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WEC Spa 6 Hour, Hypercars

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A day of glory at home for the Belgian team WRT, and for BMW, who achieved a fantastic double victory for the BMW M Hybrid V8 thanks to the #15 of Magnussen/Marciello/Dries Vanthoor, who finished second.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

On May 7-9th, three weeks after the first round at Imola, the World Endurance Championship held its second event at the Francorcorchamps circuit in Belgium with the 6 Hours of Spa, the final rehearsal before the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans, which will take place on June 13th and 14th.

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WEC Spa 6 Hours, LMGT3

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The years go by, but they are not all the same. The Ferrari 296 #21 triumphed last year. This year, although it crossed the finish line first, it was penalized 5 seconds for an unsafe restart in the pits and was therefore classified fourth.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

And the coverage of the Spa LMGT3 class….

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Formula 1 at Auto e Moto d’Epoca

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The Mercedes W196 R made its mark on its era. Winner in its very first race, the 1954 French Grand Prix at Reims, the W196 R went on to win the 1954 and 1955 world titles with Juan Manuel Fangio at the wheel.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

Auto e Moto d’Epoca 2025

This year, Auto e Moto d’Epoca in Bologna (October 23-26) commemorated 75 years of Formula 1.
As such, around fifteen cars were on display in the atrium, and many more were scattered throughout the various halls.
Let’s take a look at the most interesting models, most of which were entered by Italian racing teams, as well as a few non-F1 competition cars seen at the show.

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Imola WEC Hypercar Class

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Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

After experiencing a reawakening in 2023 with the arrival of new manufacturers and the resounding victory of Ferrari on the occasion of the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the World Endurance Championship continues its momentum in 2024 with the arrival of Alpine, BMW and Lamborghini in the premier category, the Hypercar class.

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Vanhoolandt at the Abarth Works Museum

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Guy Moerenhout with the 1958 Abarth 750 Record Monza which was part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.’s team and which took part in the Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance at Sebring in 1962.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

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French and Italian at Epoqu’Auto, Lyon

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This is a Georges Irat cabriolet type MM with a 4-cylinder 954cc Ruby engine. Around 600 examples with Ruby engines were produced between 1935 and 1939 and 130 with Citroën engines in 1939.

Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

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We continue with more French and Italian makes at the Epoqu’Auto, Lyon.

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Pebble Beach Concours Photo Gallery

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Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt

The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elégance began in tandem with the Pebble Beach Road Races in 1950 and was at its 69th edition this year. Brandes Elitch has reported in more depth about this year’s event. Here I present a modest gallery from my perspective.

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Vanhoolandt’s Goodwood

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The mechanical failure of this 500 TRC was fixed for the race.

By Hugues Vanhoolandt
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As can be seen from the above image, Hugues Vanhoolandt rarely misses a beat or someone’s mechanical misfortune. His selection of thousands of images taken at Goodwood this year had to be narrowed down to only 25 images; certainly not fair for him or our readers. So, have at it…. [Read more…] about Vanhoolandt’s Goodwood

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