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Sport newsFP1: Dumas Quickest for Glickenhaus; Estre Tops Times for PorscheHypercarRomain Dumas set his best time of 1m49.738s just before rain fell at Sebring Raceway with 20 minutes of the session leftSebstien Buemi had set early benchmark with a 1m50.267s lap in No.7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid Hypercar but saw both the Glickenhaus and then the Alpine ELF Team entry push him down to thirdMatthieu Vaxiviere lapped the Alpine A480-Alpine 0.565s shy of Dumas’ best time…

Sport newsHypercar in 2022Reigning World champions Toyota Gazoo Racing will field two Toyota GR010 Hybrids with Peugeot TotalEnergies submitting two Peugeot 9×8 Hybrid Hypercars as French manufacturer to challenge the Japanese giant in WEC’s top-tier category. American pioneers Glickenhaus Racing will enter one Glickenhaus 007 LMH entry while the Alpine Elf Team to return to WEC’s top-tier category with its non-Hybrid LMP1 (Alpine A480 Gibson), using 2022 as further preparation for its first Hypercar programme. Meanwhile, keep…

Sport newsSourced entirely within the circular economy and without a single drop of oil, this biofuel draws its energy from the recycling of residual biomass from the wine industry. Excellium Racing 100 will be made available to all teams at every round of the 2022 WEC season, starting at the 1000 Miles of Sebring on March 18.Excellium Racing 100 is a genuine racing fuel that meets the requirements of the FIA, car manufacturers and the…

Sport newsGoodyear has been an official partner of the FIA ETRC since 2016, supplying the championship with its specially developed truck racing tyres, and has since helped to drive forward new technologies and developments, not only in the highly competitive world of the FIA ETRC, but also for daily transport fleet operations in the road haulage industry. Goodyear’s commitment to the ETRC was recently extended through its exclusive partnership as the series’ official tyre supplier.The three-year…

Sport newsFrom March 18-20, the United Arab Emirates will host the FIA Rally Star Middle East and North African Final using purpose-built stage layouts located within the state-of-the-art Abu Dhabi Grand Prix venue.Candidates from 9 countries within the region, dreaming of one day competing in the FIA World Rally Championship, will go for a life-changing opportunity by undertaking a series of timed tests and assessments. The results will be used to determine who will join…

Sport newsThe team’s number 22 Oreca 07, driven by Philip Hanson, Filipe Albuquerque, and Will Owen set the best time of 1m 48.439s around the 6.019 km circuit.The final session was interrupted after the number 56 Team Project 1 Porsche 911 RSR-19 suffered heavy damage after going off the track, bringing the red flag out while the stricken car was recovered.LMP2 cars set the pace in three of the four test sessions held during the…

Sport newsSpaniard Nil Solans bagged his first FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) victory after a dominant drive at Rally Serras de Fafe – Felgueiras – Cabreira e Boticas today (March 13).The 29-year-old left his rivals floundering as relentless rain, thick fog and muddy gravel tracks bombarded the season opener in northern Portugal.Solans lay fourth following Friday night’s superspecial stage in Fafe’s town centre. A gamble to open the road on Saturday paid off immediately when…

Sport newsNil Solans conquered challenging terrain at Rally Serras de Fafe – Felgueiras – Cabreira e Boticas to lead by a comfortable margin after Saturday’s action.Torrential rain, thick fog and muddy roads rattled the crews on a shortened day which saw two stages cancelled due to adverse weather conditions. Solans took a gamble, choosing to open the road in his Volkswagen Polo GTI R5. It paid off immediately as he leapfrogged Friday leader Erik Cais in…

Sport newsRed Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time of the three days of running in Sakhir as Formula 1 pre-season testing came to an end at the Bahrain International Circuit. Verstappen, driving in the afternoon after team-mate Sergio Pérez topped the morning session, completed 53 laps at the wheel of an updated RB18 featuring revised sidepods. The World Champion didn’t appear for most of the first hours of the later session but when he did…

Sport newsFerrari’s bright start to the new era of Formula 1 continued as Carlos Sainz set the fastest time of the second day of the official test at the Bahrain International Circuit. The Spanish driver posted a best time of 1:33.532 to beat world champion Max Verstappen by almost half a second.However, after the close of the session, returning Haas driver Kevin Magnussen jumped past Sainz to post a lap of 1:33.207 during the extra…