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How a determined Brazilian traded Uber for racing in the WEC

Autosport has occasionally ridden in an Uber with a driver who believed they had missed their calling as a racing driver. But it’s not often that the individuals in question had a valid case. Rewind back to 2015 however, and that was the scenario facing Nicolas Costa, now racing for…

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DTM champion Preining headlines Phantom Global team's maiden Spa 24 assault

The Austrian will join Jaguar's Formula E reserve Joel Eriksson and Jaxon Evans in the Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific-supported squad's roster for the centenary edition of the 24 Hours, the blue ribband round of GT World Challenge Europe on 29-30 June.

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Porsche reveals Pro lineups for Spa 24 featuring LMDh, DTM drivers

HubAuto Racing becomes the third Porsche customer squad this week to announce its plans for the blue ribband round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup on 29-30 June, with a trio of works drivers seeking to deliver the Weissach marque a first win since 2020.

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Peugeot claims unfair treatment in veiled BoP attack following WEC Spa

Jean-Marc Finot, the French manufacturer’s motorsport boss, told Autosport at Spa that “my feeling is that we are being treated unfairly”.

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Jani explains fix for bizarre Porsche door problem while leading WEC Spa race

After taking over the race-leading car he shared with Julien Andlauer towards the end of the second hour, 2016 Le Mans 24 Hours winner Jani struggled to get the door shut as he rejoined the track.

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Jota WEC Spa victory "proof" of 963 programme, says Porsche

Urs Kuratle, director of the LMDh project at Porsche, explained that the win for British team’s 963 LMDh shared by Will Stevens and Callum Ilott and the performance of the Proton Competition entry driven by Julien Andlauer and Neel Jani provided validation of the decision to produce customer versions of…

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Jota's victory in WEC Spa is "proof" of the 963 programme, says Porsche

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Aron: Results on Berlin Formula E debut may “not tell the full story”

The 20-year-old Estonian is due to make his first start in the all-electric championship on Saturday as he fills the Envision seat vacated by Sebastien Buemi, who has clashing World Endurance Championship commitments at Spa.

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WEC Spa: Ferrari leads the way in FP1 as new manufacturers impress

Antonio Fuoco led the way in the 90-minute session with a time that gave him a margin of more than a second over team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi.

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Peugeot explains decision not to use WEC reserve driver at Spa

A desire to maximise seat time for the regular drivers of its 2024-spec 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, which is making only its second race outing prior to next month's Le Mans 24 Hours, was cited by technical director Olivier Jansonnie as a justification for not giving reserve Malthe Jakobsen a…

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The unheralded “leader” helping Jota to new heights in the WEC

Twelve months is a long time in motorsport. Plenty has changed since the last time the World Endurance Championship descended on Spa a little over a year ago. There’s a new system for calculating the Balance of Performance, Peugeot now has a vastly revamped 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, Ferrari and…

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Toyota expects Ferrari to remain quickest in Spa WEC despite BoP hit

David Floury, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, believes that its Italian rival will maintain at least some of the the advantage it showed last time out at Imola before tactical errors when it rained allowed the Japanese manufacturer to come through to win.

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Mardenborough to make international racing return at Spa 24 Hours

The 32-year-old Briton will contest the blue riband round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup on 29/30 June aboard a McLaren 720S GTE Evo run by RJN Motorsport, the team with which he took his first steps in racing after winning Nissan’s gamer-to-racer academy scheme in 2011.

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Ferrari takes BoP hit for Spa WEC round

Its 499P Le Mans Hypercar has had 12kg added to its minimum weight and its maximum power reduced by 4kW (5bhp) for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours, round three of the 2024 WEC.

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Gounon steps in for injured Habsburg at Alpine for WEC Spa 6 Hours

The French manufacturer’s reserve driver will race the #35 Alpine A424 LMDh for a second race in a row as Habsburg continues to recover from the back injuries sustained in testing at the end of March.

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Gounon to again replace injured Habsburg at Alpine in Spa WEC round

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Peugeot won't replace Vergne, Vandoorne for Spa WEC amid Formula E clash

The French manufacturer has not nominated a replacement for either Jean-Eric Vergne or Stoffel Vandoorne, who will be competing with Peugeot sister marque DS and Penske in the clashing Berlin round of the Formula E World Championship on the weekend of 11/12 May.

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Friday favourite: The Leyton House battlers who remained united in adversity

Between the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix and 1991 Spanish Grand Prix, a span of 62 races, the Leyton House March Formula 1 team paired Ivan Capelli with Mauricio Gugelmin. Over those four years the pair shared plenty of heartache but also moments of triumph. The stalwart pair logged four podiums,…

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Vote to allow Formula E drivers with WEC Spa/Berlin clash to race rejected

An electronic vote was put to all 11 Formula E team principals during the Sao Paolo E-Prix event this weekend to determine whether an FIA regulation that would prevent certain drivers from racing in Berlin could be bypassed.

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How Raikkonen's former race engineer became F1 TV's latest pundit

In 2021, Simon-Chautemps called time on a 14-year stint in F1. But, through his JSC7 consultancy, he's still heavily involved in racing. He's lending his services to French team Sainteloc on its switch to single-seaters, as well as German race data provider Paceteq. In addition, he is involved in motorsport engineering recruitment and in…

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F1 Belgian Grand Prix live stream 2024 — how to watch race highlights and full replay, results

Was the gap closed on Verstappen heading into the season break? See how to watch 2024 Belgian Grand Prix full replay and free highlights streams, plus full results (but no spoilers).

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Peugeot set to field two drivers in at least one Spa 6 Hours entry

The French manufacturer has revealed that the only candidate to replace Jean-Eric Vergne and Stoffel Vandoorne, who will be on Formula E duty in Berlin that weekend for sister marque DS with Penske, is Malthe Jakobsen. The 20-year-old Dane was announced last summer by Peugeot last year as its WEC…

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Friday favourite: The Peugeot "spaceship" that wowed an F1 veteran

Just five race outings in the Peugeot 908 were enough for Christian Klien to select the turbodiesel LMP1 machine as his favourite racing car. A solitary win, achieved in the 2009 Spa 1000km when Audi stayed away, was the high point of the Austrian’s involvement with the Peugeot factory squad…

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The returning Daytona Prototype king who strengthens Porsche's IMSA attack

Porsche’s inaugural campaign with its 963 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship last year took a while to get into its stride, so the Penske-run operation made a big call to retrieve Dane Cameron from its World Endurance Championship line-up to bolster its American efforts. The softly spoken 35-year-old Californian, a…

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