Silverstone will host a spherical of the World Endurance Championship subsequent 12 months.
The six-hour race turns into the ninth occasion on the which additionally consists of the well-known Le Mans 24 Hours.
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The sequence has rediscovered its recognition for the reason that introduction of recent ‘hypercar’ guidelines for the highest class of vehicles in 2021 – with producers together with Ferrari, Peugeot, Alpine, BMW, Toyota, Genesis, Cadillac and Aston Martin.
Silverstone’s 5.891km observe is beloved by drivers and followers for its quick, sweeping corners and shall be a take a look at for vehicles within the WEC, which additionally consists of showroom-style LMGT3 vehicles.
The British race would be the season’s third occasion, from 23-25 April, with the sequence additionally visiting Qatar (Lusail), Italy (Imola), Belgium (Spa), Le Mans, Brazil (Sao Paulo), the USA (Circuit of the Americas), Japan (Fuji) and Bahrain (Sakhir).
“Silverstone is a venue steeped in motorsport historical past and boasts an extended legacy of top-flight endurance racing, together with eight massively profitable FIA WEC occasions from 2012 to 2019,” mentioned Frederic Lequien, CEO of WEC.
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“It’s a circuit beloved by rivals, and from a driving and engineering standpoint, it presents an amazing problem.
“Not solely that, however British followers are famously enthusiastic and educated concerning the sport, and we’re delighted that they are going to as soon as once more be capable of benefit from the indescribable thrill of a world championship spherical up shut on house soil.”
Le Mans is a sell-out every year as round 300,000 followers flock to the Circuit de la Sarthe, and different races such because the Six Hours of Spa are additionally rising in recognition.
A number of former F1 drivers participate in WEC, together with final 12 months’s Le Mans winner Robert Kubica, of Poland, who drives the AF Course quantity 83 Ferrari 499P with Britain’s Phil Hanson and Ye Yifei of China.
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Together with the reintroduction of the Silverstone race, each Ford and McLaren will enter the sequence within the hypercar class subsequent 12 months – the previous rekindling its legendary rivalry with Ferrari.
4-time Formulation 1 world champion Max Verstappen is rumoured to be eager to contest Le Mans sooner or later
This 12 months’s Le Mans 24 Hours will get underway at 15:00 BST on Saturday in north west France.
