World Endurance Championship
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Ford thinks it has all the pieces together to dominate the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year, but the automaker's racing car isn't quite put together the same way as the 4,000-piece Lego model it is displaying on the sidelines of the grueling race in France. Rendered in 1/3 scale, the Lego version of the new Ford GT race car is on display for the next couple of days at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans alongside a similar model of the original Ford GT40. It was that first GT40 that cemented Ford's reputation at Le Mans by finishing 1-2-3 in 1966 in one of the most dramatic races ever. The Lego...
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Ford GT documentary parts four and five: The racers and Le MansFord Motor Company [NYSE:F] Performance has released the fourth and fifth installments in a series of videos on the development of the revived Ford GT. Part four details the process that Ford and Chip Ganassi Racing used to pick the drivers and part five delves into the racing results along the way...
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Ford, Porsche secure pole for 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans
This is the moment Blue Oval fans around the world have been waiting years for: Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] imminent return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. And the American automaker is off to a solid start for this weekend’s race, the highlight of the 2016 World Endurance Championship...
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Ford GT documentary part three: Time to race
Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Performance has released the third in a series of videos on the development of the revived Ford GT. Chapter one detailed Ford's decision to build this race car/supercar. Chapter two examined the challenges and advantages involved in engineering a road car and race car...
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Ford GT crashes hard in 2016 WEC’s 6 Hours of Spa
Spa-Francorchamps’ infamous Eau Rouge corner claimed another victim in the form of the number 66 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] GT in yesterday’s 6 Hours of Spa, the second race of the 2016 World Endurance Championship. The car, one of two GTs fielded by Ford in partnership with Chip...
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Ford loses out to Ferrari in World Endurance Championship debut
Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT supercar failed to shine in its second major motorsport debut, the past weekend’s season-opener for the 2016 World Endurance Championship at the legendary Silverstone Circuit in the United Kingdom. The two GTs entered in the 6 Hours of Silverstone...
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When it comes to racing, Aston Martin’s weapon of choice is the compact and lightweight Vantage sports car. However, the Vantage that takes to some of the world’s top racing tracks in events like the World Endurance Championship and United Sportscar Championship is very different to the production model. Both cars start out life at the same factory in Gaydon, England. However, some early body in white examples are shipped off to British motorsports and engineering firm Prodrive which turns them into race cars like the Vantage GTE you see here. The complete transformation takes...
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2016 R18 LMP1 is Audi’s most powerful and efficient racer ever
This year’s World Endurance Championship is just getting started with official testing, known as the Prologue, currently underway at France’s Circuit Paul Ricard. Audi has been the dominant force in top-level endurance racing for the past decade but has lost out to rivals in recent...
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2016 Porsche 919 Hybrid Le Mans Prototype revealed
The 2016 World Endurance Championship, the successor to the World Sportscar Championship, is now entering its fifth season and out to defend its title is Porsche. The German automaker will once again field its successful 919 Hybrid though for the latest season there have been key changes made in...
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Toyota TS050 Hybrid for 2016 WEC revealed with twin-turbo V-6, 986 hp: Video
Toyota has revealed full details for its hybrid Le Mans prototype that will compete in the 2016 World Endurance Championship, the highest echelon for endurance racing and whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car is the TS050 Hybrid, which like it its TS040 predecessor will compete in the...
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Ford reveals driver lineup for 2016 Le Mans return
Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT, in race car trim, made its motorsport debut back in January during the 2016 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener, the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The car, although quick, suffered from poor reliability and thus didn’t have a dream run for...
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Porsche Shows Off 919 Hybrid's V-4 Engine For First Time
In only its second year of competition, Porsche’s 919 Hybrid LMP1-spec race car not only took home top honors in the 24 Hours of Le Mans but also the title in the World Endurance Championship. This year will see the 919 Hybrid enter its third year of competition and this time it’s about...
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The most anticipated new car release of the year in enthusiast circles is the upcoming 2017 Ford GT. Built to compete in the 24 Hours of Le Mans 50 years after Ford posted a one-two-three finish at that hallowed race, the GT is a race car in street car guise. Of course, it's also a race car, and several months before the production car hits the streets we've already seen the race car compete in the Rolex 24 At Daytona. I was there, and I finagled access to the car in the garage. I also got the chance to speak to Raj Nair, Ford's executive vice president, global product development, and chief...
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Ford GT Drivers Named For 2016 World Endurance Championship: Video
Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT supercar in race car trim will be competing this year in both the United SportsCar Championship and the World Endurance Championship, under the team banner Ford Chip Ganassi Racing. Like the road car, the race car is almost all carbon fiber and comes...
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Nissan Just Killed The GT-R LM NISMO LMP1 Project
Remember when Nissan said it was serious about getting back into motorsports? So serious, in fact, it launched its racing marketing campaign during the 2015 Super Bowl with a very expensive ad? Well, seems things didn't quite work out and now, three days before Christmas, Nissan is killing the GT-R...
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LS3-Powered Ginetta G57 Prototype Racer Revealed
British sports car and motorsports engineering firm Ginetta is out with a new race car called the G57. It’s a prototype-style endurance racer designed in line with regulations for the ACO’s new LMP3 category, which serves as a gateway to explore the prototype side of motorsports in...
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2016 Audi R18 LMP1 Spied Testing, Looks Mean: Video
Audi only revealed its 2016 R18 Le Mans prototype race car a week ago, and now there’s video of the radical racer testing at Florida’s Sebring International Raceway. The video comes to us from YouTube user fansofthe12hours and features close to two minutes of footage. ALSO SEE: Brembo...
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Porsche Drivers Declared Victors In 2015 World Endurance Championship
In only its second year back in top-level endurance racing, Porsche has managed to secure both the Drivers’ and Constructors’ titles in the World Endurance Championship. The top drivers in the premier LMP1 class were Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Mark Webber, who together managed...
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Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] hosted its Finali Mondiali event for 2015 over the weekend at Italy’s Mugello Circuit and this year there were a few special unveilings. The Finali Mondiali, or World Finals if your Italian isn’t up to snuff, is the final event on the calendar for the Ferrari Challenge one-make racing series but also serves as a celebration for all things Ferrari. Present this year were Ferrari Chairman Sergio Marchionne as well as Formula One ace Sebastian Vettel and Enzo Ferrari’s son Piero, and some of the cars unveiled included the new F12 tdf as well as the racing...
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Watch The Ford GT Race Around Daytona: Video
We can’t get enough of the Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT, and we hope you can’t either as we’ve got even more content regarding the upcoming supercar. The new GT is an impressive bit of kit, regardless whether it’s the road-going version you fancy or the...
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Nissan’s Problematic LMP1 Campaign Postponed Until 2016
Nissan had high hopes for its front-wheel-drive race car developed to compete in the top-level endurance racing that is the LMP1 category of the World Endurance Championship. After a troubled start that caused it to miss the opening races of the 2015 WEC season, Nissan had three of its GT-R LM...
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Ford Gives Insight Into Development Of New GT Race Car--Photo Update
The Ford Motor Company’s [NYSE:F] new GT race car doesn’t make its competition debut until the 2016 Rolex 24 at Daytona, scheduled for the last weekend of January, but there’s plenty of testing and fine tuning to complete before it’s ready for action. This video gives us an...
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Ford GT Race Car's Schedule Revealed, 2016 Daytona 24 Hours Competition Debut Confirmed
Ford's new race car based on the upcoming GT supercar is currently testing on multiple continents ahead of a competition debut in 2016. We now know when that debut will happen as the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has posted up the car’s complete schedule for the 2016 motorsport season. As...
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2016 Ford GT Race Car Tests At Sebring, Sounds Nasty: Video
The Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] is set to enter the World Endurance Championship next year with a race car based on its new GT supercar, competing alongside the likes of Aston Martin, Chevrolet, Ferrari and Porsche in the GTE category for production-based racers. The real highlight will be the Le...
Jeff Glucker
