Alpine to continue to use Viry factory for WEC irrespective of F1 engine decision
Alpine’s factory effort in the World Endurance Championship will not be affected by any potential changes to its Formula 1 engine programme. Bruno Famin, vice president of motorsport at Alpine, has stated that the Renault brand will continue to build and maintain engines for its A424 LMDh car at Viry-Chatillon in France for the foreseeable […]
Rossi confirmed for Bahrain WEC rookie test in BMW LMDh
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will get his first run in BMW’s LMDh prototype in the World Endurance Championship rookie test in Bahrain. Rossi will get to sample the BMW M Hybrid V8 at the Bahrain International Circuit on 3 November, a day after the 2024 WEC concludes in the Gulf nation. The German manufacturer had […]
Ferrari aiming for clarity over WEC restarts after failed Spa appeal
Ferrari is hopeful of a clarification of rules governing World Endurance Championship restarts after the loss of its appeal against the failed protest of the results of May’s Spa round. The Italian manufacturer has expressed confidence that what it regards as a grey area in the sporting regulations will be addressed as a result of […]
Porsche reveals it will tweak WEC and IMSA driver line-ups for 2025
Porsche has revealed that there will be changes to its 963 LMDh driver line-ups across its factory assaults on the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship next season. The revisions planned for the two-car Porsche Penske Motorsport programmes in each series will not be radical and are scheduled to be announced prior to the […]
Toyota has made it “easier” for us to win 2024 WEC titles
Porsche driver Matt Campbell believes Toyota has made it “easier” for the German manufacturer to win the World Endurance Championship this year. Campbell made the comments after the penultimate round of 2024 WEC at Fuji, where Toyota’s best-placed car in the standings retired after a collision with the #5 Porsche 963 LMDh. Kamui Kobayashi in […]
How to turn an MX-5 Cup car into an oval track machine
Convertibles haven’t raced at Martinsville since the 1950s, when NASCAR went to a closed cockpit concept that would have the ability to run on a variety of tracks. But a temporary assignment for Martinsville president Clay Campbell led to an idea where NASCAR and IMSA leadership agreed to put Mazda MX-5 Cup cars on an […]
Gounon set for further WEC race outing with Alpine
Jules Gounon is set to graduate from his role as Alpine’s official World Endurance Championship reserve to take a race seat at Bahrain in November for a second consecutive weekend. The move is part of the same plan, put in place at the beginning of the season, that resulted in Gounon replacing Paul-Loup Chatin in […]
F1 champion Jenson Button expresses doubt about WEC future
Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button is refusing to commit to staying in the World Endurance Championship in 2025, as he hasn’t decided how long he wants to compete professionally in motorsport. The comments mark a change in stance from the Jota driver, who previously stated he saw WEC as a two-season programme after returning […]
BMW confident it can fight for wins in WEC after podium breakthrough
BMW now has the «pace to fight for wins» in the World Endurance Championship with its M Hybrid V8 LMDh, WRT team boss Vincent Vosse believes. Vosse made the statement after the #15 WRT BMW shared by Marco Wittmann, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor took M Hybrid’s first WEC Hypercar class podium with second place […]