Ferrari pegged back by BoP amid 2025 WEC supremacy

Ferrari pegged back by BoP amid 2025 WEC supremacy

Ferrari will run at the Hypercar minimum power for the first time at this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Interlagos. The Italian manufacturer’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar, which is unbeaten in the WEC this year, will race at 480kW (644bhp) under the Balance of Performance for the Brazilian event on Sunday. That means it […]

Spa 24 Hours: Lamborghini takes maiden victory

Spa 24 Hours: Lamborghini takes maiden victory

Grasser Lamborghini claimed a hard-fought maiden win at the 2025 24 Hours of Spa, as Mirko Bortolotti, Luca Engstler, and Jordan Pepper took their Huracan GT3 to the top step of the podium. The race ran uninterrupted for the final eight hours, with the last safety car disappearing after 16 hour. Instead, the closing stages […]

How Richard Lietz went from worrying about retirement to winning Le Mans

How Richard Lietz went from worrying about retirement to winning Le Mans

Richard Lietz driving a GT Porsche in the Le Mans 24 Hours has become a real fixture of the race over the past two decades but, prior to picking up a second LMGT3 class win in succession last weekend, the Austrian had feared his racing days were over. With the introduction of the new LMGT3 […]

Can Kakunoshin Ohta’s switch to IndyCar emulate Alex Palou’s success?

Can Kakunoshin Ohta’s switch to IndyCar emulate Alex Palou’s success?

In last month’s Indianapolis 500, Takuma Sato demonstrated once again that age is a mere number as he led a significant number of laps on his way to ninth place. Indeed, only the smallest of braking misjudgements on pitlane cost him a shot at a third victory at the Speedway. But, no matter how impressive […]

The “best mistake ever made” led Phil Hanson to Le Mans victory

The “best mistake ever made” led Phil Hanson to Le Mans victory

Phil Hanson calls it “the best mistake I ever made”. He’s talking about the decision to begin his car racing career in the world of endurance, rather than stepping onto the single-seater ladder. Nine years later, he’s celebrating an overall Le Mans 24 Hours victory at the wheel of a Ferrari. He’s about right when he […]

Peugeot wants path to ‘fairness’ in WEC after Le Mans BoP debacle

Peugeot wants path to ‘fairness’ in WEC after Le Mans BoP debacle

Peugeot has said it needs the World Endurance Championship “to find the path that will make it fair for everyone”, in light of the Balance of Performance that made its Le Mans 24 Hours a struggle. Peugeot was given the worst power-to-weight ratio for the French classic; its 9X8s qualified 17th and 18th, with the […]

Where and how to watch the 2025 race on TV

Where and how to watch the 2025 race on TV

The 93rd running of the Le Mans 24 Hours is taking place this week, starting on Wednesday and Thursday with free practice and qualifying, before the race runs from Saturday 4pm to Sunday 4pm (local time). When to watch it (all times CET) Wednesday 11 June 2pm-5pm – Free Practice 1 6:45pm-7:15pm – LMP2/LMGT3 qualifying 7:30pm-8pm – […]

Gatting explains freak pitlane incident that forced her out of Le Mans 24 Hours

Gatting explains freak pitlane incident that forced her out of Le Mans 24 Hours

Iron Dames driver Michelle Gatting has explained the freak pitlane incident during the Le Mans 24 Hours Test Day that left her with a broken foot and unable to race. Gatting was due to be the gold-rated driver among the all-female Iron Dames Porsche 911 GT3 R line-up but will now be replaced by Silver-graded […]