Wet FP1 at Spa Francorchamps

It was a wet FP1 at Spa Francorchamps, when the 5th round of the European Le Mans Series was run today at midday. There had been quite heavy rain throughout the morning, but at the start of the session, it was only a light drizzle, but enough to keep everything slippery. We had a few spins and offs here and there, but nothing too major. AT Racing #9 was sporting a black rear end to the car, that didn’t match the rest of the design, and G-Drive Racing #40 had…

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ELMS 2019 calendar announced

The European Le Mans Series has announced their race calendar for 2019. The series will return to 5 out of 6 tracks, while the Red Bull Ring has lost out to Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. The season starts with a test and race week at Paul Ricard in April, before Monza will be run in May, a pause in June due to Le Mans, Barcelona in July, Silverstone in August together with FIA WEC, Spa Francorchamps in September, before the season finale will be run in Portimao. Other the…

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Inter Europol Competition upgrading

Inter Europol Competition will be upgrading for the European Le Mans Series 2019. The team has bought a Ligier JSP217, which they plan to race with through the whole of 2019, as well as a LMP3 car. They have been racing two Ligier LMP3 cars this season, in which is their third season in ELMS. The team is starting to be a well-known name in the sportscar world, after announcing participation in the Asian Le Mans Series in the upcoming season. With a LMP2 car in the team, the team…

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Buemi part of new team

Sebastien Buemi will be a part of the new Nissan NISMO outfit, taking over from the Renault e.dams team, in the upcoming ABB FIA Formula E Championship season. He will however have a new teammate, which already was clear earlier in the year, when it was announced that Nico Prost wouldn’t be part of the outfits Season 5 plans. That will be Alex Albon, who will drive the second car for the team. It will still be e.dams running the cars for Nissan NISMO. Buemi won the Formula E Championship…

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Virgin partners with Audi Sport

Virgin Racing will partner up with Audi Sport in the upcoming ABB FIA Formula E Championship 2018/19 season, having signed a multiyear deal. The team have used a DS drive train so far, but it was announced earlier in the year, that DS will switch to the Championship winning Techeetah outfit, leaving Virgin without a drive line. The car will be named Audi e-tron FE05, and will be one of the brand new Gen-2 cars, which is remarkable different that it’s predecessor, plus it can do the whole race, without…

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Minor adjustments to the FIA WEC 2019/20 calendar

There will be a few changes to the FIA World Endurance Championship 2019/20 calendar. A preliminary calendar was released in August, at the Silverstone round, and it’s still going to be the same locations, that the sportscar series will visit, but with a few date changes. The race in Japan has been moved forward one week, to avoid a date clash with the Formula 1 race at Suzuka. As a bi-product, a FIA WEC clash with Petit Le Mans 2019 in the WeatherTech Sportscar Championship will be avoided, too, which…

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