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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

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

On Friday and Saturday this week (May 6-7, 2016), the famous Circuit Park Zandvoort will serve as the venue for the Hankook 12H ZANDVOORT. The fourth round of this year’s 24H SERIES powered by Hankook and the third running of the race in The Netherlands again assembles a wide variety of GTs and touring cars. In total, 48 teams have entered for the race at the undulating circuit in the dunes on the Dutch North Sea coast. No less than 21 different nationalities are represented

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

In the very late evening it was announced that the stewards of the meeting received a report from the Technical Delegate explaining that the thickness of the front skid block of car no. 7 doesn’t comply with article 3.5.6 a3 of the LMP1 Technical Regulations. And so the no. 7 car was excluded from the results of the race, this meant that Porsche were the winners and Rebellion Racing were promoted to third over all. However, around 1am on Sunday morning Audi Sport said that

With the sun still shining over the Northamptonshire circuit, the last 60 minutes proved the usual down to the wire ending that has became unanimous with the WEC championship. Heading into the final hour the No. 2 Porsche driven by Neal Jani had a 54 second lead over the second placed Audi of Marcel Fassler but the Porsche was still to pit. Jani pitted the Porsche on lap 161, and with only changing 2 tyres rather than 4 came out only 6 seconds behind the Fassler Audi.

The day started with not a cloud in the sky, much different to yesterdays snow storm which disrupted most of the mornings running. With the LPM1 hybrids formed up in a two by two team formation, the Audi’s lead the grid off on two formation laps. At 12noon the green flag, waved by actor and Porsche driver Patrick Dempsey fell, and the much anticipated 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship was underway. The No. 7 Audi of André Lotterer led into Abbey with the rest of the

In Their first qualifying session of the season, Aston Martin’s three beauties qualified P5 and P6 in GTE Pro and P6 in GTE Am. On an extremely wet track (it had been snowing for over an hour!), the #97 of Fernando Rees and Richie Stanaway set a combined average lap time of 2m 21.626 to place them P5 in class. Richie comments ‘We are still in a learning period with our new tyres and the unique ambient and track temperatures made this session extremely difficult. We ran t

'Hugely frustrating' and 'we will urgently seek to address the issues' were phrases used in Toyota Gazoo Racing's post qualifying press release. With gaps of 4.996 for the #6 and 6.905 for #5 off the pole time, the two TS050 hybrids proved to be uncompetitive. Unsuitable control settings for the conditions gave the drivers no chance in today's wet 20 minute qualifying session. ‘It has been a challenging day weather-wise and that has put us a bit out of synch with the set

In what can only be described as challenging conditions, Audi got the best possible start to their 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship with a qualifying 1-2 for the Ingolstadt team. Sleet then snow, which in turn saw the cancellation of FP3, was not how anyone expected their day to begin but Audi played their hand perfectly. ‘The Audi R18 practically has not a single bolt in common anymore with its predecessor’ commented Head of Audi Motorsport Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich. ‘C

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 a wintery start to the day at Silverstone with temperatures not peaking over 4 degrees the cars started to go out on track, with the number five Toyota of Anthony Davidson taking the first early running. A series of off track excursions be felt the early runners and the track was red flagged after 6 min with the number five Toyota being unceremoniously removed from a gravel trap on the end of a JCB. With 40 minutes of the session remaining all of the LMP1-H cars hav

The FIA World Endurance Championship’s App has received many plaudits for its range of entertaining and informative content, ease of use, and availability on multiple platforms. Now, for 2016, it has been upgraded further with a new design and features, better integration and new content so that fans of the best endurance racing in the world don’t have to miss a minute of the action. We rely more and more heavily on small screen technology in our everyday lives, with many

Aston Martin Racing is set to kick off its 2016 campaign this weekend (17 April), as the first round of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) takes place at Silverstone. With the team looking to claim a strong finish in this weekend’s race, Aston Martin Racing Team Principal Paul Howarth knows the importance of claiming points consistently across what is tipped to be the FIA WEC’s most competitive season to date. “We’re in a great place ahead of Silverstone,” he comme

Max heads to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach high on confidence after a sensational IndyCar oval debut in Phoenix where he picked up a universally acclaimed 7th place. Long Beach is one of the jewels in the Verizon IndyCar calendar and is a return to a street course providing a totally different challenge to the short and speedy Phoenix Oval. Over 200,000 fans are expected to turn out under the Californian sun when the cars take to the track on Sunday at 13:45 local tim

More than 55 teams have already signed up to compete in the Hankook 12H ZANDVOORT (May 6-7, 2016), the fourth round of the 24H SERIES powered by Hankook. The final grid slots are still available, but filling up fast. Teams wanting to be part of the action in the endurance race for GTs, touring cars and 24H Specials at the famous circuit in the Dutch dunes are advised to act quickly. “For us, the Zandvoort round is our home race, so it really is something special,” says Natash

With the opening round of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship just around the corner, here is our quick guide to the Championship and its classes. If you have never seen a WEC race before the most important thing to know is that there are four classes of cars racing on the same track at the same time. Also, a common factor throughout the four classes is that one team of drivers compete in the same car; two or three drivers take turns in the car completing “stints” of