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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

Many years ago I used to work in the Paddock Office at Brands Hatch signing the drivers on. Being quite young at the time, and in a male dominated environment, I quite enjoyed this…some of the guys were very easy on the eye! A particular favourite of mine was a young, dark, handsome chap called Paul Warwick (younger brother to the then Formula One driver Derek). Always very polite, with a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye, Paul was a great talent destined to go o

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

Check out eSPORT+CARS’s Kieran Blacklock racing against the pro FIA Formula E drivers. He got the fastest lap but you won’t believe what happened in the race! #eSportsCars

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,

The founding father of the hugely successful GT Academy “gamer to racer” programme Darren Cox has launched the first professional virtual race team in motorsport, ‘eSPORT+CARS’. The growth of eSports has been dramatic in recent years with major tournaments attracting tens of thousands of fans in stadiums, millions of viewers watching online and providing the participants with millions of dollars in prize money. With eSports the big news story in the digital world in 2016, the

For the first time in two years, the Flying Lizard Motorsports livery will return to a Porsche at a pro- racing event this weekend at Rounds 12 and 13 of the Pirelli World Challenge at Road America. As previously announced in February, Flying Lizard customer Andy Wilzoch would not only compete in the Porsche Club of America (PCA) race season, but also enter his Porsche 991 GT3 R in select Pirelli World Challenge events, competing in the GTA class. After 15 years of racing

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

The stewards have decided that several cars will receive grid penalties due to either not competing enough night laps or no complying with the minimum qualifying time. Those who did not comply with the night laps are the ByKolles with Simon Trummer, SMP Racing with Maurizio Mediani and Corvette Racing with Antonio Gracia. Those that did not comply with the minimum qualifying time are again the ByKolles of Simon Trummer, ESM of Ed Brown, Krohn Racing of Tracy Krohn, SO25 of

Following a meeting attended by the ACO, FIA and representatives from the manufactures in the GTE Pro class, the Endurance committee have made various changes to the Balance of Performance in the class. The Ferrari 488 GTE has 25kgs added to its base weight Ford GT's have 5kg added to their base weight Ford GT's turbo boost pressure reduced Aston Martin and Corvette increase in air restrictor size Fuel capacity has also been increased in the Porsche, Ferrari and Corvett

It rained.... a lot!! Only a handful of drivers improved their times during qualifying 2, whereas qualifying 3 was red flagged 18 minutes into the session due to the monsoon like conditions that fell upon the La Sarthe region. Whilst some teams, you won’t be surprised to know Audi were one of them, practised driver changes, and the Corvettes focused on front end changes, some teams decided a bit of down time was in order and played up to the cameras. The red flagged lasted

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 session started out on a green track as there had been no running since test day. Early running saw the teams going through their driver line ups. Early running was brought to a halt when the ByKolles number 4 with Pierre Kaffer on board came to a halt on the Mulsane straight in a large plume of smoke, a mechanical failure being sighted by the driver as the problem. The rain started to fall and teams were running full wets, as the track started to dry inters and then s

We have been sent some exclusive shots taken this evening (14th June) of the ByKolles team running the car on the runway of the Le Mans airport. As yet it has been unconfirmed by the team as to the purpose of the test but it does appear a little odd less than 24 hrs before the free practice session at 16:00 tomorrow. We will bring you more when we have it. UPDATE - ByKolles confirmed to running of the car but no official comment was available. Pictures from Brynmor Phil