The return to the Austin track also means the WEC will race in the U.S. twice during its 2019/2020 "Super Season." ... Aug 30, 2019 to Sep 1, 2019 . 51 Panoz Avezzano of Parker Chase and Roman De Angelis claimed the overall and Silver class victory in Friday afternoon’s Pirelli GT4 (…),Vintage Racer Group president Mike Lawton let members know that the group’s event at Watkins Glen will run Oct. 16-18 as scheduled, (…),The Team USA Scholarship reaches an important milestone in 2020, celebrating 30 years since Jimmy Vasser was confirmed as the inaugural (…),Peugeot’s factory LMP1 diesel program was a marvel of speed and engineering from the moment it was unveiled in 2007. It also becomes the first of two WEC races in the USA during the 2019/20 season, as the championship is set to race at Sebring in March once again. Season 8 ushers in a fresh new era for the FIA World Endurance Championship, with a cross-year 2019-2020 calendar format over ten months. It'll be difficult to get the word out to racing fans for one thing, and unlike previous Lone Star Le Mans weekends, this one won't be shared with IMSA.The Nissan Z Proto Is a Striking Return to Form,The EV F-150 Will Be Fastest, Most Powerful Yet,Join Road & Track and Car and Driver for Our Tests,The Six Best Radar Detectors You Can Buy Right Now,This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in any form without prior authorization. WEC 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps 2020. aug. 13. Fuji Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 6, 2019 . The FIA WEC 6 Hours of Sao Paulo next February has been canceled and replaced by a race at Circuit of The Americas later in the month.This change has been made due to the Brazilian event promoter being unable to meet contractual obligations to the FIA WEC, forcing it to find a replacement venue.COTA, in Austin, Texas, is therefore back on the calendar for the first time since the 2017 season. Toyota’s No. Partner of USA Today Sports Digital Properties.Welcome to RACER's European Union Experience.Late pass nets Briscoe NASCAR Xfinity win at Bristol.Peugeot 908 LMP1 Tales: Who’s steering this thing?Cooper cruises to Pirelli GT4 America sprint race 1 win in Texas,TC America pole-sitters go flag-to-flag at COTA Race 1,Bourdais waging his own Ford vs Ferrari battle at Le Mans,Panoz wins opening Pirelli GT4 America SprintX round at COTA,October VRG races at The Glen set to go ahead,Three Team USA Scholarship winners chosen in 30th anniversary year,Peugeot 908 LMP1 memories with Bourdais, Davidson and Lamy.
After racing at COTA, the WEC will head to Sebring for a 1000-mile race held the same March weekend as IMSA's 12-hour classic at the Florida track, just like last year.It's a remarkable that the WEC was able to find a replacement venue on such short notice, but adding a new race less than three months away presents its own problems. Our main concern was our competitors and partners, and we have worked very hard to find a solution which offered the least disruption possible.More details on the Lone Star Le Mans race will be available in the coming days. 24 Heures du Mans 2020-09-20 . Racer Media & Marketing, Inc., 17030 Red Hill Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614, 949.417.6700 Taking on Audi, (…),All contents copyright © 2020, Racer Media & Marketing, Inc. All rights reserved. Browse through 2020 WEC results, statistics, rankings and championship standings. ... WEC … This new set of dates is still subject to approval by the FIA World Motor Sport Council.UK-based Stephen Kilbey is RACER.com's FIA World Endurance Championship correspondent, and is also Deputy Editor of Dailysportscar.com
Your use of this website constitutes acceptance of our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions. This date does clash, however, with the Asian Le Mans Series race at Buriram in Thailand.Today’s news comes after team managers were told in a briefing during the FIA WEC’s trip to Shanghai last month that they should prepare for the Brazilian race to be canceled or moved.This new event will be a two-day meeting, featuring a six-hour Lone Star Le Mans race.“First, we must thank Bobby Epstein and the Circuit of The Americas for accommodating us at relatively short notice,” said Gérard Neveu, CEO of the FIA World Endurance Championship.