From a press release issued by FGSport Group:


The Albacete 12 Horas Nocturnas round of the World Endurance Championship takes place this weekend. The race, which runs through the night from Saturday evening to Sunday morning, is the first long distance event of the year and the first night race of the year.

The teams that have not yet made their mark on the championship this year will see this race as their first opportunity to make the most of their pure endurance skills. The championship front runners, meanwhile, will have to walk a delicate tightrope between allout performance and last-the-distance reliability; tortoise or hare? This year, fuel consumption is set to be more important than ever. A team that can eke an extra ten minutes of track time out of each tank of fuel will save at least two stop s over the duration of the race; a difference that could add up to a one-lap advantage by the end of the race.

The twelve hour race will be long enough for pit lane and team work advantages to really come into play, but competitive lap times are needed as well. The 500km race at Assen and the six hour race at Zhuhai both saw their share of mechanical failures; Albacete will be tougher still on the highly tuned Superbike specification machines.

Whatever happens on track, the spectators who will flock to the circuit on Saturday night are guaranteed to be winners. Twelve hours of intense night racing, an all night party, and a good chance of a Spanish rider on the podium by Sunday morning… A perfect weekend.