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2017 Ferrari SF70H F1 at Autosport International
The SF70H joins the 2004 championship-winning F2004, 2017 LMGTE Pro World Endurance Championship-winning AF Corse 488 GTE, FXX-K Evo and the 488 Challenge cars on the stage, which will showcase the range of cars available through Corse Clienti, Ferrari’s very expensive and successful client racing program. Continue reading
Shanghaied! Porsche Takes Third Straight Endurance Driver’s Title
Toyota has yet to announce if it will return to LMP1 next year – right now they are the only factory entrant with, oh, potentially $100 million investment needed. Continue reading
Posted in electric vehicles, racing, results
Tagged autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, lemans, Porsche wec, Toyota wec, wec, World Endurance Cup Shanghai 2017
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World Endurance CUP Round 6 – Texas: Porsche 1, 2, Toyota 3
Toyota once again teased; once again failed – a problem that might go away next year since it will likely be racing against itself in LMP1 – good for a Tokyo Aichi lobby trophy, but disastrous for the sport. Continue reading
Silverstone: Toyota Beats Porsche. Chan Racing Wins LMP2. Ford Bests Ferrari, Porsche in GT Pro. Ferrari takes GT Am
The race – pure England at this time of year (or any time) – was run under mixed weather conditions, forcing teams to choose between tires – slicks, so-called intermediates or rain rubber in changing conditions that forced drivers to extract the best performance out of the world’s most exciting racing machines. Continue reading
Posted in performance, racing, results
Tagged aston martin, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, ferrari, ford gt, Ken Zino, le mans, porsche, Silverstone, sports car endurance racing, Toyota Yazoo, wec
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Silverstone – WEC Opening Round Pits Toyota against Porsche in the run-up to the Grueling 24 Hours at Le Mans
The first track appearance in real racing conditions sees Porsche and Toyota dueling with two very different LMP1 cars with mixed results in the fastest, most expensive top class. Continue reading
WEC GT Class – Porsche Drivers for New 911 RSR
Porsche of course, won the world championships in 2017 for the first time. After a year of development in 2016, the 2015 FIA WEC title winners return with a works entry to what is arguably the world’s most important GT competition. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, FIA World Endurance Cup, Ken Zino, Porsche 911 RSR. FIA WEC GT Class, wec
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BMW Motorsports Adapting for 2018 FIA World Endurance Cup
BMW Motorsports is changing its teams for the 2017 season to realign in preparation for its 2018 involvement in FIA World Endurance Cup racing. What class it will run in is not clear. There is speculation that it will run in the top LMP1 class Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, BMW Motorsports, DTM, endurance racing, Ken Zino, le mans, wec
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Bahrain – Porsche Battling Toyota, Audi for WEC Drivers’ Title
Porsche might have been the favorite having captured the maker’s championship (Porsche Clinches WEC Manufacturer’s Title at Shanghai) two weeks ago in Shanghai, but Audi put in a strong Bahrain qualifying session, while Toyota once again flubbed it. Continue reading
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Porsche Clinches WEC Manufacturer’s Title at Shanghai
Last year’s drivers’ title went to Porsche’s Bernhard/Hartley/Webber in a thrilling finale in Bahrain. With one race to go, the current championship leaders are this year’s Le Mans winners Dumas/Jani/Lieb of Porsche. Continue reading
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Audi Dumps World Endurance Cup Racing and Le Mans after 18 Years of Success for Boring Formula E?
Unsaid was the Formula E incentives involved – rule changes, appearance money and / or a share of the F1E gate, not that racing organizations ever do such things
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Tagged American Le Mans Series, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, DTM, FIA Word Endurance Racing, Ken Zino, le mans, wec
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Toyota Finally Wins a WEC Race at 6 Hours of Fuji
The fight for victory ultimately came down to a last hour battle between all three LMP1 manufacturers. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, endurance racing, Ford Chip Ganassi Team, Ken Zino, lmp1, six hours of Fuji, Toyota gazoo, wec
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Porsche’s Mark Webber Says Racing Career Over
On the surface or rather the track surface, Webber has no reason to quit as his lap times often and consistently are in the top ten on timing sheets. However, going out on top, and not on top of a stretcher, is a strategy that AutoInformed endorses, though we will miss watching him slice and dice through and around competitive cars. MLB’s Big Papi comes to mind where he competes in an endurance contest of another sort, one that is no less demanding on reflexes, conditioning and smarts. Continue reading
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Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, fia, formula one, Ken Zino, le mans, Mark Webber, Porsche lmp1, wec
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World Endurance Championship Texas Bound. Porsche Leads
Two weeks after a Porsche 919 Hybrid won the debut race in Mexico City, the FIA World Endurance Championship heads to Austin, Texas this Saturday on the Circuit of the Americas at a combined WEC and IMSA SportsCar joint event. Continue reading
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Mexico City High – Porsche Wins WEC Race
Reigning world champions Timo Bernhard (DE), Brendon Hartley (NZ) and Mark Webber (AU) won a tightly contested six-hour race in high-altitude Mexico City. Continue reading
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Damp Qualifying at Nürburgring Has Audi on Front Row
In what can be described as damp but drying track conditions at Nürburgring today saw Audi’s Andre Lotterer and Marcel Fassler take the pole position in the #7 Audi R18 with a combined average of 1m39.444s. Continue reading
