Day: February 26, 2021

32 cars ready for Portimao

Jens Jensen

The FIA World Endurance Championship has 32 cars entered for the 2021 season opener in Portimao. Unfortunately, there won’t be any Glickenhaus at the opening round, since they have opted to sit out. They have been at Vallelunga yesterday and today, for the very first roll-out. The days have primarily been for system checks, and then speed and endurance will be their next tasks. While we lose two SCG007 cars, there will be a single Corvette Racing C8.R going to Europe. Antonio Garcia and Oliver Gavin have the honour of…

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Portimao and Spa without spectators

Jens Jensen

The FIA World Endurance Championship has announced, that the first two races of 2021 will be without spectators. The decision about the empty grandstands at Portimao and Spa Francorchamps is of course due to the COVID-19 situation, where LMEM, the FIA, and the local authorities already have made this decision. Portimao in Portugal will have its FIA WEC debut, while Spa in Belgium has been on the schedule since the very first season. This will be the second season in a row, that Spa will have to be run without…

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First night race in Formula E

Jens Jensen

ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Season 7 was started in the dark in Diriyah in Saudi Arabia. Nyck de Vries had taken Pole Position for Mercedes-EQ, ahead of Pascal Wehrlein for TAG Heuer Porsche, while Audi Sport ABT Schaeffler with Rene Rast had been third fastest in the qualifying. There had been some issues for several drivers ahead of and during Qualifying. Robin Frijns at Envision Virgin Racing had to start from the last position, since he had crash damage from FP2 to repair, so he missed the Qualifying.…

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