The provisional calendar for the 2019–20 FIA World Endurance Championship was unveiled at the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone, featuring eight races, on five continents, starting at Silverstone in September 2019 with a four-hour race, and ending with the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 2020. The calendar saw the events from the previous seasons carried over, while bringing back the rounds held at the Bahrain International Circuit, and the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, which had last been held in 2017, and in 2014 respectively. The 6 Hours of São Paulo would serve as the 5th round, and was planned to be held on 1 February 2020.[2]
On 10 November 2019, FIA WEC boss Gerard Neveu issued a warning to teams regarding the 6 Hours of São Paulo, stating that the promoter of the event, N/Duduch Motorsports, was facing issues in meeting its contractual recruitments, with some of the issues being of financial nature, with Neveu stating that the championship would make a decision on the event before December 2019.[3] At the time, several venues were considered to replace Interlagos, including Kyalami, the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, as well as the Circuit of the Americas.[4]
On 2 December 2019, it was announced by the WEC, that the 6 Hours of São Paulo would be cancelled, and replaced by the Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas, to be held from 22–23 February 2020, with the race being 6 hours long. The date was moved back from the Interlagos round's original 1 February date, due to the Super Bowl LIV being held on the same date, while the Formula E championship was scheduled to hold the Mexico City ePrix on the weekend of 14–15 February.[5][6]
Entry listEdit
On 3 February 2020, it was announced that Team LNT had withdrawn from the entry list for the event due to necessary maintenance that the cars needed. The team still planned to return to the grid at Sebring however. The withdrawal of both Ginetta G60-LT-P1s meant that the car count was now 29.[7]
The DragonSpeed team who were initially denied entry for the COTA round were now able to secure a spot in the COTA round.[8] The team, a day later, confirmed their driver line-up to be that of their 24 Hours of Daytona entry; Colin Braun, Ben Hanley, who also drove for Team LNT, and Henrik Hedman.[9]
The minimum number of laps for classification (70% of the overall winning car's race distance) was 132 laps. Class winners are denoted in bold and with ‡.[12]
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The 2020 Lone Star Le Mans was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 23 February 2020 as the fifth round of the 2019 20 FIA World Endurance Championship This marked the return of the FIA WEC to the Circuit of the Americas for the first time since 2017 and the inaugural running of the race under the banner of Lone Star Le Mans which had previously been utilised by the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for races run at COTA while WEC races occurring on the same weekend had been run as the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas 1 Map of the Circuit of the Americas Grand Prix Circuit Contents 1 Background 2 Entry list 3 Qualifying 3 1 Results 4 Race 4 1 Results 5 ReferencesBackground EditThe provisional calendar for the 2019 20 FIA World Endurance Championship was unveiled at the 2018 6 Hours of Silverstone featuring eight races on five continents starting at Silverstone in September 2019 with a four hour race and ending with the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June 2020 The calendar saw the events from the previous seasons carried over while bringing back the rounds held at the Bahrain International Circuit and the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace which had last been held in 2017 and in 2014 respectively The 6 Hours of Sao Paulo would serve as the 5th round and was planned to be held on 1 February 2020 2 On 10 November 2019 FIA WEC boss Gerard Neveu issued a warning to teams regarding the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo stating that the promoter of the event N Duduch Motorsports was facing issues in meeting its contractual recruitments with some of the issues being of financial nature with Neveu stating that the championship would make a decision on the event before December 2019 3 At the time several venues were considered to replace Interlagos including Kyalami the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City as well as the Circuit of the Americas 4 On 2 December 2019 it was announced by the WEC that the 6 Hours of Sao Paulo would be cancelled and replaced by the Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas to be held from 22 23 February 2020 with the race being 6 hours long The date was moved back from the Interlagos round s original 1 February date due to the Super Bowl LIV being held on the same date while the Formula E championship was scheduled to hold the Mexico City ePrix on the weekend of 14 15 February 5 6 Entry list EditOn 3 February 2020 it was announced that Team LNT had withdrawn from the entry list for the event due to necessary maintenance that the cars needed The team still planned to return to the grid at Sebring however The withdrawal of both Ginetta G60 LT P1s meant that the car count was now 29 7 The DragonSpeed team who were initially denied entry for the COTA round were now able to secure a spot in the COTA round 8 The team a day later confirmed their driver line up to be that of their 24 Hours of Daytona entry Colin Braun Ben Hanley who also drove for Team LNT and Henrik Hedman 9 Furthermore on the 5 February 2020 ex Corvette Racing drivers Jan Magnussen and Mike Rockenfeller would return to the team for two rounds of the 2019 20 season as a duo in the new Corvette C8 R The two also planned compete in the round at Sebring International Raceway in March 10 German driver Laurents Horr would replace David Heinemeier Hansson in the No 56 Team Project 1 Porsche for the rest of the season These additional entries brought the total amount of cars back to 31 3 LMP1s 9 LMP2s 7 LMGTE Pro cars and 11 in LMGTE Am Qualifying EditResults Edit Pole Position winners in each class are in bold 11 Pos Class Team Average Time Gap Grid1 LMP1 No 1 Rebellion Racing 1 47 530 12 LMP1 No 7 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 49 161 1 631 23 LMP1 No 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing 1 49 431 0 270 34 LMP2 No 42 Cool Racing 1 49 910 0 479 45 LMP2 No 22 United Autosports 1 50 073 0 163 56 LMP2 No 36 Signatech Alpine Elf 1 50 984 0 911 67 LMP2 No 37 Jackie Chan DC Racing 1 51 354 0 370 78 LMP2 No 38 Jota Sport 1 51 592 0 238 89 LMP2 No 33 High Class Racing 1 51 747 0 155 910 LMP2 No 21 DragonSpeed 1 52 765 1 018 1011 LMP2 No 29 Racing Team Nederland 1 53 131 0 366 1112 LMP2 No 47 Cetilar Racing 1 54 305 1 174 1213 LMGTE Pro No 95 Aston Martin Racing 2 00 733 6 428 1314 LMGTE Pro No 92 Porsche GT Team 2 00 952 0 219 1415 LMGTE Pro No 97 Aston Martin Racing 2 01 029 0 077 1516 LMGTE Pro No 51 AF Corse 2 01 031 0 002 1617 LMGTE Pro No 91 Porsche GT Team 2 01 049 0 018 1718 LMGTE Pro No 71 AF Corse 2 01 229 0 180 1819 LMGTE Am No 56 Team Project 1 2 02 784 1 555 1920 LMGTE Am No 98 Aston Martin Racing 2 02 830 0 046 2021 LMGTE Am No 90 TF Sport 2 02 909 0 079 2122 LMGTE Pro No 63 Corvette Racing 2 02 967 0 058 2223 LMGTE Am No 77 Dempsey Proton Racing 2 03 110 0 143 2324 LMGTE Am No 83 AF Corse 2 03 376 0 266 2425 LMGTE Am No 57 Team Project 1 2 03 450 0 074 2526 LMGTE Am No 54 AF Corse 2 03 462 0 012 2627 LMGTE Am No 88 Dempsey Proton Racing 2 03 682 0 220 2728 LMGTE Am No 70 MR Racing 2 03 781 0 099 2829 LMGTE Am No 62 Red River Sport 2 03 964 0 183 2930 LMGTE Am No 86 Gulf Racing 2 04 296 0 332 30Race EditResults Edit The minimum number of laps for classification 70 of the overall winning car s race distance was 132 laps Class winners are denoted in bold and with 12 Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Time RetiredEngine1 LMP1 1 nbsp Rebellion Racing nbsp Gustavo Menezes nbsp Norman Nato nbsp Bruno Senna Rebellion R13 M 189 6 01 37 705 Gibson GL458 4 5 L V82 LMP1 8 nbsp Toyota Gazoo Racing nbsp Sebastien Buemi nbsp Brendon Hartley nbsp Kazuki Nakajima Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 189 51 524Toyota 2 4 L Turbo V63 LMP1 7 nbsp Toyota Gazoo Racing nbsp Mike Conway nbsp Kamui Kobayashi nbsp Jose Maria Lopez Toyota TS050 Hybrid M 187 2 LapsToyota 2 4 L Turbo V64 LMP2 22 nbsp United Autosports nbsp Filipe Albuquerque nbsp Philip Hanson nbsp Paul di Resta Oreca 07 M 182 7 Laps Gibson GK428 4 2 L V85 LMP2 37 nbsp Jackie Chan DC Racing nbsp Ho Pin Tung nbsp Gabriel Aubry nbsp Will Stevens Oreca 07 G 182 7 LapsGibson GK428 4 2 L V86 LMP2 38 nbsp Jota Sport nbsp Antonio Felix da Costa nbsp Anthony Davidson nbsp Roberto Gonzalez Oreca 07 G 181 8 LapsGibson GK428 4 2 L V87 LMP2 42 nbsp Cool Racing nbsp Antonin Borga nbsp Alexander Coigny nbsp Nicolas Lapierre Oreca 07 M 181 8 LapsGibson GK428 4 2 L V88 LMP2 29 nbsp Racing Team Nederland nbsp Frits van Eerd nl nbsp Giedo van der Garde nbsp Nyck de Vries Oreca 07 M 181 8 LapsGibson GK428 4 2 L V89 LMP2 36 nbsp Signatech Alpine Elf nbsp Thomas Laurent nbsp Andre Negrao nbsp Pierre Ragues Alpine A470 M 180 9 LapsGibson GK428 4 2 L V810 LMP2 33 nbsp High Class Racing nbsp Anders Fjordbach nbsp Mark Patterson nbsp Kenta Yamashita Oreca 07 M 179 10 LapsGibson GK428 4 2 L V811 LMP2 47 nbsp Cetilar Racing nbsp Andrea Belicchi nbsp Roberto Lacorte nbsp Giorgio Sernagiotto Dallara P217 M 178 11 LapsGibson GK428 4 2 L V812 LMP2 21 nbsp DragonSpeed nbsp Colin Braun nbsp Ben Hanley nbsp Henrik Hedman Oreca 07 M 177 12 LapsGibson GK428 4 2 L V813 LMGTE Pro 95 nbsp Aston Martin Racing nbsp Marco Sorensen nbsp Nicki Thiim Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 173 16 Laps Aston Martin 4 0 L Turbo V814 LMGTE Pro 92 nbsp Porsche GT Team nbsp Michael Christensen nbsp Kevin Estre Porsche 911 RSR 19 M 172 17 LapsPorsche 4 2 L Flat 615 LMGTE Pro 51 nbsp AF Corse nbsp James Calado nbsp Alessandro Pier Guidi Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 172 17 LapsFerrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V816 LMGTE Pro 97 nbsp Aston Martin Racing nbsp Alex Lynn nbsp Maxime Martin Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 172 17 LapsAston Martin 4 0 L Turbo V817 LMGTE Pro 71 nbsp AF Corse nbsp Miguel Molina nbsp Davide Rigon Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 172 17 LapsFerrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V818 LMGTE Pro 63 nbsp Corvette Racing nbsp Jan Magnussen nbsp Mike Rockenfeller Chevrolet Corvette C8 R M 170 19 LapsChevrolet 5 5 L V819 LMGTE Am 90 nbsp TF Sport nbsp Jonathan Adam nbsp Charlie Eastwood nbsp Salih Yoluc Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 170 19 Laps Aston Martin 4 0 L Turbo V820 LMGTE Am 98 nbsp Aston Martin Racing nbsp Paul Dalla Lana nbsp Ross Gunn nbsp Darren Turner Aston Martin Vantage AMR M 170 19 LapsAston Martin 4 0 L Turbo V821 LMGTE Pro 91 nbsp Porsche GT Team nbsp Gianmaria Bruni nbsp Richard Lietz Porsche 911 RSR 19 M 170 19 LapsPorsche 4 2 L Flat 622 LMGTE Am 56 nbsp Team Project 1 nbsp Matteo Cairoli nbsp Laurents Horr nbsp Egidio Perfetti Porsche 911 RSR M 170 19 LapsPorsche 4 0 L Flat 623 LMGTE Am 83 nbsp AF Corse nbsp Emmanuel Collard nbsp Nicklas Nielsen nbsp Francois Perrodo Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 170 19 LapsFerrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V824 LMGTE Am 77 nbsp Dempsey Proton Racing nbsp Matt Campbell nbsp Riccardo Pera nbsp Christian Ried Porsche 911 RSR M 169 20 LapsPorsche 4 0 L Flat 625 LMGTE Am 86 nbsp Gulf Racing nbsp Ben Barker nbsp Michael Wainwright nbsp Andrew Watson Porsche 911 RSR M 169 20 LapsPorsche 4 0 L Flat 626 LMGTE Am 54 nbsp AF Corse nbsp Francesco Castellacci nbsp Giancarlo Fisichella nbsp Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 168 21 LapsFerrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V827 LMGTE Am 62 nbsp Red River Sport nbsp Bonamy Grimes nbsp Charles Hollings nbsp Johnny Mowlem Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 168 21 LapsFerrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V828 LMGTE Am 88 nbsp Dempsey Proton Racing nbsp Bret Curtis nbsp Adrien de Leener nbsp Thomas Preining Porsche 911 RSR M 168 21 LapsPorsche 4 0 L Flat 629 LMGTE Am 70 nbsp MR Racing nbsp Olivier Beretta nbsp Kei Cozzolino nbsp Motoaki Ishikawa Ferrari 488 GTE Evo M 168 21 LapsFerrari F154CB 3 9 L Turbo V830 LMGTE Am 57 nbsp Team Project 1 nbsp Jeroen Bleekemolen nbsp Felipe Fraga nbsp Ben Keating Porsche 911 RSR M 160 29 LapsPorsche 4 0 L Flat 6References EditExternal video nbsp Lone Star Le Mans 2020 on YouTube WEC superseason to feature two Le Mans 24 Hours www motorsport com Retrieved 2020 02 06 WEC 2019 2020 FIA WEC Calendar is Approved Federation Internationale de l Automobile 2018 10 13 Retrieved 2020 02 06 Watkins Gary Interlagos World Endurance Championship round in jeopardy Autosport com Retrieved 2020 02 06 FIA WEC Race At Interlagos In Doubt dailysportscar com 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