Tag: wec

  • Racing Schedule from all over the World

    Every year I update my Google Calendar with all the relevant racing events. Either I will be visiting them or I just don’t want to miss them on TV/Online. I thought that I can share the lists with you guys. Enjoy! FIA Formula 1 Championship 2017 Calendar 26 March – Australia (Melbourne) 9 April – China (Shanghai) 16 April – Bahrain (Bahrain) 30 April – Russia (Sochi) 14 May – Spain (Barcelona) 28 May – Monaco (Monte Carlo) 11 June – Canada (Montreal) 25 June – Azerbaijan (Baku) 9 July – Austria (Spielberg) 16 July – Great Britain (Silverstone) 30…

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  • 24 Hours of Le Mans // Entertaining Statistics / 2015

    As some of you know, I’m not only a motorsport photographer, but an Internet marketer that loves analytics. In a recent press release from World Endurance Championship (WEC) I read that the latest edition of Le Mans 24 hour race attracted 263 500 spectators, the biggest in the past 20 years. Here are some interesting statistics (and my pictures from 2014) that I got from WEC: Spectators at the circuit – 263 500 spectators at the circuit, 200 more than in 2014. – 30 100 spectators at the first day’s practice (Wednesday 10th June), 56 000 the second (Thursday 11th…

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  • Le Mans 24H // Group C

    Group C was the main Prototype class introduced in 1982. It was live for 11 years, until a change of engine regulations killed it in 1993. In theory any engine was possible. This allowed production engines like V8s from Aston Martin and Mercedes and Jaguar V12s to compete head to head with Mazda’s rotary engines and so on. As it usually is, this provided spectacular racing, produced many great solutions, attracted many manufacturers and spectators. For me it’s a honour that we’re still able to see these late 20th century racing cars on the track, be it a support race for current WEC prototypes or a classic Le…

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