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Toyota head up first session of new WEC season
The works Toyotas finished one-two in Free Practice 1 for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. Fernando Alonso in the #8 car was the quickest man of the session, setting a fastest lap time of 1:58.392 around the 7km Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The surprise of the session in LMP1 was the pace shown by the gaggle of…
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Super Season begins in Spa-Francorchamps
The 2018/19 FIA WEC Super Season is set to get underway this weekend with the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. The first race of the Super Season will see six brand-new or at least heavily revised cars make their competitive debuts, including the wealth of new LMP1 privateer machinery and new cars from the factory BMW…
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Button joins SMP Racing for Le Mans
SMP Racing have signed former Formula 1 World Drivers Champion Jenson Button as part of its driver line-up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the remainder of the 2018/19 FIA WEC Super Season. The Brit will race alongside Mikhail Aleshin and fellow former F1 driver Vitaly Petrov in the #11 BR Engineering BR1…
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Non-spec Toyota fastest at Prologue
Toyota recorded the fastest times at the season-opening Prologue at Circuit Paul Ricard, but the data only tells half the story. The Prologue began in sunny but cool weather, and the pair of Toyota TS050 Hybrids were quickly out on track setting the pace at the front of the field. Mike Conway’s 1:32.662 during his…
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The highlights from the 2018 Prologue
The season opener of the FIA WEC is behind us. We take a look back to the 30-hour test and show you the highlights from the Circuit Paul Ricard. [metaslider id=”14231″] Images © Endurance Archive / Walter Schruff / Ton Kerdijk
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Toyota and Ford up front on first Prologue day
The FIA WEC 2018/19 Super Season officially kicked off this morning with the start of the two-day Prologue test, which gives teams and drivers the chance to put their cars under scrutiny for a full 30 hours around the Circuit Paul Ricard in France. Honours in the first timed sessions of the season went to…
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Prologue 2018: The key information
Tomorrow sees the much-anticipated kick-off to the FIA WEC Super Season 2018/19. The official test, the Prologue, gives teams the chance to conduct all the testing they require within a 30-hour period. The cars have gone through the scrutineering tests and are ready to hit the track tomorrow. We have put together the key information…
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The changing face of the WEC Prologue
The FIA WEC Super Season begins on the 6th of April with the official Prologue. It marks the start of a brand-new era for the World Endurance Championship, with a new 30-hour open test format a fitting step into the unknown. The likes of this official test, where the track is open to all registered…
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Sixty-car entry for 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours
The FIA WEC’s annual press conference not only announced a bumper grid for the 2018/19 Super Season, another sixty-car line-up for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours was also revealed. With all full-season WEC efforts guaranteed a spot on the grid, competition for the remaining spaces on the starting line for the endurance classic in…
