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Alpine Wins Lightning-Shortened 1000 Miles of Sebring

Nicolas Lapierre during qualifying for the 1000 Miles of Sebring, 3/17/2022 (Photo: Marius Hecker@Focus-Pack-Media.de)

(Photo: Marius Hecker@Focus-Pack-Media.de)

Alpine’s Nicolas Lapierre, Andre Negrao and Matthieu Vaxiviere claimed the overall victory in the 1000 Miles of Sebring Friday (March 18).  The race was cut short due to two red flags in the final 75 minutes due to lightning in the vicinity of the 3.74-mile road course. Vaxiviere started from the pole and quickly ran …

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Punctures Allow Toyota GAZOO Racing’s No. 8 To Claim Le Mans Honors

2019 Le Mans Wec Kazuki Nakajima Car Joao Filipe Alves Beato Adrenal Media

(Photo: Joao Filipe Alves Beato @AdrenalMedia.com)

Toyota GAZOO Racing’s No. 7 completely dominated the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, leading for 23 of 24 hours. But with a little more than an hour to go, the No. 7 Toyota with Jose Maria Lopez at the wheel got punctures on two consecutive laps, handing the victory to their Toyota teammates. Puncture …

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Porsche No. 2 Claims 4th Straight WEC Victory at COTA

2017 Mexico City Wec Earl Bamber Timo Bernhard Brendon Hartley Marcel Langer Adrenal Media

(Photo: Marcel Langer @AdrenalMedia.com)

Saturday’s 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas was a competitive affair.  The Toyotas, off the pace for much of the race weekend were able to take the fight to the Porsches.  However, the outcome of the race came down to team orders, as much as Porsche doesn’t want to admit it.  With less than …

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Porsche Claims 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas Overall Pole

2017 Cota Wec Neel Jani Car Marius Hecker Adrenal Media

(Photo: Marius Hecker @AdrenalMedia.com)

On Friday, Porsche LMP Team’s Neel Jani and Nick Tandy teamed up to claim the overall pole for Saturday’s 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas.  Jani turned in the fastest lap of the weekend (104.656 seconds, 117.849 mph) during his time in the car.  Tandy was just as quick as Jani, but his best …

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