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The best LMP1 drivers of 2016

Porsche dominated the 2016 WEC on paper, but Audi and Toyota had their moments. That made picking the 10 leading LMP1 drivers particularly difficult this year

Gary Watkins Dec 30, 2016, 9:43 AM

The World Endurance Championship was at its most competitive in 2016 since the rebirth of the series five years ago. Porsche took a clean sweep of all the big prizes, but rivals Toyota and Audi can look back on a season of missed opportunities.

Porsche won the drivers' title and the Le Mans 24 Hours with one of its line-ups, while the other took more wins that any one else over the course of the season.

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Author Gary Watkins

Gary Watkins has, for reasons best known to himself, devoted all his working life to covering sportscar racing. This season is his 33rd as a motorsport journalist, during which time he has reported on major long-distance events on four continents and approaching 80 24-hour races. He reckons a degree in political philosophy makes him well qualified for covering the sometimes Machiavellian world of international sportscars.

Gary, who also writes for Motor Sport, Autocourse, RACER and others, lives in Surbiton close to the former workshops of the Cooper Formula 1 team but spends more time on the road than at home for most of the year.