The near-supernatural racing talent of Porsche’s Kevin Estre
If you’re looking for a fun distraction that’s of course racing related, search “Kevin Estre onboard” on YouTube. There you’ll find a litany of videos ranging from the tens of thousands of views, to one with over 1.9 million. From the 2021 Nuburgring 24 Hours alone, there’s a wet qualifying lap where his near-supernatural car […]
WEC introduces new ballast system to compensate for driver weight
The World Endurance Championship has introduced a new system designed to reduce the advantage of lighter drivers in the series. What is known as compensation ballast will be applied to cars across the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes from this week’s 2025 season-opener in Qatar. Its introduction, which has been under discussion since last year, follows […]
Ferrari gets weight break under WEC Qatar BoP
Ferrari and Toyota will go to the grid for this month’s Qatar World Endurance Championship season-opener significantly lighter than 12 months ago when they both proved uncompetitive. The Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar will race at a 1037kg minimum weight compared with 1075kg last year, and the Toyota GR010 HYBRID LMH 1065kg, versus 1089kg at […]
Sargeant steps down from Genesis-backed sportscar seat
Former Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant has withdrawn from his planned commitments with the Genesis-backed IDEC Sport team in the European Le Mans Series this year. The French outfit announced on Tuesday that Sargeant was “stepping away from the sport to pursue further interests” and would be replaced by another driver in the coming days. […]
Pitbull is no longer a co-owner of Trackhouse Racing
Armando Christian Perez, a.k.a. Pitbull, a.k.a. Mr. Worldwide, abruptly announced on social media today that he is no longer a co-owner of Trackhouse Racing. Pitbull joined Trackhouse Racing at the beginning of 2021, just ahead of the team’s foray into the NASCAR Cup series. He spoke enthusiastically about loving both music and motorsports, and wanting […]
Ferrari reveals retro hypercar livery for 2025 WEC
Ferrari has unveiled a new retro livery for the two factory 499P Le Mans Hypercars ahead of its 2025 World Endurance Championship campaign. The Italian manufacturer has adopted blood red for the two AF Corse-run works cars in what Ferrari sportscar racing boss Antonello Coletta labelled a “reminder of the past”. It stated on the […]
Jota-Cadillac announces Button’s co-drivers for 2025 WEC
Jenson Button will race alongside Earl Bamber and Sebastien Bourdais in this year’s World Endurance Championship at the Jota Cadillac squad. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion was named in the #38 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh along with Bamber and Bourdais on Tuesday when Jota revealed how the six drivers it announced in November would line […]
Alpine announces new team-mates for Schumacher in WEC 2025
Mick Schumacher will be joined by Frederic Makowiecki and Jules Gounon in Alpine’s World Endurance Championship line-up for 2025. It means the ex-Formula 1 racer will have two new full-season team-mates in the #36 Alpine A424 LMDh for his second year of sportscar racing. In 2024 he was joined by Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviere, who […]
Aston Martin completes line-up for Hypercar project in WEC and IMSA
Aston Martin will run an all-British line-up in one of its Valkyrie AMR-LMHs at the Le Mans 24 Hours and across the full World Endurance Championship this season. The double Le Mans class winner Harry Tincknell, who was announced as part of The Heart of Racing Hypercar class line-up last November, will be joined by […]