BMW leads Porsche and Cadillac in tight FP2
BMW, Porsche and Cadillac ended up within two hundredths of each other at the top of the times in second free practice for Sunday’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji. Dries Vanthoor led the way for the WRT BMW team from Porsche driver Matt Campbell and Cadillac’s Alex Lynn in the 90-minute FP2 session on […]
Peugeot evaluating further hypercar upgrades for 2025 WEC season
Peugeot is evaluating the introduction of further upgrades to its Le Mans Hypercar in 2025 in order to close the gap to the front in the World Endurance Championship. The French manufacturer wants to get a full understanding of the potential of the updated 9X8 2024 by the end of the current season in order […]
Porsche pips Toyota in red-flagged opening practice
Porsche led home favourite Toyota in a red-flagged opening practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji. Laurens Vanthoor set a best time of 1m30.581s in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh at the very beginning of the 90-minute session to head the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Ryo Hirakawa by just 0.010s. Third […]
Austin clash with Estre «looked worse than it was»
Toyota driver Sebastien Buemi believes his late-race clash with Kevin Estre’s Porsche at the Austin World Endurance Championship round «looked worse than it was». Buemi insisted that the camera angles of the incident on the Circuit of The America’s back straight when he moved over on the Frenchman to defend his position «made it look […]
Hyundai announces factory LMDh programme under Genesis brand
Hyundai is developing an LMDh prototype for an entry into endurance racing arena under its premium Genesis brand. The move predicted by Motorsport.com in July was finally confirmed in a short statement on social media on Thursday that gave no further details or a timeline for its first entry into top-line sportscar racing. It was […]
Ferrari appeal against Spa WEC result thrown out by court
The results of the Spa 6 Hours World Endurance Championship round in May stand after Ferrari’s appeal of its failed protest was rejected by the FIA International Court of Appeal. The decision of the court, announced on Tuesday after a hearing in Geneva last week, means that the #12 Jota Porsche 963 LMDh shared by […]
Toyota takes another BoP hit for home WEC race at Fuji
Toyota has received a further double hit under the Balance of Performance for this weekend’s Fuji World Endurance Championship round after its near-miss last time out at Austin. The Japanese manufacturer’s GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will run with reduced maximum power and increased minimum weight under the Hypercar BoP released on Tuesday for the […]
Gounon gets Alpine drive for Fuji WEC round
Alpine reserve driver Jules Gounon will replace Paul-Loup Chatin at the Signatech-run team for the Fuji 6 Hours round of the World Endurance Championship. Alpine made the announcement on Friday ahead of next week’s race, explaining that plans for Gounon’s outing had been made prior to the season with the team’s sole motive being giving […]
Wayne Taylor Racing announces Cadillac return for 2025 IMSA season
Wayne Taylor Racing will return to the Cadillac fold after a four-year absence to run a pair of entries in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year. Cadillac finally went public with what had become an open secret on Thursday when it also confirmed that reigning IMSA champion team Action Express Racing will continue to run a […]