How the LMP titles were won and more good news for the WEC

How LMP1 was won:  Porsche's parting shot As Porsche LMP Team departed the WEC with a third successive sweep of the FIA World Endurance Drivers' and Manufacturers' Championships, a look at how the titles were won reveals that a typically dramatic Le Mans 24 Hours proved to be, as so often, the decisive point.  Victory in the double points endurance classic, after the heart-breaking demise of its sister car in the closing stages, turned the tables in favour of the No.2 Porsche 919 Hybrid of Timo Bernhard, Brendon Hartley and Earl Bamber who wrapped up the Championships in China with a round to spare. To read the full story CLICK HERE Retrouvez ICI tous les articles de notre site en version française

How LMP2 was won: Vaillante Rebellion down to the wire 2017 marked the beginning of a brave new era for LMP2, but the teams at the front needed no introduction, as Vaillante Rebellion snatched the FIA World Endurance Trophy for LMP2 Drivers from long-time points leaders Jackie Chan DC Racing.  With all full-season entrants campaigning Gibson-engined ORECA 07s, driver performance, team strategy and car setup would make all the difference and it was the Anglo-Swiss Rebellion squad that ultimately found the best balance across the three in its first season in the LMP2 category.  The full story of how the season unfolded in LMP2 CLICK HERE Photo:  Displaying the incredible sporting spirit of the championship and the LMP2 competitors, one of the first drivers to congratulate Vaillante Rebellion's Nicolas Prost and Julien Canal was Oliver Jarvis of Jackie Chan DC Racing who narrowly lost out on the title.

New for 2018 Aston Martin Vantage revealed Aston Martin Racing has revealed the new Vantage GTE model which will compete in the LMGTE class in the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship Super Season. The new car replaces Aston Martin’s most successful competition car of all-time, the V8 Vantage GTE, which signed off with GT Am Championship title success in Bahrain.  More news on the new car and the addition of Alex Lynn to the Aston Martin Racing driver line up CLICK HERE

Ford reconfirms WEC drivers for Super Season Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK has reconfirmed its four full-season drivers for the FIA World Endurance Championship ‘Super Season’ which comes to life in April 2018 with The Prologue at Circuit Paul Ricard.  Andy Priaulx (GB), Harry Tincknell (GB), Stefan Mücke (DE) and Olivier Pla (FR) will therefore return for a third consecutive season, aiming to increase their win rate and claim the GT FIA World Endurance Manufacturers Championship.  The squad, which took two victories in 2017 (6 Hours of Silverstone and 6 Hours of Shanghai), will once again drive the Ford GTs for the 2018/19 season – the first race being the WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on 5th May.

ByKolles confirms intention to return in 2018 Austrian team ByKolles Racing recently completed an intensive three-day testing programme at the Motorland circuit in Aragon. The action on the Spanish circuit was in order to test new development parts on the Enso CLM P1/01 in preparation for submission of an entry to the 2018-19 WEC Super Season.  Among the drivers present were ByKolles regulars Oliver Webb and James Rossiter plus 2016 World Series V8 Champion Tom Dillman, a former entrant to the WEC with Signatech Alpine, Edoardo Liberati (24, ITA) and Mikaël Grenier (25, CAN). Testing is due to continue in December.