister #7 Toyota TS050…
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Toyota on pole for Six Hours of Spa
The #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid of Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and José Maria López qualified on pole the 2018 6 Hours of Spa from pole position after a commanding performance in qualifying. However, a subsequent technical infringement linked to fuel flow means that the #8 machine has inherited pole position, while the #7 car will…
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Rebellion Racing fastest in FP3 at Spa-Francorchamps
The #1 Rebellion R13 topped the timing sheets in the third and final free practice session ahead of tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Swiss driver Neel Jani registered the fastest time of the one-hour session, a 1:57.120, some eight tenths faster than the second-fastest #7 Toyota TS050 Hybrid. Jani’s time was the fifth fastest across…