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On Saturday 1 May reigning Asian Le Mans Series champion and former DTM racer Ferdinand Habsburg will take the start of his first FIA World Endurance Championship race in the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

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The Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps is Round 1 of the FIA World Endurance Championship and ahead of the first free practice session some of the drivers attended the Pre Event Press Conference, which was held with individual drivers and streamed live on the FIA WEC YouTube channel.

The provisional entry list for the opening round of the FIA European Hill Climb Championship in Boticas, Portugal on 8-9 May features the drivers and machinery of some of the favourites.

The #22 United Autosports Oreca was the fastest car in the first practice session of the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, Round 1 of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Owing to two all-female line-ups, representing the Richard Mille Racing Team and Iron Lynx, in the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship season, history is about to be made with six females for the first time competing full-time in any FIA-sanctioned World Championship-level competition.

Below is a summary of a Q&A session with Marek Nawarecki, the FIA's Director of Sport and Touring Cars, and Thierry Bouvet, the ACO’s Director of Competition, following the Prologue – the official FIA WEC pre-season test – which was staged at Spa-Francorchamps earlier this week.

As part of the build-up to the new season, some of the cars taking part in Round 1 of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship at Spa-Francorchamps took to the track for the travelling shots.

Formula 1 can today confirm that the Formula 1 Grand Prix Du Canada 2021 will be replaced by The Turkish Grand Prix this season between 11th – 13th June 2021.

The 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship is set to start with the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps this Saturday.