Toyota takes pole to close points gap on Porsche
Toyota claimed pole position for the Bahrain World Endurance Championship finale to move one point closer to Porsche in the manufacturers’ standings. Brendon Hartley took the top spot in the Hyperpole session on Friday evening aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar, his first pole since this race last year. It means that […]
Peugeot tops final practice in season finale weekend
Peugeot returned to the top of the times in final practice for this weekend’s season finale of the World Endurance Championship in Bahrain. Jean-Eric Vergne set the pace in the Friday morning Free Practice 1 session aboard the #93 Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar, following up on Paul di Resta’s table-topping performance in FP1 […]
Porsche to introduce evo joker update for WEC and IMSA in 2025
Porsche has revealed it is planning to introduce an evo joker update on its 963 LMDh for next year – at the same time as revealing it has already used one. The performance upgrades for the German manufacturer’s campaigns in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar next year are focussed on the front […]
BMW tops FP2 from Porsche
BMW topped the times in second free practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship curtain-closer in Bahrain. Dries Vanthoor posted the fastest time in Free Practice 2 at the wheel of the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh run by the WRT squad. He set his session best of 1m48.257s early on in the 90-minute […]
Porsche open to flexible driver line-up approach in six-hour WEC races
Porsche Penske Motorsport could modify its plan to run just two drivers in the regular six-hour World Endurance Championship races next year. The team will go into its 2025 WEC campaign with a “flexible approach” after opting to downsize from three to two drivers in each of the factory Porsche 963 LMDhs, PPM managing director […]
Peugeot leads Porsche in opening practice
Peugeot set the pace in the opening practice session for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain. Former Formula 1 driver Paul di Resta set a time of 1m50.837s in the #94 Peugeot 9X8 LMH at a hot and sunny Bahrain International Circuit on Thursday afternoon, eclipsing the previous benchmark of Frederic Makowiecki in […]
Lotterer could continue with Porsche despite losing Hypercar drive
Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer has not ruled out continuing his relationship with Porsche when he leaves its World Endurance Championship Hypercar squad after this season. The German, who took his three Le Mans wins with Audi in 2011, ’12 and ’14, has revealed that talks with Porsche to extend his time […]
Phil Hanson set to join AF Corse for FIA WEC season 2025
Briton Phil Hanson will race the ‘customer’ Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar run by AF Corse in next year’s World Endurance Championship. The 2019/20 WEC LMP2 title winner will move over from the British Jota squad with which he is contesting this year’s WEC in the Hypercar class at the wheel of a privateer Porsche […]
Toyota WEC boss Leupen stands down with immediate effect
Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe race director Rob Leupen is departing the Cologne-based organisation that masterminds the Japanese manufacturer’s World Endurance Championship campaign. The 60-year-old Dutchman, also managing director of the company, will leave the employ of TGR-E at the end of the year, but has stepped down from his operational role with immediate effect ahead […]