Genesis completes first fire-up of GMR-001 Hypercar engine
Genesis fired up the engine in its new-for-2026 World Endurance Championship LMDh contender for the first time ahead of the start of testing next month. The 3.2-litre twin-turbo V8 ran in the GMR-001 Hypercar in static conditions at the workshops of chassis partner ORECA Motorsport near Paul Ricard circuit on 9 July. The fire-up was […]
WRT could replace Rahal Letterman Lanigan as BMW’s 2026 IMSA representative
The Belgian WRT team is in the running to expand its programme with the BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh into the IMSA SportsCar Championship next season. BMW’s representative in the World Endurance Championship has revealed that it is in negotiation to take over Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s IMSA programme, after the German manufacturer opted against renewing […]
Toyota calls WEC 2025 «boring» in BoP revision push
Toyota has labelled this year’s World Endurance Championship as “boring” and made a thinly-veiled call for changes to the system of Balance of Performance to improve the spectacle. David Floury, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, bemoaned the quality of the on-track action in the WEC’s Hypercar division during 2025, labelling it “a sad […]
Cadillac 1-2 in qualifying for 6 hrs race
Cadillac claimed a 1-2 in qualifying for this weekend’s Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship, its second straight front row lock-out. Alex Lynn followed up on his pole position at the Le Mans 24 Hours in June by taking qualifying honours in Brazil ahead of team-mate Sébastien Bourdais in the second of the British […]
Cadillac penalty shakes up starting grid
Cadillac has lost its front-row lock-out for this weekend’s Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship for an on-track infringement. Sébastien Bourdais, who ended up second in the Hyperpole session to Jota Cadillac team-mate Alex Lynn, has been docked one grid position for impeding another car. This occurred during the opening period of qualifying, after […]
The key factor in Lexus’ maiden WEC victory at Sao Paulo
The Auto Sport Promotion Lexus squad seized the chance offered by the introduction of a new Goodyear LMGT3 tyre at Interlagos to claim a maiden World Endurance Championship class victory. Team boss Jerome Policand has revealed that ASP began preparing for the opportunity as long ago as last November with an extensive test programme on […]
Jenson Button will leave WEC after 2025, but won’t retire yet
Jenson Button will not continue in the World Endurance Championship with the Jota Cadillac team next season. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion has opted against undertaking a full programme of racing in 2026, but has insisted that he is not retiring. Button, who has a two-year contract with Jota covering the 2024 and ’25 […]
Every NASCAR Cup win with Red Bull as the primary sponsor
Red Bull has an interesting history in NASCAR, entering the sport with a race team in the mid-2000s and attempting to form a championship-caliber organization. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out as well as their Formula 1 venture as Red Bull Racing’s NASCAR branch shut down at the conclusion of the 2011 season. Now, if you want […]
Why Adrian Newey “goes to another office” to avoid work on 2025 Aston Martin F1 car
Adrian Newey made a rare appearance trackside during the British Grand Prix Formula 1 weekend. Apart from a visit to Monaco in May (and a cameo at the Goodwood Festival of Speed) he has been sequestered within Aston Martin’s ‘campus’ near Silverstone since he started at the team in March. But while Newey was present […]