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The FIA / WEC and American Le Mans Series (ALMS) share the same weekend at Austin (Texas), while the final two rounds of Grand Am also take place this month.

Circuit Of The Americas: A great weekend that begins on Saturday the 21st of September in the eighth race of the ALMS 2013 that will include the return of the DeltaWing for the first time with a closed cockpit. No doubt it will be followed very closely not just by observers of the American series, but also by competitors in the FIA World Endurance Championship who will compete in the fifth round of the championship on Sunday the 22nd of September.

Grand Am: The season concludes in two episodes. The eleventh round of the Grand Am series was held on the 8th of September at Laguna Seca in California. After his third place in IndyCar at Baltimore on the 1st of September, Sebastien Bourdais finished in fifth position at the wheel of a Corvette DP enterd by 8Star Motorsports. It was another Corvette DP that won the race, driven by Italian Max Angelelli and Jordan Taylor (22 years old). Factory driver of the American manufacturer in La Sarthe, he finished fourth in LM GTE Pro with Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia. Bourdais will also be at Circuit Of The Americas in the World Championship in a Ferrari 458 Italia entered in LM GTE Am The twelfth and final round of the 2013 Grand Am season will take place on the 26th of September at Lime Rock Park (Connecticut).

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Photo: SEBRING (FLORIDA, USA) SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, 12 HOURS OF SEBRING, START, March 17, 2012. In 2012, the inaugural race of the FIA World Endurance Championship was the 12 Hours of Sebring. After Florida in 2012, Texas will host the American round of the World Championship in 2013.