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How do WEC's big-hitters stack up for 2016?

Porsche, Audi and Toyota's 2016 LMP1 cars shared a track for the first time last week, but what can we draw from the WEC Paul Ricard test? GARY WATKINS examines what unfolded

Porsche held sway at the official World Endurance Championship test at Paul Ricard, but it's too early to jump to conclusions ahead of the Silverstone series opener on April 17 - the reigning champion was always going to lead the way at the so-called 'prologue'.

It would be wrong to read too much into the times from two days of running around Circuit Paul Ricard last week. Or at least the gap between the uprated version of last year's championship-winning 919 Hybrid and its rivals.

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