Toyota weighs up third Hypercar for WEC
The Japanese manufacturer has revealed that it could take a leaf out of arch-rival Ferrari’s book and run a third car on a satellite basis in the future. But Toyota WEC race director Rob Leupen has revealed that it is already too late to put such a plan into place for next season and that […]
Schumacher confident Alpine can optimise WEC tyre warming procedures
The timing of a red flag in qualifying, triggered following a spin for Dries Vanthoor’s BMW, contributed to Alpine’s two A424 LMDhs lining up 17th and 18th for last weekend’s second round of the championship at Imola. But speaking ahead of a difficult race for the French marque, which was compromised by both cars being […]
Lamborghini not concerned over Le Mans reliability despite rain-interrupted test
The track was wet for the majority of the three days of testing at Portimao for the single long-distance test scheduled by Lamborghini and its Iron Lynx factory squad ahead of the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 15-16 June, team principal Andrea Piccini has revealed. But the ability of the new-for-2024 Lambo […]
Peugeot won’t replace Vergne, Vandoorne for Spa WEC amid Formula E clash
The French manufacturer has not nominated a replacement for either Jean-Eric Vergne or Stoffel Vandoorne, who will be competing with Peugeot sister marque DS and Penske in the clashing Berlin round of the Formula E World Championship on the weekend of 11/12 May. It means Nico Muller and Mikkel Jensen will race the #93 Peugeot […]
Alpine confident for ‘good news’ in Habsburg injury recovery
The French manufacturer dropped hints at last weekend’s Imola WEC race that it expects the Austrian to retake his place alongside Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup Chatin in the #35 Alpine A424 LMDh at the Spa 6 Hours on 11 May. “We are expecting good news from Ferdy this week,” said Philippe Sinault, boss of Signatech […]
Toyota not “getting over excited” over WEC Imola triumph
David Floury, technical director at Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, made the claim after Kamui Kobayashi, Nyck de Vries and Mike Conway took victory in the Imola 6 Hours after Ferrari made two key strategic errors. «I don’t think we should be over-excited because it was a race decided on a tyre call, not on pure pace,» […]
Ferrari admits to two strategic errors after losing Imola WEC race
The Italian manufacturer revealed in the aftermath of round two of the 2024 WEC that it had misinterpreted the weather forecast it received and that there was also a breakdown in the chain of command within the team at the crucial point of the six hours when rain arrived. The reason why Ferrari pitted for wet […]
Toyota holds off Porsche to win rain-hit thriller
Mike Conway, Nyck de Vries and Kamui Kobayashi won by 7.081s in their #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar over the #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 LMDh of Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre, both crews taking advantage of a timely switch to wets when the previously dominant Ferraris attempted without success to […]
Porsche and Toyota believe Ferrari «out of reach» for WEC Imola race
The two manufacturers that will line up behind the Ferrari top-three block-out on the grid believe the Italian marque will maintain its qualifying advantage in the six-hour race. “We are trying to be optimistic but, on pure pace, we are not there with Ferrari,” said Porsche driver Kevin Estre, who took fourth position aboard the […]