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COMPLICATED RACE FOR REBELLION RACING AT THE 1000 MILES OF SEBRING
This first meeting of the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2019 was difficult for the Team REBELLION Racing with an abandon for the R-13 N. 1 car and a podium lost by the N. 3 crew one hour from the checkered flag. It was 4:00 pm on the East Coast when the 1,000 Miles of … Continue reading
VICTORY FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING AT SEBRING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing conquered the 1000 Miles of Sebring to extend its advantage in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) with a one-two victory in the sixth round of the 2018-2019 season. Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Fernando Alonso in the #8 TS050 HYBRID took the chequered flag after eight hours to win their third … Continue reading
SMP RACING CELEBRATES THIRD PLACE FINISH AT SEBRING
On Saturday 16 March, SMP Racing drivers Mikhail Aleshin, Vitaly Petrov and their co-driver Brandon Hartley took the third place of the podium during the 8 hour race, the sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in Sebring, Florida. The Russian car No.11 of the highest LMP1 class became the best among non-hybrid cars … Continue reading
VICTORY AT SEBRING: PORSCHE GT TEAM FURTHER EXTENDS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Scoring a win at the 1,000-mile race in Sebring (USA), Porsche has increased its lead in the Sports Car World Endurance Championship (WEC). Gianmaria Bruni (Italy) and Richard Lietz (Austria) finished round six of the WEC in Florida in first place with the No. 91 Porsche 911 RSR. Their works driver colleagues, Kévin Estre (France) … Continue reading
VALIANT PERFORMANCE GOES UNREWARDED FOR ASTON MARTIN AT SEBRING
Aston Martin Racing’s new Vantage GTE demonstrated front-running pace and mechanical reliability in one of endurance racing’s toughest environments; the famous Sebring Raceway. And while the Vantage GTE was denied the opportunity to deliver on its ultimate potential through misfortune, it withstood the notorious bumps of the converted former WWII airfield in Florida and was … Continue reading
“BMW M MOTORSPORT SUPER WEEKEND” – PART ONE: BMW TEAM MTEK CLAIMS PODIUM FINISH AT SEBRING
The first part of the “BMW M Motorsport Super Weekend” – featuring FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races – is completed. In the sixth round of the WEC Super Season, BMW Team MTEK finished second and seventh in the LM GTE Pro class respectively with its two BMW M8 GTEs. … Continue reading
HISTORIC SEBRING POLE FOR TOYOTA GAZOO RACING
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing will start the 1000 Miles of Sebring from pole position after a clean sweep of the front row in qualifying for the sixth round of the 2018-2019 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). The team maintained its perfect record in WEC qualifying this season, with the #8 TS050 HYBRID of World Championship leaders … Continue reading
SMP RACING WILL START FROM FOURTH AND FIFTH POSITIONS IN THE 1000 MILES OF SEBRING
In the qualification of the sixth round of the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship season, SMP Racing car No.17 (Egor Orudzhev / Stephane Sarrazin / Sergey Sirotkin) showed the third result, while the BR1 sport prototype of the Russian team No.11 (Mikhail Aleshin / Vitaly Petrov / Brendon Hartley) became the fifth. The best lap … Continue reading
PORSCHE TACKLES THE SEBRING 1,000 MILES FROM POLE POSITION
Porsche has secured the best possible starting position for the 1,000-mile race at Sebring in today’s qualifying. The defending world champions, factory drivers Kévin Estre (France) and Michael Christensen (Denmark), planted their number 92 Porsche 911 RSR on pole position. Piloting their ca. 510-hp race car with starting number 91, Richard Lietz (Austria) and Gianmaria … Continue reading
JAN MAGNUSSEN TO CONTEST THE ‘SUPER SEBRING’ DOUBLE
For Corvette Racing’s Jan Magnussen, the weekend ahead at Sebring International Raceway will be a double endurance test as he contests both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring and the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 1,000 Miles of Sebring in one weekend. Coming into the Sebring weekend, Magnussen and his No. … Continue reading
