Fernando Alonso and his team mates Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima led from lights to flag to claim victory at the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
Pietro Fittipaldi underwent an operation last night for injuries suffered in his high speed crash in World Endurance Championship qualifying yesterday. He is well and his condition is stable.
Fernando Alonso, Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastien Buemi have been promoted to pole position in tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps after the sister #7 car has been disqualified.
Pietro Fittipaldi has come away from a high speed crash at Spa-Francorchamps with ‘suspected fractures in both legs’.
CEFC TRSM Racing has announced that they will not race in tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
Toyota Gazoo Racing and Ford Chip Ganassi Racing locked out the front row of their respective classes, whilst Signatech Alpine and Dempsey-Proton Racing claimed pole in LMP2 and GTE Am.
Rebellion Racing have taken the top spot from Toyota Gazoo Racing ahead of qualifying for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
BMW's Jens Marquardt: Balance of Performance - "Is it all perfect or is there room for improvement?"
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Jens Marquardt, Director of BMW Motorsport, has expressed concerns about BMW Team MTEK having a disadvantage when it comes to the calculation of Balance of Performance.
At the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Aston Martin Racing announced their GT3 and GT4 Vantage that is due to be raced from 1 March 2019.
The new LMP1 Ginetta, being run by Manor CEFC TRSM Racing, has failed to set any lap times for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, and their pending issue could lead to them having to forfeit from Le Mans next month.
Toyota Gazoo Racing have remained the fastest LMP1 team at the end of track action today. Ford Chip Ganassi came out on top once again as Porsche GT Team try to bring the fight to them.
37 cars will take to the 7.004km track this weekend for the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018-19 ‘Super Season’.
Jenson Button will combine his current Super GT commitments this season with a full season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, starting at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
Finishing the test with the fastest lap in both Pro and Am, Porsche are looking competitive ahead of th 2018/19 World Endurance Championship ‘Super Season’.
Ahead of the World Endurance Championship Prologue, Julien Andlauer was announced as the third driver of the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing. He has now been confirmed to be a full season entry, rather than just for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Toyota Gazoo Racing took two cars to the World Endurance Championship Prologue and are optimistic about the season after getting some track time with their fellow LMP1 competitors.
Newly CEFC TRSM-branded Manor Racing World Endurance Championship team were happy with the performance of the LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1, receiving their second car during the test.
