As the next round of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship gets closer, an updated entry list for the 1,000 Miles of Sebring has been released, confirming Corvette Racing’s return to the WEC and Sergey Sirotkin’s endurance debut.
Jenson Button
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Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen is adamant that team-mate Romain Grosjean is quicker than 2009 World Champion Jenson Button.
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Sergry Sirotkin is confident that SMP Racing will call upon him to fill the #11 seat vacated by Jenson Button for the 1,000 Miles of Sebring and the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
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Turning his focuses back to Super GT, Jenson Button has cut his FIA World Endurance Championship commitments with SMP Racing and will only take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the team in 2019.
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Rain dampened the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 6 Hours of Shanghai, but even with only 4h30m of racing the Toyota’s remained on top. Aston Martin Racing marked a moment in history as they claimed the first win for the new Vantage and their first win of the Super Season.
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Toyota Gazoo Racing and Jackie Chan DC Racing took dominate one-two finishes in their respective classes, whilst Porsche took victory in both LM GTE Pro and LM GTE Am at the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Fuji.
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Both of the Free Practice sessions for the 6 Hours of Fuji today were delayed or cut short due to long periods of red flag conditions. Surprisingly this wasn’t due to the usual bad weather, but loose kerbs on the track.
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2007 symmetries were the topic of much of the reaction to Lando Norris’ announcement, but do more troubling symmetries with his predecessor cast doubts over the 18-year-old’s rookie season?
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Stoffel Vandoorne will leave McLaren at the end of the 2018 season as the team seeks a fresh line up alongside Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Read about how the field performed at the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Silverstone with TheCheckeredFlag.
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The Toyota Gazoo Racing #8 trio of Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima took their third victory in a row, whilst the #51 AF Corse found some surprising pace and luck to take the GTE Pro honours at the 6 Hours of Silverstone.
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Each class has seen a new team take their first pole position of the FIA World Endurance Championship Super Season ahead of tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Silverstone
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The FIA World Endurance Championship returned to the track for the first time since Le Mans, but a mid-session incident has seen Bruno Senna fracture his ankle meaning he will take no further part in the Silverstone weekend.
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Returning to a race circuit that was nearly dropped from the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship calendar, the grid heads to Silverstone for round three of its longest season to date.
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The 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans was arguably dominated by Toyota Gazoo Racing, who only had themselves to beat. TheCheckeredFlag breaks down exactly why it was Toyota’s to lose.