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Martin Tomczyk set to lead BMW GTE-Programme
The 2018 FIA World Endurance Championship will mark BMW’s long-awaited return to GTE racing. Besides the fact that the new BMW programme will be based on an as-yet unknown platform, no further details of the German marque’s plans are currently available. According to motorsport.de, German driver Martin Tomczyk has been chosen to lead the brand-new…
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Mexico to be ‘one of the best races of the year’, says Lucas di Grassi
This weekend, the WEC debuts in Mexico. The Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez is uncharted territory for the WEC, so every team will be driving into the unknown come raceday. We spoke with Audi driver Lucas di Grassi ahead of the the first race at the latest WEC circuit. “The Six Hours of Mexico will be one of the…
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Nathanaël Berthon retains Le Mans seat
With just a week to go until Le Mans, French driver Nathanaël Berthon suddenly found himself without a seat. The former Formula E driver was forced to vacate his full-season G-Drive Racing drive in favour of Briton Will Stevens. Now the Frenchman has found a seat elsewhere. Greaves Motorsport, ELMS champions in 2015, have taken on…
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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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Driver’s view: Simon Trummer from Silverstone
We travelled to the first race of the 2016 WEC with some brand-new parts on the car. Unfortunately we were unable to test them properly beforehand, so we weren’t entirely sure how they would perform. Friday’s free practice sessions, most of which took place in wet conditions, went pretty well. We seemed to be able to…
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Andy Priaulx: “We’re in a good strong position”
Andy Priaulx is making his FIA World Endurance Championship debut with the new Ford team this weekend. However very wet conditions have not played into the British driver’s hands. Priaulx told Endurance Archive after free practice three today (Saturday 16th April) that it was “difficult to read anything”. It is very much a case of…
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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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Jonny Adam on his 2016 campaign and how the new Aston Martin is shaping up
Jonny Adam has proved himself to be a front runner for Aston Martin all over the world over the last few years. Now a British GT Champion, Adam is about to embark on his first full season in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Endurance Archive caught up with him to see how Aston Martin are…
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Sir Chris Hoy confirmed in Algarve Pro Racing’s Le Mans Line-up
Sir Chris Hoy has been confirmed on the entry list for this year’s 24 Hour of Le Mans as a driver for the Algarve Pro Racing team. The 40 year-old Olympian will drive alongside fellow Brit, Michael Munemann and Frenchman Andrea Pizzitola in the #25 car LMP2 car. Despite being renowned for holding the accolade…