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The FIA World Endurance Championship is entering its decisive phase, with Proton Competition heading to Interlagos, Brazil, for round five of the 2025 season. The 6 Hours of S\u00e3o Paulo on 13 July at the Aut\u00f3dromo Jos\u00e9 Carlos Pace will present a unique challenge for the team \u2013 not least due to the circuit\u2019s elevation, which sits more than 800 metres above sea level, and notoriously changeable weather.<\/strong>
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Proton Competition will once again be competing for honours in both classes of the FIA WEC, entering its #99 Porsche 963 in the Hypercar category and a pair of Ford Mustang LMGT3 in the LMGT3 class.
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Off the back of the crew\u2019s strong finish in Le Mans, Neel Jani will once again be partnering up with Chile\u2019s Nicolas Pino and Argentina\u2019s Nicol\u00e1s Varrone in the #99 car for the series\u2019 sole visit to Latin America on the 2025 calendar.
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The LMGT3 line-ups also remain unchanged, with Bernardo Sousa, Ben Tuck and Ben Barker continuing in the #77 Ford Mustang LMGT3, while Stefano Gattuso, Giammarco Levorato and Dennis Olsen return in the #88.
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For Sousa, the Brazilian round of the FIA WEC calendar holds special significance: \u201cBrazil will be my home race as Portugal is not part of the calendar this year. We share the same language, my wife is from Brazil \u2013 so this feels kind of like my second home. We had ups and downs this season, but we have the speed. The weather is always a bit tricky here, so it will be a difficult one, but we will try our best to get a top result.\u201d
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Fans can catch all the action from the weekend on FIA WE<\/a>C<\/a> TV<\/a> as well as on Eurosport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friday 11 July<\/strong>
11:00 \u2013 12:30 Practice 1*
(CEST: 16:00 \u2013 17:30 Practice 1)
15:45 \u2013 17:15 Practice 2*
(CEST: 20:45 \u2013 22:15 Practice 2)
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Saturday 12 July<\/strong>
10:10 \u2013 11:10 Practice 3*
(CEST: 15:10 \u2013 16:10 Practice 3)
14:45 \u2013 15:55 Qualifying*
(CEST: 19:45 \u2013 20:55 Qualifying)
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Sunday 13 July<\/strong>
11:30 \u2013 17:30 Race*
(CEST: 16:30 \u2013 22:30 Race)
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