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Modern endurance races have gotten a bit of a reputation as “really long sprint races” due to the reliability of the…
Audi’s new R18 emerged as the fastest of the World Endurance Championship LMP1s, qualifying first and second for the 6 Hours of Silverstone. Both Porsche 919s ran almost a second behind the Audis, and they were visibly irked that they weren’t as fast in the moist conditions. Turbo problems on the Toyota TS050s held… Read more
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Practice for the World Endurance Championship season opener, the 6 Hours of Silverstone, was halted for an unusual…
Here’s the Ford GT running in the World Endurance Championship Prologue at Circuit Paul Ricard. The Prologue is the WEC’s preseason test, and the GT will stay at Paul Ricard for more testing this week. It’s grown a few more antennas on its roof since the last time I saw it in France, but still looks utterly amazing.
Prius, Schmius. There’s one Toyota hybrid that’s relevant to our interests, and it’s the brand new Toyota Gazoo…
Please excuse me while I devolve into an assortment of adoring grunts and drool-splattered mumbles. Porsche just…
Audi’s latest World Endurance Championship warrior looks like the Batmobile on acid, packing over 1,000 hp into an…
Four four four four four: I’m starting to get the idea that Ford likes the number four. Four-d is taking four cars…
There’s something about this immaculately clean and shiny 90-degree turbocharged V4 with its bright bubblegum-hued…
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The flagship Toyota World Endurance Championship team released the first footage of its brand spanking new TS050…
[Here is one of the beautiful Aston Martin Racing cars as driven by Darren Turner and Jonny Adam in the World Endurance Championship last year. Let this be a not-so-subtle reminder that Aston Martins make lovely race cars and Doug DeMuro should take his new ride on a race track immediately. Photo credit: Aston Martin… Read more
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Anyone wonder what ex-Nissan LMP1 driver Olivier Pla and ex-BMW factory driver Andy Priaulx were up to in 2016?…
[Winter sucks. Why not watch Porsches race through the palms of Bahrain instead? Here’s the No. 91 Porsche Team Manthey and No. 77 Dempsey Proton Racing Porsche 911s at the World Endurance Championship season finale this year. Is the offseason over yet? Photo credit: Porsche]
If you want a good, meaty technical analysis of a Le Mans prototype, look no further than Mulsanne’s Corner. Audi…
[Dieselgate may have forced Porsche and Audi to drop their third cars from the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year, but hopefully the battles between the two teams will be just as epic, anyway. Here’s two of their cars battling it out at the 6 Hours of Silverstone earlier this year. Photo credit: Getty Images]
Audi Sport debuted its redesigned Audi R18 for the 2016 race season on Saturday, and the new car will take over as…
Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller reaffirmed the company’s commitment to its numerous motorsport programs last weekend…
Only two words can accurately sum up today’s World Endurance Championship season ender: Holy. Crap. If you expected…
Making your Le Mans prototype look like a speedboat shooting up a wake of tire smoke is probably going to leave a…
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Ford showed off its brand spanking new GT race car to professional hoons Ken Block and Vaughan Gittin Jr. at SEMA.…