On May 3, 4 and 5, 2012, the world of endurance racing raced at Spa-Francorchamps for the 2nd round of the World Endurance Championship (WEC). It was after 20 years of hibernation that we had a FIA-ratified global endurance series again.
It was a shame that one of the main instigators of this FIA World Endurance Championship, the factory entry of Peugeot, withdrew before the season had even started, while another factory-entry, Toyota, was also not present at Spa. Toyota's initial plans were to compete at Spa, but a testing-accident of Nicolas Lapierre in the wet at Paul Ricard a couple of weeks before, meant that Toyota withdrew its car from the event. Toyota first wanted to test a little more, before entering their cars in the 24H of Le Mans. The withdrawal from the complete championship of Peugeot and the withdrawal of Toyota from the Spa event meant that Audi was the sole factory entry. The race for overall victory would more than likely be an all Audi affair.
About the Author
Patrick Beckers
patriczik
Maastricht, Netherlands, Europe
Patrick Beckers (1965) is from Maastricht, The Netherlands. He has been an (amateur) photographer since 1987. He started his picture-career with motor-racing photos. These days, architecture photography is his specialty, although once or twice a year, he still turns up at motor-racing events.
Since September 1999, he maintains the Skyscraper Picture Collection website, where currently over 4,000 pictures of skyscrapers and cities in over 60 cities in 20 different countries on four different continents can be found. In April of 2007, he published the 540 pages Skyscraper Picture Collection skyscraper picture book, based on this website.
Many of his pictures have been used in books, magazines, leaflets, and on other websites. His website, his photography, his publishing and other journalistic work have always been done as a hobby, with no direct means of commercial profit. The little profit he makes he invests in the website, releasing books, traveling and plans for taking new pics.
Publish Date May 12, 2012
Dimensions Standard Landscape 160 pgs
Standard Paper
Category Sports & Adventure
Tags World Endurance Racing, Le Mans, WEC, FIA, SPA, Francorchamps, Audi, Rebellion, Strakka, Ferrari, Kristensen, McNish, Lotterer, Heidfeld, Prost, Jani, Johansson, Gulf, Lotus, Bourdais, Motor-Racing, Car-Racing
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