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The Porsche Team is offering three young drivers the opportunity to test the innovative Le Mans Prototype Porsche 919 Hybrid at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona today and tomorrow. Mitch Evans (21, New Zealand), Kevin Magnussen (23, Denmark) and Oliver Turvey (28, Great Britain) are sharing one car. Porsche works driver and championship leaderTimo Bernhard (34, Germany) is the driver who will be their reference point at the track. Team Principal Andreas Seidl e

The team develoing the IM01 Le Mans Garage 56 racer has unveiled their all electric racer, the worlds fastest electric formula racer with a 0-100 kph in less than 3 seconds and then keeps acelerating to 285 kph. " The KP&T IM/e has been developed as a test bed for the technologies to be used in the IM01 Le Mans car" said Marc de Mol Moncourt from the team, "our aims for 2016 are to break the electric lap record at Zandvort and the Nurburgring" he added. The team

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

During the 85th edition of the 24h of Le Mans in 2017 the rotary engine will return to this legendary track, more than 25 years after it has been banned from endurance racing. The Hybrid IM01 racecar will use a rotary engine as range-extender in order to complete the 24 hours. Because the rotary engine will be used as a generator, it can be tuned in such a way that it always runs in its optimal operation point. This results in a tremendous reduction in fuel consumpti

Ginetta have proven themselves as the manufacturer of the fastest LMP3 car in the world. Now the Yorkshire marque turns their attentions to a new-for-2016 car; the Ginetta G57. With a class first and second in the inaugural European Le Mans Series driver and teams championship, Ginetta have been the dominant force throughout the inaugural LMP3 season, taking a clean sweep of class victories. A fantastic partnership between Ginetta, the ACO and ELMS throughout the develo

By taking the fifth consecutive race win this season, in Shanghai (China), Porsche has won the constructors’ title in the World Endurance Championship with its innovative 919 Hybrid today. Now having 308 points, the sports car manufacturer from Stuttgart can’t be beaten, despite one championship race to go. Audi has 238 points and Toyota 137. * For Porsche it is the 13th constructors’ World Championship title in endurance racing and the first since 1986. Between 1964 and 1986

Audi are going to the moon! 'Vorsprung durch Technik' means 'progress through technology'. We pride ourselves on exceeding limits so our next mission is to send Audi technology to the moon. The $30-million Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) is an inducement prize space competition organised by the X Prize Foundation, and sponsored by Google. It inspires engineers and entrepreneurs from around the world to develop low-cost methods of robotic space exploration. To win the

So Sochi... anyone else get that feeling that something else is going to happen? I said that just before the GP2 race started.... I have been looking at the Sainz crash and the way that the Tecpro barrier reacted and how the car was able the travel under the blocks. After some digging around the blocks do not need to be fixed down nor fixed at the end of the runs, but are all interconnected. I would assume the reason they are not fixed at either end it to allow the "chai

On Saturday 19 September the Circuit of The Americas (CoTA) in Texas will host the first of four events outside Europe for the 2015 World Endurance Championship. The six hour North American race will be the third event at the track near Austin and the second time the Lone Star Le Mans festival of racing has been run in partnership with the Tudor United Sports Car Championship. In total 31 cars, representing 10 different nations, and 86 drivers, from 19 countries acro

Is this the real life? is this just Fantasy? Its hard to tell these days.... the growth of CGI has started to take hold in the world of fantasty prototype racers - but is this a bad thing, I would suggest not, as these enthuse the fans as to what could be done and shows the manfactures what should be done such, as this creation for a Corvette prototype keeping with the front engine idea. And how about a returning marque to the LMP1 class, Mercedes, very similar looks

Porsche continues racing into the future with the 919 Hybrid: The board of Porsche AG has decided to extend the Le Mans prototype programme until the end of the 2018 season. With its ground-breaking concept – a downsizing turbo engine and powerful energy recovery systems, combined with an extreme lightweight design – the racing car with a performance of around 1,000 hp serves as a research laboratory for future sports car technology. Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Execut

Andy Blackmore has been busy again, producing another fantastic spoter guide for the upcoming race weekend. The Spotter Guide features all the car, class, tyre team and driver details including the FIA Driver grading system and will be updated prior to race week. No other guide (or app) is as up to date, or features as much information! The guide can be down downloaded by clicking here . #fia #wec #6hrs #nurburgring #spotterguide

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

Uli’s Racing Legends watercolour pictures can be found hanging on many a wall of a motor racing fan across the globe, and on the eve of this year's 24hr race, a Le Mans Uli takes time out to speak with me about his passion for racing art. Uli began painting cars at the age of five, much to the surprise of his mother! “Cars have always been a passion," said Uli. "their look, the noise, and the feeling as they pass you at 200 mph, to me they are art sculptures.” At age 12,

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Gulf winning the Le Mans 24 Hours in a car of its own name and also, of course, the first of Derek Bell’s five victories in the world’s greatest endurance race. To celebrate the occasion, Derek and the car he and Jacky Ickx drove to victory will be reunited on Thursday, June 11 at the famous Hotel de France, in La Chartre-sur-le-Loir – where John Wyer and the Gulf team stayed during their Le Mans campaigns. The car will be on display

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,

Sunday, May 31 will see 64 cars on track at Le Mans for the annual test day prior to the race itself. This give the teams a chance to perfect the cars setup for the track and, more importantly, give new drivers a chance to get to know the track. The day is preceded by two days of scrutineering which all cars must pass in order for them to take place. This is the same process that will take place before the race itself. This year, test day will see the first public outing

The LMP2 class is for prototype cars running production-based engines with a limit of 5L for non-turbo and 3.2L for turbo-charged engines, with a fixed fuel tank capacity of 75L. The class allows for both open and closed-cockpit cars, but both types must have the "dorsal fin" to prevent mid-air rolling, and the rather random regulation still stands that there must be enough space for two people. This is a cost-capped class where the cost of the car, minus the engine, must

The GTE (Grand Touring Endurance) class is for two-door production sports cars powered by a manufacturer with a dealer network. In regards to specifications, engine size for the GT cars is limited to 5.5L for non-turbo and 4L for turbo-charged engines, and the car must weight over 1245kg with 90L fuel capacity. The class is effectively split into two subcategories with Pro and Am. The Pro class is to be contested in by professional drivers with Gold FIA licences and abov