Mobil 1 The Grid drop in on Neel Jani, whilst completing his training programme out in Austria. Watch for an exclusive look at what the Swiss driver got up to.
After winning the World Endurance Drivers World Championship last year, Neel Jani is looking ahead to another, hopefully, successful season.
Nick Tandy is one of the new drivers to join the Porsche LMP1 team for the full 2017 season of the World Endurance Championship.
The FIA are looking at bringing in some cost-cutting schemes to be enforced in the 2020 season so that it is easier and cheaper for new teams to join the LMP1 field. However, Toyota have stated that if there is a reduction in the hybrid energy systems after the LMP1 rule freeze they will most likey depart from WEC.
Porsche are remaining very quiet about which aero package they will run on their LMP1-H car at Silverstone, but their rivals Toyota are happy to confirm.
Oliver Jarvis has added an LMP2 drive to his season of racing. He will drive the Jota-run Jackie Chan DC Racing ORECA-Gibson 07 for the full WEC season
French engine builder Mechachrome and their V6 turbo will be the engine of Ginetta’s privateer LMP1 programme
World Endurance Championship GTE-Pro winners, Young Driver AMR forced to sit the year out, but the #95 Aston Martin lives on.
Alessandro Pier Guidi has been announced as a factory Ferrari driver for the 2017 WEC season, replacing Porsche-bound Gianmaria Bruni
Two regulars of the ELMS, Greaves Motorsport and Murphy Prototypes, will be taking a break from competition after difficulties in securing deals
Simon Trummer will race for CEFC Manor TRS Racing in the World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2017.
McLaren’s Zak Brown has indicated that the team could make a return to the Le Mans 24 Hour endurance race.
RGR Sport by Morand’s absence from the WEC in 2017 is mainly down to the economic situation in Mexico and team owner’s Ricardo Rodriguez’s own business commitments.
José María López will make his World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in 2017 after signing for Toyota Gazoo Racing.
Robert Kubica will team up with Oliver Webb and a yet-to-be-confirmed third driver for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Twenty-eight cars have been announced as full-time entrants for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, four fewer than in 2016.
Speaking to The Checkered Flag, David Brabham has revealed he has been forced to change direction with his plans to revive the Brabham name in motorsport due to the reluctance of investors to invest.
