Audi to end WEC campaign after 2016, including Le Mans

Audi has confirmed earlier reports that it is about to end its participation in the World Endurance Championship. Audi will exit the sport at the end of the 2016 season, in the process ending 18 years of prototype racing. (The final race will be the 6 Hours of Bahrain on November 19.) During those years, Audi managed 13 wins in the prestigious 24…

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Toyota Reveals TS050 For 2016 WEC, Adds Kobayashi To Driver Lineup

Toyota has revealed its new hybrid Le Mans prototype that will compete in the 2016 World Endurance Championship, the highest echelon for endurance racing and whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car is the TS050 Hybrid, which like it its TS040 predecessor will compete in the premier LMP1 Hybrid class alongside similar prototypes from…

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Here’s Your Chance To Own A Porsche 919 Hybrid

A trio of Porsche 919 Hybrids will be lining up on the grid in this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, and during the race you’ll be able to bid on a 919 Hybrid of your own. Well, a life-size replica at least. Porsche’s Asia Pacific division will auction off the replica to help raise funds for SportCares, a charity organization that aims…

 

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First Look At 2015 Audi R18 e-tron quattro Le Mans Prototype

Audi’s R18 line of Le Mans prototype racers have been with us since the 2011 motorsport season, gaining gradual updates with each new season of the World Endurance Champion to ensure the oil-burning endurance racers remain the cream of the crop. Last year, the R18 saw its biggest threat when both Porsche and Toyota had top-level endurance…

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2015 Ferrari FF: Quick Drive

Will actual Ferrari FF owners truly load up the back with groceries? Will they throw their hiking/climbing adventure gear in the back, or their rifle and hunting dog? Will they ever load the whole family in? Throw a ski rack on the roof and take slick highways up to the mountain? Of course they won’t. So is it pointless to make a practical…

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