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Porsche plans to campaign four factory vehicles at the 86th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The two Porsche GT Teams from the FIA WEC and the IMSA WeatherTech Championship each field two ca. 510 hp GT racers from Weissach. The cockpit of the #91 car is shared by Gianmaria Bruni, Richard Lietz and Frédéric Makowiecki. The number 92 vehicle is manned by Kévin Estre, Michael Christensen and Laurens Vanthoor. Patrick Pilet, Nick Tandy and Earl Bamber are expected to drive the nu

On the 6th December 2017 the FIA World Motorsport Council announced some changes which will affect the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship, Super Season. Whilst most of these changes were already known about, this meeting has set these changes in stone for the upcoming season. Of note, there are several changes around the LMP1 category to take into account the current lack of 'factory teams', most notably the overall World Champion title from now on will be awarded to

The test work is entering a critical phase as the new BMW M8 GTE prepares to make its race debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona (USA) in January. During the development of the car, which will compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (IWSC), the engineers have focussed on aerodynamics, among other things. The BMW M8 GTE boasts a host of innovative features which will also be incorporated in the development of future prod

ByKOLLES Racing has completed an intensive three-days testing program at Motorland in Aragon. The action on the Spanish circuit was finalised to test new development parts on the Enso CLM P1/01 in preparation of the 2018/19 WEC super season and the Le Mans 24hours race. The drivers selected for this test are regular ByKolles driver Oliver Webb, James Rossiter, French Tom Dillmann (2016 World Series 3.5 V8 champion), Italian Edoardo Liberati (2016 GT Asia champion) and Canad

Not since 1994 have we seen Le Mans and the World Endurance Championships pit stops involve re-fueling and tyre changing being carried out at the same time. This looks set to change in 2018. Plans are being put forward to the Motorsport Council in December to allow a change in the rules meaning that fuel and tyres can be done at the same time. Some in the paddock including Ford believe this will be more dangerous, others are welcoming the change. It is not belived howeve

Aston Martin Racing clinched the GTE Am drivers’ and teams’ titles in the final round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in Bahrain on Saturday. Capping an astonishing season that included seven pole positions and four victories for the crew of the #98 Aston Martin V8 Vantage GTE, Paul Dalla Lana, Mathias Lauda and Pedro Lamy covered themselves in glory on the series’ final visit to the Bahrain International Circuit. Having started from pole position, the #98 As

Amongst the palm trees and fountains, the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing of Sebastian Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima took the chequered flag in yesterday’s BAPCO 6 Hours of Bahrain and the WEC’s season finale. The #8 won by a clear lap taking the teams fifth win of the year. The sister car of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez suffered contact with the #92 Porsche GT which took them out of contention for the victory and they managed a fourth place finis

As the sun set across the Bahrain International Circuit, the last qualifying session of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship took place. In another last, Porsche took the 919 Hybrid’s 20th pole position, in an average time of 1:39.383 set by Neel Jani and Nick Tandy. Toyota’s trio of Conway, Kobayashi and Lopez were knocked off the top spot into second, with the #2 Porsche and #8 Toyota taking 3rd and 4th respectively and completing the LPM1 grid. The #36 Signatech

Matt Griffin is definitely not one to sit about and say ‘Hmmm, what shall I do today?' With 30 races under his belt this season alone, he has covered some 20,000 kms on track, taken over 100 flights and spent almost 300 hours in the air (he has an app to record this!). We caught up with Matt in between sessions whilst in Bahrain where he is competing in the season finale of the World Endurance Championship for Singaporean team Clearwater Racing, where they have the possibi

On announcing their decision to enter the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Super Season for 2018/19, Prescott Motorsport sat down and spoke with Clearwater Racing’s Team Managing Director Arj Pillay Kulasegarm about that decision and the future for the team from Singapore. “I’m very glad that Weng made the decision to continue in the World Endurance Championship. It’s a very logical progression from what we’ve done, but you can’t take away that it’s been a huge decision o

As the 2017 season of the FIA World Endurance Championship draws to a close, Clearwater Racing have announced that they will be applying to the ACO to enter the 2018/19 Super Season of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Arj Pillay Kulasegaram (Team Managing Director) said "[We] are very glad that Weng has made the decision to continue in the World Endurance Championship" and he continued "We want to keep the team the same, this includes the drivers and mechanics, consisten

Unsurprisingly, the forecast for Bahrain later this week has lots of sunshine and warm temperatures - just what you'd expect for an arid desert region. At the surface, high pressure will be centered over the western portion of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, then drift east to the Persian Gulf through Friday and Saturday. In the mid and upper levels, a ridge will be crossing the area. As this ridge moves to the east of Bahrain on Saturday, there may be an increase in high and midle

For the second year running we are producing a wall calendar in aid of The Forces Motorsport Charity, Mission Motorsport. This year images featured are from the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mission Motorsport’s aim: “The Aim of Mission Motorsport is to aid in the recovery and rehabilitation of those affected by military operations, by providing opportunities through Motorsport.” “Through participation in competition, our strong tea

British based racing car manufacturer and championship organiser, Ginetta, is set to launch its LMP1 car at Autosport International in January. A regular to the show, Ginetta announced its entry into the LMP1 marketplace in January 2017, committing to a production run of ten chassis and targeting sales to a trio of two-car teams for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The Leeds-based company has already secured its first orders, announcing Manor and TRS, as well as

During the Friday of the FIA WEC 6 hours of Shanghai, Clearwater driver Weng Sun Mok told reporters about his thoughts coming into the round as class leaders. “It has been a really unbelievable season so far. In our debut year and we really had no expectations but we started out with the win at Silverstone" Weng told reporters. "We said ‘let’s not get ahead of ourselves' but there is the challenge now. All of a sudden, expectations have risen as we are in the running for

Chinese based motor sports specialists, TRS, and UK based Manor Endurance Racing, are to form a new joint venture business to promote and develop projects designed to raise the profile of international motorsport events in China. As part of the new venture, the team will enter the LMP1 category of the FIA World Endurance Championship for the 2018/19 Super Season, which includes visits to the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans race in both 2018 and 2019. The team will embark on th

There has been some positive comments from Toyota Gazoo Racing's boss, Shigeki Tomoyama where he indicated that the brand will continue in the LMP1 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Speaking in the build-up to the Tokyo motor show, Tomoyama suggested that the new regulations being drawn up to reduce costs and encourage closer competition in the WEC's top division were looking increasingly appealing to Toyota. “Once things have calmed down, we will make a decis

What a race of mixed fortunes at Fuji 🇯🇵 We started from Pole Position in GTE AM, beautifully won by Matt Griffin but especially by Team Principal Weng Sun Mok who gave us the P1 with a superb lap in terrible conditions. Race day weather was predictably foul and Sawa San started the race for us under the Safety Car. Once the race proper started, the amazing Keita got the #61 Ferrari as high up as 20th overall, ahead of 3 cars in the GTE PRO class!!! But, an untimely Safe

The 2018 Fuji 6 Hours was moist… the race started under safety car as Patrick Dempsey waved the green flag. As the field went green the LMP2 pole sitter spun at T1. Image from the FIA Toyota and Porsche fought throughout the race, Toyota seeming to cope better in the wet and eventually the number 8 of Nakajima, Davidson and Buemi took the win in class and overall. In 2nd was the number 7 Toyota and 3rd was taken by the number 1 Porsche. The first red flag arrived just be