Chris, going into the race, who were your biggest rivals – Ferrari or the other Ford GT cars? I was driving with Bruce McLaren in the #2 GT40 and we both knew our main competitors would be the other Fords. We ran at Le Mans in ’65 in the GT40 and we were so much […]
Read moreThe #8 Audi Sport Team Joest R18 of Lucas Di Grassi ran quickest of 60 runners taking part in the 2016 Le Mans Test Day in the second and final session. Di Grassi’s quickest time came seemingly out of nowhere, a 3:21.375 with two hours left to set the pace for the day, which was […]
Read moreAF Corse scored its second straight FIA World Endurance Championship GTE-Pro class victory, but lost out on a sure-fire 1-2 finish following late-race drama in Saturday’s WEC Six Hours of Spa. A mechanical issue for the No. 51 Ferrari 488 GTE of James Calado sent the class-leading entry into the garage and out of the race, handing […]
Read moreAudi has claimed victory in Saturday’s WEC Six Hours of Spa, following one of the most attrition-filled and unpredictable races in the history of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Oliver Jarvis took the No. 8 Audi R18 across the line two laps ahead of the No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Romain Dumas, which completed […]
Read morePorsche blocked out the top two positions in qualifying for this weekend’s Spa round of the World Endurance Championship. Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard took the pole by nearly eight of tenths of second from team-mates Neel Jani and Marc Lieb. Hartley was quickest of the first group of drivers with a 1m55.691s aboard the […]
Read moreStephane Sarrazin headed a Toyota one-two in the second free practice for the second round of the World Endurance Championship at Spa. The Frenchman set the #6 Toyota TS050 HYBRID’s best time of 1m58.566s during the early running in which most of the leading times were set, which was enough to guarantee top spot by […]
Read moreIt was a busy Silverstone weekend for Richie Stanaway, who undertook double duty for Aston Martin Racing, competing in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series races for the team. The New Zealander is one of many promising young drivers to have made the switch from the open-wheel ladder to sports […]
Read morePorsche has provisionally inherited overall victory in Sunday’s Six Hours of Silverstone, following a post-race technical infraction on the race-winning No. 7 Audi R18 of Andre Lotterer, Benoit Treluyer and Marcel Fassler. The Audi’s front skid block was found to have been under the 20mm minimum in post-race scrutineering. It therefore gives the No. 2 […]
Read moreBrendon Hartley has been held responsible and reprimanded for causing the collision with a GTE Am car that cost his Porsche a likely World Endurance Championship victory at Silverstone. The 26-year-old was leading by over 40 seconds when he attempted to lap the Gulf Racing Porsche driven by Mike Wainwright around the outside of Farm, […]
Read moreAudi has broken through to claim victory in the debut of its new R18, following a competitive and incident-filled FIA World Endurance Championship Six Hours of Silverstone. Marcel Fassler took the diesel-powered LMP1 hybrid across the line 46.065 seconds ahead of the No. 2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Neel Jani, following a series of setbacks for the […]
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