Sport newsSam Bird – 1st Place LMGTE ProNo.71 AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE“It means the world to Ferrari and AF Corse. Firstly I would like to congratulate James (Calado) and to Alessandro (Pier Guidi) as they have been outstanding all year and they are World Champions, it is amazing.“It started...

Sport newsThe 6 Hours of Bahrain concluded with Toyota taking their fifth victory from the nine races in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. The no8 TS050 hybrid of Sebastien Buemi, Anthony Davidson and Kazuki Nakajima took the chequered flag over a lap ahead of the 2017 FIA World Endurance...

Sport news2005 and 2006 FIA Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso will participate in the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) rookie test in Bahrain on Sunday 19 November, Toyota Gazoo Racing can confirm.The 36-year-old will drive a TS050 HYBRID during the one-day session, which occurs on the day after...

Sport newsSébastien Buemi No8 Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid “It’s amazing to get five wins in a season; I am really happy. It’s the first time we have achieved that and it shows what a good car the team produced. I’m trying to enjoy the moment but on the...

Toyota Gazoo Racing's No. 8 TS050 HYBRID of Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Anthony Davidson cruised to victory in the 6 Hours of Bahrain, their fifth win of the 2017 World Endurance Championship season. The trio finished a lap clear of the other LMP1 class runners.The winning car was the...

Sport newsA hat-trick of FIA World Endurance Championship Drivers’ and Teams’ titles since 2015 has underlined a stellar campaign for the LMP1 Hybrid design and all of its notable achievements over the last four seasons.Having gone through an exhaustive testing and development programme in 2012 and 2013, the first Porsche...

Sport newsThis time it was the no8 Toyota TS050 which set the fastest lap thanks to Kazuki Nakajima’s 1m40.095 lap time, which was 2.2 seconds quicker than the best time in the earlier session and 0.598s ahead of the no7 TS050 with Jose Maria Lopez posting a 1m40.693. The two...

Sport newsWorld Champion elect Timo Bernhard was quickest in the no2 919 Hybrid, seven tenths ahead of the no1 car with Nick Tandy setting the fastest lap of the three drivers.The championship leading no51 AF Corse Ferrari was the quickest of the eght LMGTE Pro entries with James Calado posting...

Sport newsAs promised by FIA WEC CEO, Gérard Neveu, the results have today been presented in Bahrain just ahead of the Bapco 6 Hours of Bahrain, the final round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship.The aim of the survey – the largest conducted on the WEC’s discipline of endurance...

Sport newsJani and Tandy’s combined average time was a 1m39.383, 0.263s ahead of the no7 Toyota TS050 of Mike Conway and Jose-Maria Lopez, which had held the top spot for most of the session until Tandy jumped back into the car to take the honour of starting at the head...