Tickets on sale for start of Super Season; 2017 in facts and figures

Ticketing opens for Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps! Eau Rouge, Blanchimont, Pouhon, La Source…names which mean only one thing – ticketing for the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is open and it’s time to plan your trip!  The opening round of the FIA WEC Super Season, which takes place on Saturday 5 May, promises to be an historic occasion for many reasons: the start of the ‘transition’ season which sees the WEC place the 24 Hours of Le Mans as its final round; the traditional dress rehearsal for the greatest race of them all; and – in 2018 – the first time that the competitors will be able to measure up against each other on track at this driver and fan favourite venue.  The LMP classes - 2017 in facts and figures With 50 FIA World Endurance Championship races complete, here’s a brief overview of some key statistics for the LMP classes.  It was Porsche’s third consecutive Manufacturers’ world championship, and Porsche LMP Team took three consecutive Le Mans outright victories plus its drivers won the World Endurance Championship title on three occasions.  Since the Porsche 919 Hybrid’s debut in 2014, the tally from 34 races was 17 wins with 7 of them being 1-2 victories. In addition, 20 pole positions and 13 fastest race laps were marked in the history books The GTE classes - facts and figures from 2017 Across GTE Pro and Am, 37 wins for Aston Martin and 35 for Ferrari...here's the lowdown on the GTE classes after the 2017 season. A fantastic season for Ferrari’s James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi led the Prancing Horse to a 5th GTE Manufacturers’ title and 3rd Drivers Championship…but this year was different as both were official FIA World Championship titles.   AF Corse’s No.51 crew, together with No.71’s Davide Rigon and Sam Bird, took 5 wins, 6 podiums and 4 poles.  Read all about the GTE manufacturers, teams and drivers HERE or find the French version HERE Rebellion Racing aiming to return to LMP1 in 2018 with super-strong line up! 2017 LMP2 Champions, Rebellion Racing, are aiming to return to the FIA World Endurance Championship for the Super Season in the LMP1 category, just one year after leaving it.  The Swiss team will apply for entry for two cars which will be in the hands of some well-known WEC faces who combine to form an impressively talented driver line up.  2017 LMP2 Driver Champion Bruno Senna (BR) and Rebellion regular Mathias Beche (CH) return to the team and will be joined by Neel Jani (CH) who started his endurance career with the team nine years ago, and former FIA WEC champion and Le Mans winner André Lotterer (DE).  After making his debut for Rebellion at Petit Le Mans in the USA in October this year, Gustavo Menezes (US) is also announced as part of the crew for the 2018-2019 Super Season. WEC 2017 Rookie of the year Thomas Laurent (FR) will bring his energy and youth to the experienced line up following an amazing first season in the WEC with Jackie Chan DC Racing.  No details have yet been revealed about the cars Rebellion Racing propose to compete with, which will be revealed at the Geneva International Motor Show in March.