Ferrari laments «helplessness» in WEC battle with Toyota in Brazil
Ferrari has expressed “frustration and a sense of helplessness” at its inability to challenge for a podium in Sunday’s Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship. The statement was made by Ferrari’s head of sportscar racing Antonello Coletta after the Italian manufacturer’s pair of 499P Le Mans Hypercars finished only fifth and sixth in the […]
Hartley concedes WEC title despite Toyota #8 winning at Interlagos
Reigning World Endurance Championship title winners Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa have all but conceded the crown despite winning Sunday’s Interlagos round. Read Also: Hartley believes that even after taking maximum race points in the Sao Paulo 6 Hours and moving from eighth to fifth place in the championship, the #8 Toyota GR010 […]
Toyota dominates to defeat Porsche
Toyota dominated at Interlagos on the way to a second World Endurance Championship victory of the season on Sunday. The Japanese manufacturer’s #8 GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar shared by Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa and Sebastien Buemi took the victory laurels in the Sao Paolo 6 Hours by a clear margin ahead of the two […]
Alpine confident of avoiding Le Mans engine issue in Sao Paulo WEC race
Alpine is confident it can overcome the engine problem that resulted in the early end to its Le Mans 24 Hours assault in Sunday’s Interlagos World Endurance Championship round. The French manufacturer has revealed that its two A424 LMDhs went out of Le Mans last month inside the first six hours as a result of […]
Kobayashi claims pole in Toyota 1-2
Toyota claimed its first pole position of the 2024 World Endurance Championship campaign as it blocked out the front row for Sunday’s Sao Paulo 6 Hours. Kamui Kobayashi took the top spot in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID in the 10-minute Hyperpole session for the fastest 10 cars in opening qualifying. The Japanese driver’s 1m23.140s […]
Jota leads final practice top three sweep for Porsche
Jota’s Callum Ilott headed a tight final practice session for the World Endurance Championship’s Interlagos round with the top three split by less than a tenth. Ilott headed a Porsche 963 LMDh clean sweep of the top three, his customer Jota car beating the two factory Porsche Penske Motorsport entries with a benchmark effort of […]
Le Mans win a catalyst for Ferrari’s inaugural Hypercar upgrade
Ferrari’s victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours was one of the factors behind the early introduction of the first evo joker upgrade of its 499P for Interlagos this weekend. The Italian manufacturer explained that it brought the revision focussed on rear brake cooling of its Le Mans Hypercar to the Brazilian round of the […]
Toyota dominates second practice with 1-2
The two Toyotas led the way in second free practice for Sunday’s Interlagos World Endurance Championship round as the top four cars were separated by five-hundredths of a second. Sebastien Buemi sealed the top spot with a 1m26.727s aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar early in the extended session on Friday afternoon. […]
Peugeot WEC focus shifts from reliability to performance
Peugeot has switched from focusing on the development of its updated 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar fully to improving performance after its reliable run at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Olivier Jansonnie, technical director of the Peugeot Sport organisation that develops and runs the 9X8s, revealed that he is expecting an upturn in the performance […]