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United Autosports team boss Richard Dean said the stipulation that the pits are closed when the race director triggers a full course yellow or safety car resembled “a lottery” that some teams could derive “a huge benefit” from while others lost out. 

It was inevitable really. The welcome accumulation of manufacturers in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship means sportscar racing is in a state of rude health. And the onset of the LMGT3 class is expected to bring greater variety than the outgoing GTE class, which bode farewell to…

“I’d like to say it was mapped out and planned, but it wasn’t. We only intended to get a race trailer and GT3 Audi, and have some fun. I sometimes wonder how we ended up here!”

Five manufacturers filled the top five positions after six hours of racing in Portimao on Sunday, but as in Sebring it was Toyota that claimed the spoils.

The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez beat the sister #8 entry of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa at Sebring International Raceway’s WEC opener.

Antonio Fuoco set what turned out to be the benchmark time of 1m45.067s in the quicker of the two brand-new Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars, which are making their race debut this weekend.

Antonio Fuoco set what turned out to be the benchmark time of 1m45.067s at the wheel of the quicker of the two brand-new Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars, which are making their race debut this weekend.

DKR Engineering, Graff and Walkenhorst Motorsport have secured automatic invitations to the Le Mans 24 Hours after sealing Asian Le Mans Series class titles in Abu Dhabi last weekend.

DKR Engineering, Graff and Walkenhorst Motorsport have secured automatic invitations to the Le Mans 24 Hours after sealing Asian Le Mans Series class titles in Abu Dhabi last weekend.