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Toyota "on the back foot" for WEC Spa after practice issues, Hartley crash

Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, described the opening two days of the Spa 6 Hours meeting “as not our best race weekend so far”, despite Kamui Kobayashi taking pole position in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID.

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Kobayashi concerned by "crazy dangerous" WEC out-laps on cold tyres at Spa

Poleman Kobayashi, who inherited the top spot after Ferrari's Antonio Giovinazzi had his best lap deleted for a track limits infringement, made the comments after Brendon Hartley crashed the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID on his first lap out of the pits at Raidillon.

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Kobayashi "concerned" by "crazy dangerous" WEC out-laps on cold tyres at Spa

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WEC announces five-year contract extension with Spa to 2028

Le Mans Endurance Management, a subsidiary of Le Mans organiser the Automobile Club de l'Ouest that runs the WEC and ELMS, signed the deal with the Belgian track ahead of this weekend's third round of the 2023 WEC.

Autosport

WEC Spa: Giovinazzi leads Ferrari 1-2 in second practice

Giovinazzi’s #51 499P Le Mans Hypercar dipped under the benchmark time set in opening practice by Sebastien Buemi’s #8 Toyota GR010 LMH, posting a best lap of 2m01.871s.

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WEC Spa: Toyota leads Ferrari in opening practice

Buemi jumped to the head of the timesheets after a 12-minute red flag midway through session aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar with a 2m02.982s that gave him a margin of more than a second and a half over Ferrari driver Antonio Fuoco.

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WEC Hypercar BoP unchanged for Spa, no tweaks for Le Mans

A change before the Spa 6 Hours, round three of the 2023 WEC, was the only opportunity for revision in the first half of the season under a new BoP system introduced for 2023.

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New WEC procedures to prevent long repairs for sensor failures

They were agreed between rule makers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, and the manufacturers on Wednesday afternoon ahead of the start of practice on Thursday for this weekend’s Spa round of the championship.

Motorsport

New procedures to prevent Hypercar crews losing time repairing WEC sensor failures

They were agreed between rule makers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and the manufacturers on Wednesday afternoon ahead of the start of practice on Thursday for this weekend’s Spa round of the championship.

Autosport

Heart of Racing Aston squad to make WEC debut at Spa, Dalla Lana steps back

The HoR team won the IMSA GTD class title last year with Roman de Angelis, and took class victory in this year's Daytona 24 Hours ahead of the leading GTD Pro crews with its Aston Martin Vantage GT3.

Autosport

Cadillac enters second Hypercar for WEC Spa 6 Hours

The Chip Ganassi Racing-run factory team will field its IMSA SportCar Championship pairing of Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande in the additional Caddy V-Series.R LMDh at the Spa 6 Hours on 29 April, round three of the 2023 WEC.

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Spa by Erik Svetoft review – how the other half dies

An oozing discharge in the corridors of a five-star hotel symbolises the corruption of the rich in the Swedish artist’s mordant gothic debut

The Guardian - UK

Why three UK series occupying the same turf are thriving

The UK is blessed with an abundance of championships and series that cater for a huge variety of machines, perhaps none more so than with GT racing. Three key championships – British GT, GT Cup and the British Endurance Championship – are not only surviving but thriving, despite occupying a…

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Alonso showed championship credentials on F1 debut - ex-Minardi boss

Speaking on F1's Beyond the Grid podcast, Stoddart reflected on Alonso's rookie season as the Spaniard joined Minardi at the age of 19.

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Alonso showed championship credentials in first F1 race - ex-Minardi boss

Speaking on F1's Beyond the Grid podcast, Stoddart reflected on Alonso's rookie season as the Spaniard joined Minardi at the age of 19.

Autosport

WEC Hypercar BoP for first four rounds of 2023 announced

The BoP published on Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s official two-day WEC pre-season Prologue test at Sebring gives two tables, one for the opening round at the Florida venue on 17 March and one for the subsequent Algarve, Spa and Le Mans events.

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The GT racing powerhouse built on an ice cream empire

“I remember sitting there watching these GTs thundering around Spa and it was just hypnotic, and I think that’s the first time motor racing, and especially GT racing, just hooked me.”

Manchester Evening News

The best romantic spas a short drive from Manchester

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Autosport 2022 Top 50: #24 Raffaele Marciello

1st in GT World Challenge Europe; 1st in Spa 24 Hours; 1st in ADAC GT Masters

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F1 reveals six sprint races for 2023 including Spa and Baku

Formula 1 has announced the locations for its six sprint races in 2023 as Baku and Spa join the expanded roster for next year.

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The Vauxhall Lotus double act that spawned a 30-year friendship

Three front runners emerge when Autosport asks two-time CART Indycar champion Gil de Ferran for his favourite team-mate, before the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner selects a driver he spent but one season racing alongside back in 1990.

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How BMW's new "freestyle" flagbearers swept to 2022 DTM glory

BMW secured its first DTM title since 2016 with a team new to the series and a brand-new car. Impeccable preparation meant Schubert Motorsport got out of the blocks quickly and with Sheldon van der Linde delivering the goods behind the wheel, it was the South African who came out…

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Leclerc only accepted 2022 F1 title was lost after Spa weekend

Charles Leclerc says it was not until after the Belgian Grand Prix that he accepted his Formula 1 world championship hopes were over.

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Leclerc only accepted F1 title was lost after Spa weekend

Charles Leclerc says it was not until after the Belgian Grand Prix that he accepted his Formula 1 world championship hopes were over.

Autosport

The Mercedes ace emerging from the shadow of an F1 legend

From the beginning of his DTM career, any reference to Lucas Auer was typically prefixed with a reference to his famous uncle, 10-time Grand Prix winner Gerhard Berger. But after finishing as a strong runner-up in 2022, the Austrian is increasingly making his own name

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