Porsche wins hard fought 6 Hours of Shanghai with Toyota in 2nd and 3rd
The well anticipated 6 Hours of Shanghai lived to the expectations of the fans of the FIA World Endurance Championship after the race in Fuji that saw strong commitment from Toyota finally pay dividends to achieve the win. If anything else Toyota has been truly unlucky as they have suffered harshly the realities of Motorsports […]
Audi to leave WEC after the end of the current season!
The World Endurance Championship has certainly grown significantly in the last few years, Audi has been a stepping stone for that. The fight with Peugeot, Toyota and more recently Porsche has brought Audi a lot of difficult challenges but at the same time, success. The amount of followers all over the world has increased as […]
Bernhard, Webber and Hartley win it for Porsche at Circuit Of The Americas
If it had been a 3 hour race, Audi would have won it in shining colors, unfortunately for them, it was a 6 hour race and luck was not on their side tonight. The Audi No. 8 had a stall that took away by half the lead it had over third place and then the […]
3 hours into the 6 hour race, it’s an Audi 1-2
Audi certainly started at full throttle and have established a clear advantage of over 40 seconds toward the third placed Porsche. One full course yellow saw the LMP1 H cars all go into the pits, Toyota has kept Porsche under pressure since the start of the race and double stinting the tires put them briefly […]
Audi clinches Pole for the Lone Star LeMans in Texas
Audi managed to get pole in a very difficult and exciting session that saw many teams loose their lap times due to exceeding the track limits on several turns but specially at turn 9 and 19. Two main events are taking place this weekend, one is the WeatherTec SportsCar Championship and the other is the […]
The No. 8 Audi still on top after Practice 2 & 3
Lap times keep dropping but the No. 8 Audi has kept on improving steadily from a 1:48.453 to a 1:45.719. Porsche follows closely just above 3 tenths of a second behind with car No. 1 Driven by Bernhard, Webber and Hartley and car No. 2 driven by Dumas, Jani and Lieb jus 0.029 behind their […]
Audi leads First Practice by 0.047 over Porsche
Just where they left in Mexico, the battle between Audi and Porsche continued today at Circuit Of The Americas with the Audi R18 No. 8 of Di Grassi, Duval and Jarvis managed to put a great lap at the end of the session to clinch the fastest time just 0.047 seconds over the Porsche 919 […]
Audi stripped from 1st place at Silverstone
Sirverstone was definitely a proper introduction to what promises to be a very exciting Championship this year and Audi had managed to beat Porsche favorites who dominated every session previous the Qualifying and the race itself suffering from a crash with the No. 1 car. Audi showed its thoroughbred winning colors with its drivers and […]
Everything ready for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring fueled by Fresh From Florida
The 12 Hours of Sebring promise to be an absolutely exciting race due to the high level of competition among the participating teams filled with driver talent and experience. This will be the 64th annual race in this iconic circuit in Florida that marks the 2nd race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportCar Championship and the […]
All set for the 24h of Daytona!
In a very strange qualifying session due to bad weather, the GTLM cars set better times than the Prototypes since they had to deal with a very damp track where they could barely find any traction at all. This will certainly make some interesting first part of the 24 hour race while the cars […]