Rumor: Magnussen eyes prime Le Mans seat for 2022
(GMM) Kevin Magnussen (shown above with wife Louise) could be heading to Le Mans in 2022. After losing his place in Formula 1, the Dane is embarking on a sports … Read More
Category: World Endurance Championship
Toyota to Reveal New Le Mans Hypercar on the 15th (Update)
Toyota has already tested its hypercar racer at Paul Ricard race circuit with great success. Just days away from its official launch next week, Toyota fired up the engine and … Read More
Glickenhaus partners with Joest and Sauber for LMH project
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has enlisted 24 Hours of Le Mans winners Joest Racing and Sauber to work on its Le Mans Hypercar program for the FIA World Endurance Championship. The … Read More
Castroneves to race for Polish LMP2 team at Sebring WEC event (Update)
Corrected title of article. As the first Polish team in the World Endurance Championship, Inter Europol Competition is very proud to announce Alex Brundle (GB), Renger van der Zande (NL) … Read More
Aston Martin drops factory WEC program for 2021
Aston Martin Racing has confirmed the British marque will switch its strategic focus of its Vantage GT motorsport program to concentrate on customer operations from 2021 onwards. In its nine … Read More
Racing Team India forms star-studded all-Indian drivers line-up for Le Mans
Racing Team India is set to create history by becoming the first team to feature an all-Indian drivers line-up globally, in the world of endurance racing at the 20201 Asian … Read More
World Motorsport Council finalizes all categories for 2021
On the occasion of the FIA Annual General Assembly Week in Geneva, the World Motor Sport Council convened Wednesday for the fourth and final meeting of 2020. The meeting was … Read More
Doug Fehan Steps Away After 25 Years With Corvette Racing
Corvette Racing program manager Doug Fehan is stepping away from his position following the team’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Fehan started with GM Racing in 1988 and worked on … Read More
Peugeot Sport unveils the technical features of its Hypercar
Peugeot will return to the FIA’s World Endurance Championship (WEC) after a decade-long hiatus with a hybrid race car developed jointly with oil company Total, one of its historic partners. … Read More
Porsche Confirms LMDh Program for 2023
The Executive Board at Porsche AG has approved the development of a Le Mans Daytona hybrid (LMDh) racing prototype. After careful evaluation, Porsche Motorsport received the direction to build a … Read More
WEC confirms tweaked qualifying format for 2021
Simplification of the WEC’s sporting regulations was an important target for 2021, with regulations set to stimulate championship growth, create sporting fairness and to ensure that costs remain controlled in … Read More
Audi exits Formula E, Confirms Return To Endurance Racing
Audi has today announced that it will return to the world of endurance racing pleasing motorsport fans across the globe. The German manufacturer confirmed in a press release earlier that … Read More
DragonSpeed Returns to WEC in 2021 as Montoya Joins Hedman and Hanley
The 10Star DragonSpeed LMP2 team will return to the FIA World Endurance Championship in 20201 after a season’s hiatus. Team stalwart Henrik Hedman is scheduled to be paired for a … Read More
Conway, Lopez, Kobayashi Clinch WEC Title with Bahrain Win
Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María López won the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) title with victory in the eighth and final race of the season as TOYOTA … Read More
BMW Motorsport Boss Jens Marquardt moves on to a new role
In an unexpected move, BMW Motorsport Boss Jens Marquardt is leaving behind his racing activities. After nearly 10 years at the helm of the BMW Motorsport program, Marquardt will now head the … Read More
Rebellion WEC program shuttered
Rebellion announced back in February it would cease operations after this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was run last weekend. On 4 December 2019, it was announced that … Read More
Rumor: Acura to announce LMDh IMSA and WEC Prototype (NO!) (Update)
This rumor is downgraded to ‘false’ today. Acura DID NOT announce an LMDh entry but instead announced that Wayne Taylor Racing (dropping Cadillac) and Meyer Shank Racing will run Acura … Read More
Aston Martin clinches WEC manufacturers title
Aston Martin has won the 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans. The British manufacturer, which was last victorious in the world-famous event in 2017, recorded its best ever result at … Read More
Toyota takes 3rd straight 24 Hours of LeMans win
Kazuki Nakajima brought the #8 Toyota across the finish line 5 laps ahead of the #1 Rebellion driven by Norman Nato to win the Covid-19 postponed 24 Hours of LeMans. … Read More
Le Mans Hour 21: #8 Toyota stretches’ lead, LMGTE-Pro battle wages
The #8 Toyota TS050 of Brendon Hartley, Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastian Buemi have extended their lead to 5-laps at the Le Mans 24 Hours. An extended pit stop for the … Read More
Le Mans Hour 18: Drama in LMP2 and GTE Am shakes up the front runners
The sun has finally risen after a long 12 hours of darkness for this 88th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the race has entered its final … Read More
Le Mans Hour 13: #7 Toyota loses 6 laps, #8 leads
At the 12-hour mark the two Toyotas led the 24 Hours of Le Mans comfortably. Then disaster struck. A turbo problem on the leading #7 just after half-distance handed the … Read More
Le Mans Halfway: Toyotas still 1-2, Ferrari leads LMGTE-Pro
The 24 Hours of Le Mans has reached the halfway point and after 12 hours the two Toyotas continue to lead the two Rebellions by 2 laps for the overall … Read More
Le Mans Hour 9: #7 Toyota leads #8 Toyota by 1 lap
It’s night in Le Mans and the #7 Toyota has now taken a 1-lap lead over the sister #8 Toyota who suffered a brake issue in their #8 Toyota TS050 … Read More