LMGTE
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Toyota fastest in Free Practice three
With the quickest time of the day – a 1:38.969 – the Toyota #7 topped the timing sheets in the third free practice. In LMP2 the Vaillaint Rebellion #31 leads the class while Stefan Mücke and Olivier Pla were fastest in the LMGTE-Pro. Following on from the team’s disappointment at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where…
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Porsche top in Nürburgring practice
Porsche topped the timing sheets in both free practice sessions for Sunday’s 6 Hours of the Nürburgring, with the #2 car of Earl Bamber posting the quickest time of the day – a 1:38.663. Following on from the team’s success at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Hartley, Bamber and Bernhard secured Porsche’s 19th…
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Aston Martin and Porsche release Le Mans videos
Aston Martin and Porsche, winning manufacturers at this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans in the GTE and LMP classes, have released the now traditional video reviews of their racing weekends. The two-minute videos provide brief insight into the teams’ respective races, but more importantly give us a glimpse of the special moments and emotions…
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Porsche and Ford take championship leads
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is often a turning point in the fight for the FIA WEC championship titles, as – rightly or wrongly – double points are awarded. However, the amount of attrition in the LMP1 class means that both the manufacturers’ and drivers’ championships remain tight going into the second half of…
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Aston Martin secure memorable LMGTE-Pro victory
Aston Martin Racing claimed a memorable victory in the GTE Pro class at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans. After an entire day of racing, there was practically nothing to separate the #97 Aston Martin Vantage, the #63 Corvette C7.R and the #67 Ford GT in what will go down as one of the…
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Porsche take Le Mans glory after Toyota heartbreak
The #2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber took victory at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans after an astonishing conclusion to the French endurance classic. The #2 car secured victory after a brilliant recovery drive, having spent an hour in the pits in the early stages of the…
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24h Le Mans: Porsche consolidate race lead
The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of André Lotterer, Neel Jani and Nick Tandy leads the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans by a comfortable 12 laps after eighteen hours of the endurance classic. The real story, however, is that a flock of LMP2 cars are in with a genuine shout of scoring an overall podium…
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24h Le Mans: Toyota’s race falls apart in astonishing half hour
Le Mans has never been a race short on drama, especially after the conclusion to last year’s 24 hours, but the 2017 running looks to have delivered yet another chapter of Le Mans history. The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of André Lotterer, Nick Tandy and Neel Jani leads at the halfway point, but that only…
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Astonishing Koyabashi lap takes pole for Toyota
A new post-Mulsanne-Chicane lap record for Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi secured pole for the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing ahead of this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The 3:14.791 lap came in the first of two qualifying sessions in the sweltering heat of Thursday evening. The lap was so quick, in fact, that it broke…