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For many years now, the name Andy Blackmore has become synonymous with the creation of spotters' guides and racecar liveries. This writer took the opportunity to ask Andy some questions on the lead up to this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans about how he started in this field and some of his achievements to date. Andy started designing liveries while at University in the UK on a Car Design degree. He won a competition to design a livery for Toyota's British Touring Car Championship

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

If I had written this on Sunday it would literally have consisted of 2 words: Toyota: heartbreaking! No doubt like many a race fan, whether a Toyota supporter or not, you will have been astounded, gobsmacked, distraught, amazed, shocked and saddened (I could go on) by how the Japanese outfits race came to an end. Picture credit Toyota Hybrid Racing The 84th running of the Le Mans 24 Heures, which started under a safety car for the first time in its history due to the trea

New Porsche for GTE/GTLM classes from 2017 Stuttgart. The most successful GT race car of the 2015 season will be replaced by a completely new race car in 2017. The successor to the 911 RSR has already com- pleted a successful rollout on the test track in Weissach. Now begins the test phase on selected racetracks around the world. At its first test runs at Weissach, the majority of the Porsche works drivers were able to get a first impression of the new 2017 GTE race car

The two Porsche 919 hybrids will start the 6 hours at Silverstone from the second row of the grid. On a drying track the No.1 of Bernhard, Hartley and Webber qualified ahead of their teammates by a mere .116 of a second. 'The conditions were very cold and it was even snowing in the morning - we made the right call to keep our full wets on' said Hartley. German Marc Lieb of the No.2 Porsche commented 'We went in a slightly different direction on set-up to that of our sist

After 17 hours of running and thousands of kilometres track testing, the 29 cars entered for the Prologue at Circuit Paul Ricard have now parked their cars in the pit boxes and the engineers have started to analyse and study the data this evening. It is difficult to make any true conclusions, however, as the poker faces and mind games of the teams often mask the true hierarchy of pace and positions throughout the classes. What we can say is that 2016 looks set to be a ste

Ready for title defence: Two days before the official Prologue for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Paul Ricard, France, Porsche is presenting its race car for this season. Strong development characterises the new 919 Hybrid’ technology. The powertrain became even more efficient, the aerodynamics were even more specific for the various race tracks and the weight of single components was even more reduced. “The over 900 hp strong Le Mans Prototype is ready for

The time for talking is over! The sights and sounds of 29 of the world’s best endurance racers will soon be the focus of attention at the FIA World Endurance Championship’s official pre-season test, The Prologue. Taking place at Circuit Paul Ricard at Le Castellet in the south of France on Friday and Saturday 25/26th March, this will be the first opportunity for competitors, media and fans throughout the world to see 2016’s WEC teams on track all together. Of the 32 ful

Simpson Motorsport today announced their return to the British GT Series with the new Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport, with Nick Jones and Scot Malvern behind the wheel. During the series' 24 year history Simpson Motorsport have been seen competing in various exotica such as the Ferrari F40 and 348LM along with the Porsche 911 RSR GT2. Two seasons racing Radicals and Jones is now ready for the step up into the British GT - “ I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to c

At the end of 24hrs of racing the finish saw the closest winning margin in the races history between the #3 and #4 Corvette racing cars of Oliver Gavin and Antonio Garcia at a mere 0.034 seconds! “ What you saw today was simply the two best road racers in the world with the two best cars in the world ,” said Doug Fehan, Corvette Racing program manager. “ You’d be hard pressed to find a better race than this. You don’t spend 23.5 hours working this hard and not let those

Nick Tandy captured the GT Le Mans pole for the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway. Driving the No. 911 Porsche North America with teammate and last year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTLM champion, Patrick Pilet, Tandy – a two-time GTLM pole winner in 2015 and the reigning 24 Hours of Le Mans overall champion – posted a best time of 2:01.408 (105.561 mph). Frédéric Makowiecki qualified second in GTLM with a time of 2:02.364 (104.737 mph) in the

Porsche may have been crowned 2015 WEC LMP1 manufacturers winners, but the race for the drivers Championship is going down to the wire in the desert. At The Bahrain International Circuit, with a twelve point difference between the No. 17 Porsche of Bernhard, Hartley and Webber and the 7 Audi of Lotterer, Treluyer and Fassler, it's all to play for. With 1 DNF for the drivers of car 17 at the opening round at Silverstone, an otherwise 100% top three finish rate for both c

11 long weeks have passd since the last race of the FIA WEC championship at Le Mans and what a break it has been, I must take this opportunity to mention the sad passing of Jules and Justin - they will be missed. 32 cars are due to take the start in Germany for this one off special race weekend celebrating the 15th anniversary of the 1000kms endurance race. This format used to be used prior to the series being run by the FIA when a timed endurance race was introduced for v

Since the championship’s inception in 2012, the 24 Hours of Le Mans has constituted the main event of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) calendar. This legendary event – which celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2013 – has also welcomed competitors from the European, American, and Asian championships, for which the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) is the regulatory body. In 2014, "the future" hit the track with the implementation of new regulations showcasing innovat

Test day took place with the race just over two weeks out, and it proved that the day-long race will be nothing short of exciting . The No. 17 Porsche topped field with a staggering 3:21.061 byBrendon Hartley - almost a second quicker than last year's pole lap from the Toyota. The top six spots on the timing sheets were occupied by Audi and Porsche-powered cars; it seems that they have their “low drag” setups sorted – this may be due to their new rear wing configuration,