After a torrid prologue with ByKOLLES Racing, Robert Kubica has pulled out of racing for the sole LMP1 Privateer team ahead of the season opener at Silverstone this weekend.
After staying quiet about which aerodynamic package they would put on their car for the first two rounds of the WEC, Porsche has revealed they will put the low-downforce ‘Le Mans’ specification aero kit on the LMP1 919 Hybrids.
After a controversial Balance of Performance system during the 2016 World Endurance Championship failed to bring closer racing in the LM GTE Pro class, the FIA and ACO have devised a new system ahead of the 2017 season.
With the new season of the World Endurance Championship starting in a couple of weeks, The Checkered Flag takes you through the rules and regulations of the endurance series
The team having sat out the majority of the 2017 WEC Prologue this weekend it is definitely not the start the ByKOLLES Racing team would have wanted.
In the final session of the 2017 World Endurance Championship Prologue, Nicolas Lapierre took the fastest lap of the session and of the weekend in the #8 Toyota Gazoo Racing LMP1.
Porsche LMP1 has locked out the top two positions of the timing screen, with both cars split by thousandths of a second, with TDS Racing ahead in LMP2, while Porsche and Ferrari lead LM GTE Pro and LM GTE Am respectively.
After what had been a dry and sunny day, the WEC paddock was scattered with intermittent rain showers throughout the final two-hour session – the Porsche #1 managed to grab the fastest time before the rain really hit the track.
With pace that was unmatchable, Toyota took the fastest time of the afternoon session comprehensively, with Mike Conway putting in an incredible lap towards the beginning of the session.
This gallery shows a snapshot of the action and preparation that happened on the media day for the 2017 WEC Prologue
For the first session of the 2017 World Endurance Championship Prologue, Porsche has ended fastest. The LMP2 class was finished with a Rebellion Racing 1-2, whilst the Porsche 911 RSRs dominated the LM GTE classes.
Ginetta’s commercial director Nico Portlock has stated that Ginetta could enter as many as six new Ginetta LMP1 cars for the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Former single-seater driver Vergne makes the switch to LMP2 machinery for 2017.
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.
