SMP Racing has announced it will not participate in the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship season and has withdrawn its pair of LMP1 cars.
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Stoffel Vandoorne says enjoying a clean 24 Hours of Le Mans while leaning on his experienced SMP Racing teammates Vitaly Petrov and Mikhail Aleshin were key to his podium on debut.
The World Endurance Championship will see 33 entries join the 2019-2020 season having released the provisional full season entry list at the ACO presentation ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours.
Full 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours practice results Kamui Kobayashi has rescued top spot for Toyota Gazoo Racing with a late lap in the sole Le Mans 24 Hours practice to bump out Stoffel Vandoorne’
Stoffel Vandoorne says he is currently experiencing the busiest spell of his racing career as he balances duties across Formula E, Formula 1 and the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Stoffel Vandoorne felt it was “mission accomplished” for his first weekend in the FIA World Endurance Championship after finishing third for SMP Racing in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.
SMP Racing’s early showing in practice for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps was “pretty impressive”, according to Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi, who thinks it would not have been easy to match its lap time.
Stoffel Vandoorne says he “always had an eye” on the FIA World Endurance Championship as he prepares to make his debut in the series this weekend at Spa.
Sergey Sirotkin led SMP Racing to a one-two finish in opening practice for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Thursday, finishing almost two seconds clear of the field.
Stoffel Vandoorne is set to make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut this year with the SMP Racing team after former McLaren F1 stablemate Jenson Button chose to step aside owing to family commitments.
Brendon Hartley will replace Jenson Button for the next two rounds of the current World Endurance Championship at SMP Racing.
Sergey Sirotkin’s Formula 1 backer SMP Racing claims it decided to split with Williams due to the team’s poor performance and lack of development throughout 2018.
Jenson Button feels that privateer teams stand no chance of being able to compete fairly with Toyota in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s LMP1 class despite recent efforts by the series to equalise performances.
Jenson Button's hopes of scoring his first podium finish at Silverstone in almost 20 years were ended early in Sunday's FIA World Endurance Championship round as the Briton's car was forced into an early retirement.
Jenson Button is hoping to end his home race hoodoo and score his first podium finish at Silverstone in almost 20 years on Sunday in his second appearance in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Mike Conway has stolen a march in the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing to take an advantage over Sebastian Buemi in the #8 Toyota, while the #17 SMP Racing drops out of the race from third place.
Jenson Button has completed his maiden test with World Endurance Championship squad SMP Racing at Magny-Cours as he steps up preparations to join the Russian squad for his Le Mans debut.
Fernando Alonso was surprised to learn of former Formula 1 teammate Jenson Button's decision to enter this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, believing his move into Super GT has helped to open his eyes to sports car racing.
Jenson Button will make his World Endurance Championship debut at the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours after securing a deal with LMP1 challengers SMP Racing.
Stephane Sarrazin has left Toyota after six years in order to join SMP Racing's new LMP1 line-up for the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.
Sergey Sirotkin's preparation for his Formula 1 debut later this month in Australia is being aided by his technical knowledge attained through an engineering degree he completed last year alongside his racing duties.
SMP Racing has named Vitaly Petrov and Mikhail Aleshin as part of its line-up for the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship 'super season' when the Russian team will debut in the LMP1 class.
Former F1 podium winner Vitaly Petrov will drive in the World Endurance Championship in 2016 with SMP Racing.