The #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 – Hybrid driven by Sébastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima won the opening round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship in a race which saw changing weather conditions and drama throughout the entire race. Photo: FIA World Endurance Championship Second in the LMP1 class was the #2 […]
Photo Above: Roger Jenkins Toyota Gazoo Racing drew first blood of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship by taking pole position for the 6 ours of Silverstone in a session that saw lap-times by both drivers in both cars for Porsche and Toyota beat the current record lap-times set in 2015. Starting the 6 Hours […]
Photo: John Rourke John Rourke/AdrenalMedia.com The season-opening Prologue to the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship took place over the weekend of April 1 – 2 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 27 of the full-season 28 entries were present on the grid for five test sessions, spread over the two days. Three were held on Saturday April […]
Photo Above: BritishGT.com The past seven days have been busy for the sportscar community across Europe as the British GT Championship hosted its pre-season Media Day at Snetterton, the European Le Mans Series contenders met for the Official Test Session at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, the FIA World Endurance Championship prepared for the Prologue, also at […]
Following the announcement in early February that Jackie Chan DC Racing was joining forces with Kent-based Jota Sport for a two-car assault on the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, the driver line-ups for the two entries has now been revealed. In the #37 ORECA 07 LMP2 entry, and driving alongside team co-founder David Cheng will […]
French engine-builder Mecachrome has been confirmed as engine supplier for the new Ginetta LMP1 project. Ginetta had previously announced its plans in January to build an LMP1 car for 2018. Ginetta Technical Director Ewan Baldry was impressed with the engine manufacturer’s experience, expertise and production facilities when he visited Mecachrome’s head office early in February.
