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Ex-F1 racer Wurz bows out of motor racing

 XPB Images Ex-Formula One driver and two-time Le Mans winner Alexander Wurz has announced that he will retire from motor racing after this weekend’s 6 Hours of Bahrain – the 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship season finale. The 41-year-old Austrian has been racing with Toyota since 2011, having joined the Japanese manufacturer following the demise of Peugeot’s LMP1 programme. Wurz’ F1 career spanned 10 years (1997-2007), 69 grand prix starts, and three podium finishes with spells at Benetton, McLaren, and Williams. “After 12 years as a race and third driver in F1, I was lucky to indulge a passion for Le Mans Prototype racing for a further eight seasons,” he said...
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