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The 6 Hours of Mexico presented by AT&T is almost upon us. The exciting and challenging Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez beckons for the bumper grid of FIA World Endurance Championship cars early next month. FIA WEC fans are notorious for their depth of knowledge but here are a few extra facts and points of interest to impress your friends and colleagues as the countdown to the big race continues. The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez sits in the original Magdalena Mixhuca Sports C

Manor have signed Alfonso “Picho” Toledano Guerra to compete in his home race at the 6hrs of Mexico in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Beginning his racing career in Karts, becoming 100cc Champion in Mexico in 2004, Picho changed to single-seater racing in 2005. Since 2005 he has raced in many formulas including Formula BMW and Formula 3. Manor will race one car in Mexico whilst focussing on solving some issues which have robbed the team of podium finishes in recent WE

In a month’s time the inaugural 6 Hours of Mexico Presented by AT&T will almost be upon us and the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez will be echoing with the glorious sounds of the 34 prototypes and GT cars from the FIA World Endurance Championship. Until that time teams, drivers, and almost everyone else in the WEC paddock is enjoying some holiday time with families and friends. Enjoy the break everyone and come back rested and stronger than ever! Provisional entry list for

On the back of their win at Le Mans the LMP2 class was won by the #36 Signatech Alpine of Nicolas Lapierre, Stephane Richelmi and Gustavo Menezes. The #36 took over the lead going into the fourth hour when the #26 G-Drive of Alex Brundle, Rene Rast and Romain Rusinov retired with a gearbox failure. Taking second some 16.478 behind was the RGR Sport Ligier of Bruno Senna, Filipe Albuquerque and Ricardo Gonzalez. Ryan Dalziel and Jonny Kane gave the crowd a last lap battle

The #1 Porsche of reigning world champions Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber claimed their first victory of the season at the 6 hours of Nürburgring in front of a weekend crowd of 58,000. In a race which witnessed some immense battles, particular that of the sister car driven by Roman Dumas, Neel Jani and Marc Lieb going into the last hour against the #7 Audi of André Lotterer and Marcel Fässler (sadly for him Benoit Treluyer had to sit out this race whilst re

Impressive performance in qualifying in the Eifel: Marcel Fässler (CH) and André Lotterer (D) in the Audi R18 clinched grid position one in round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). With a gap of only 26 hundredths of a second Lucas di Grassi (BR) and Oliver Jarvis (GB) in the sister car number 8 directly trailed them. As in the season opener at Silverstone Audi, now in its home round, captured the front row again with its two hybrid sports cars. “In spite o

The two Porsche 919 Hybrids will start from the second row of the grid for the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The reigning world champions Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AU) claimed third on the grid for Sunday’s six-hour race at the Nürburgring (DE). Next to them on the grid will be the sister-car of the current championship leaders Romain Dumas (FR), Neel Jani (CH) and Marc Lieb (DE). The race starts at 13:00 hrs loc

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start the 6 Hours of Nürburgring from the third row after a disappointing qualifying session in wet conditions for the fourth round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). Intermittent rain throughout the day created changing track conditions and a challenge for the teams, both in terms of tyre choice and track conditions. The #6 TS050 HYBRID of Stéphane Sarrazin, Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi was the lead TOYOTA in fifth place, one ah

After taking the top spot in all free practice sessions, Porsche were unable to dominate a very tricky qualifying. Audi Sport Team Joest scored a one-two with Marcel Fässler putting the #7 on pole with a 1:39.444 and the sister car of Oliver Jarvis 0.266 seconds behind with a 1:39.710. André Lotterer commented ‘It feels good for the whole team after a tough Le Mans, it’s good for the spirit. I’m sure Benoit is gutted he is not here.’ The #1 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Mark We

Maria Höfl-Riesch will wave the green flag at this weekend's 6 Hours of Nurburgring, the fourth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Maria, a guest of Audi, is Germany's three time Olympic Champion, two-time World Champion and overall Alpine Skiing World Cup Champion. Maria retired from international skiing after the 2014 Winter Olympics. #6hrNurburgring

For André Lotterer as the only German driver in Audi’s lineup, the race at the Nürburgring is his home round. On July 24, you will be competing in the Audi R18 in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). It’s Audi’s home round as well as yours. Are you excited? Absolutely! I still remember well what kind of a wonderful welcome we received by the crowd a year ago. More than 60,000 fans turned out for the German debut of the FIA WEC in the Eifel. It would be great if this

While training on his mountain bike three-time Le Mans winner Benoît Tréluyer fell and injured his spinal column. The injury will heal without surgical intervention and have no further consequences. As the recovery period will be several weeks, the 39-year-old Frenchman has to skip round four of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). As a result, his teammates, Marcel Fässler and André Lotterer, will be contesting the race at the Nürburgring on July 24 as a team of tw

Lewis Williamson will make his FIA World Endurance Championship debut with LMP2 entrant Strakka Racing at the 6 Hours of Nürburgring between 22-24 July. The Scottish driver will partner WEC regulars Jonny Kane and Nick Leventis in his first-ever sportscar race. Photo Jacob Ebrey “Through our race and coaching programmes, Strakka has always looked to support young drivers, nurturing talent and where possible providing chances,” says team founder Nick Leventis. “At Nürburg

With less than 20 days to go all thoughts have left the Circuit de la Sarthe and are now focused on the Nürburgring, the famous circuit nestled in the Eifel Mountains about 100kms south of Cologne. Stepped in history, and with the old circuit wrapping itself around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg, this circuit is a must visit for any fan. With a chance to drive the old circuit, how could it not be! Fortunately, or unfortunately depending on how you look at it,

UPDATE - a fantastic response during the auction meant that the picture made £200.00 for Mission Motorsport - well done all who took part During the Le Mans week we will be teaming up with Mission Motorsport and Beer Mountain to raise funds for Mission Motorsport. There will be a special, one of a kind item placed up for auction via Beer Mountain, please click here to find out how you can own an exclusive, on of a kind signed photo of the number 7 Audi drivers. Missio

The 60 cars due to take the start of the 84th running of the third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship have now completed eight hours of practice on the 13.6km Circuit des 24 Heures track. Here are the highlights from the afternoon session: Audi Sport’s Lucas Di Grassi set the fastest time of the day just before the half way mark of the afternoon session. The No.8 R18 lapped the track in a time of 3:21.375. The gaps between the Porsches and No.7 Audi were very

Porsche heads the field with a 1-2 in LMP1, the fastest lap being a 3:22.334 set by Marc Lieb in the No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid. The German heads the No.1 by just over two tenths of a second, Mark Webber having set a best lap of 3:22.555 in the No.1 entry.The two Audi R18s have also dipped under the 3m22 mark this morning, close behind the Porsches, with Toyota Gazoo Racing’s TS050 HYBRIDS slightly further back but working through a comprehensive test programme. LMP1 Private

The entry list for the official Le Mans 24 Hours test day on Sunday 5th June has been released and it can be found HERE . (Subject to change as described in our article HERE ) All the registered teams and drivers use the opportunity to re-familiarise themselves with the 14km track ahead of race week, and to start the work on the set up which they all hope will see them achieve success in the race on 18/19th June. There are a few regulations which must be followed for the

Paolo Roberti has ruled himself out of this years Le Mans following a crash today at Hockenheim while teaching a student. The car he was driving suffered a technical problem with its brakes on the backstretch at 200kph. Both Paolo and the student he was teaching are in hospital close the the circuit, Paolo suffering a fracture of his lumber vertebrae. As yet there has been no word from the Larbre Competition team as to his replacement for Le Mans Roberto Merhi will repla

Audi has won the unusually tough second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Spa-Francorchamps. In temperatures above 25 degrees centigrade, in the end only two of the six hybrid sports cars from all manufacturers that had started finished at the front of the field in Belgium. Victory with a two-lap advantage was celebrated by Lucas di Grassi/Loïc Duval/Oliver Jarvis (BR/F/GB) following an impeccable race in their Audi R18. The spectators in Belgium witne

A weekend of sunshine, warm temperatures and action-packed family entertainment is on offer for everyone who travels to the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship at the world famous Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. On track, no fewer than 34 cars will be battling it out for victory, while the well-established Fan Area offers plenty of family fun and a great variety of entertainments for all. The fifth edition of the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, from the 5th - 7th

Audi has great plans for round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on Saturday, May 7. On the race track at Spa, Belgium, the premium brand with the Audi R18 is aiming to continue its string of podium successes, the beginning of which now dates back six years. Spa is an outstanding venue for Audi’s sports cars. Since 2010, the team has clinched ten trophies in total there with Le Mans prototypes. They include victories in 2012, 2013 and 2015, plus three secon

Audi has chosen not to lodge an appeal following the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in the United Kingdom. After Marcel Fässler/André Lotterer/Benoît Tréluyer had won the Silverstone 6 Hours on April 17, their Audi R18 was excluded post-race from the classification due to a violation of the LMP1 class Technical Regulations. The thickness of the skid block of the number “7” Audi R18 represented a breach of Article 3.5.6 a3 of the regulations, according to the assess

Manor, who compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship, have launched an innovative new mobile app that begins to change the way racing teams can interact with fans. The mobile app, which has been developed in partnership with technology specialists Inovica, is available now for both Apple and Android devices and fans can download it for free from the App Store or Google Play (by searching for Manor Endurance). The new mobile app provides fans with exclusive content i