Alonso “50/50” on LMP1 Return With Toyota
Alonso at Daytona. Will he run more IndyCar races after LeMans? First up would be Road America Fernando Alonso says there’s a “50/50" chance he’ll continue with Toyota Gazoo Racing … Read More
Category: World Endurance Championship
McLaren eyeing WEC entry
At the end of the day, McLaren races to advertise and sell high performance street-legal cars McLaren will make a decision on a possible entry to the FIA World Endurance … Read More
Porsche Top 5 Series: The 919 Hybrid Evo
For this week's Porsche Top 5, Stephen Mitas, Technical Project Lead of the 919 Hybrid Evo, met with some old friends to discuss the fastest racing car on the planet … Read More
Brabham to return to LeMans
Brabham BT62 getting ready for LeMans Brabham Automotive is delighted to confirm the brand will return to international sports car racing and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Adelaide-based … Read More
United Autosports Confirm 2019/2020 FIA WEC Program With Ligier Js P217
Albuquerque and Hanson form initial driver line up United Autosports have confirmed that they will enter the 2019/2020 FIA World Endurance Championship. The Anglo American team will enter the world-wide … Read More
Dumas Departs Ligier Automotive
Philippe Dumas Ligier Automotive general manager Philippe Dumas has announced his departure from the French sportscar manufacturer. "I would like to inform you that I’ve left my job as operational … Read More
Toyota denies Alonso and Kobayashi Sebring 12H drive
What sane person thought for a moment Toyota would let their drivers race a Cadillac at the same track on the same weekend? Both Action Express Racing and Wayne Taylor … Read More
Porsche Motorsport enters into a multi-year partnership with PUMA
Porsche works driver 2019 As of January 1st, 2019, Puma, the globally active sports lifestyle brand, has become the exclusive technical partner of the whole Porsche Motorsport team for fireproof … Read More
Onroak Automotive, OAK Racing, Sodemo and Tork Engineering merge
Onroak Automotive, OAK Racing, Sodemo and Tork Engineering merge into Ligier Automotive: one name, one force. One name to bring together four entities of the Everspeed’s Automotive pole: the racing … Read More
Formula E champion Vergne to stay with G-Drive for endurance races
Jean-Eric Vergne World Endurance Championship team G-Drive Racing has confirmed that reigning FIA Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne will return to the squad next year. Vergne, who currently races for … Read More
G-Drive Completes Sebring Test; Planning 2019 Programs
#26 Oreca G-Drive car at leMans Russian G-Drive Racing, run out of the TDS Racing workshop, has completed a test at Sebring International Raceway, with the Russian squad in the … Read More
Key Changes In 2019 Le Mans Supplementary Regulations
LeMans Timeline: – Competitors can file an entry application as from yesterday and until January 31, 2019. They must also nominate at least one driver. – Provisional list and non-exhaustive … Read More
Ferrari eyeing FIA WEC Hypercar program
Toyota Hypercar concept Ferrari is one of a number of high profile manufacturers ready to commit to the next ‘Hypercar’ regulations set to replace the current LMP1 from the 2020/2021 … Read More
Porsche confirms 2019 WEC/IMSA programs
#92 Porsche at LeMans Porsche has announced its driver line-ups for next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans as part of its 2019 program reveal during an end-of-season ceremony on … Read More
34 Cars on Provisional 1000-Mile Sebring Entry List
Sebring A provisional 34-car entry list has been released for the FIA World Endurance Championship’s return to Sebring in March. Both Aston Martin and Ferrari will run additional drivers in … Read More
Dempsey Porsche team caught cheating in Fuji (Update)
#88 and #77 Dempsey Porsches caught cheating UPDATE The GTE-Am championship-leading Dempsey-Proton Racing squad has lost all points from the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship season following a data logger … Read More
LeMans entry list announcements to change
LeMans The entry list for next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans is set for a two-stage reveal amid the FIA World Endurance Championship’s ‘Super Season’ and later-than-usual completion of … Read More
A Year Of Celebration – Following Porsche’s 70th Anniversary Tour At Brands Hatch
Porsche 919 Porsche celebrated their 70th anniversary with a victory tour in 2018, smashing lap records with the specially-developed LMP1 919 Hybrid Evo at legendary tracks such as Spa-Francorchamps and … Read More
Alonso smoking funny weed
Fernando Alonso (c) said the other LMP1 cars are 'much' faster than the Toyotas. In the race the Toyotas lapped the field as we predicted. Fernando must be smoking some … Read More
Buemi fastest for Toyota on wet Shanghai Friday
#7 Toyota of Sebastien Buemi before a huge Friday crowd As expected, Toyota, which enjoys a huge advantage over its rivals as allowed by the FIA (so they do not … Read More
Successful first test for Alessandro Zanardi in the BMW M8 GTE
Testing in the wet BMW works driver Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) has successfully completed his first test in the BMW M8 GTE in preparation for the 24-hour race at Daytona (USA) … Read More
Non-hybrids cut some slack in Shanghai, but not enough
Toyota still guaranteed to win LMP1 non-hybrids have been granted a fuel boost ahead of next weekend’s FIA World Endurance Championship round at Shanghai International Circuit. Data published in the … Read More
Redline Corvette C7.R livery for Shanghai
Strange not seeing the Corvettes in yellow Chevrolet revealed the Redline livery that the No. 64 Redline/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R will feature when it races in the FIA World … Read More
McLaren expansion follies further neutered
McLaren is at the back of the grid in F1. It needs to fix that before expanding into other series With it's F1 program in shambles McLaren is “highly unlikely" … Read More