WEC unlikely to implement 2025 two-driver line-up ban
The push to prevent teams in the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class running two-driver line-ups from next season appears to have failed. A proposal to that effect put forward by the WRT BMW squad has not met with favour from the other participants and is likely to be abandoned. The calls were led by WRT […]
Ferrari set for Spa WEC appeal hearing
The FIA International Court of Appeal will rule on the appeal made by the factory Ferrari AF Corse team after it unsuccessfully challenged the decision of the race stewards to restart the Spa 6 Hours on 11 May beyond the scheduled finish time of the race and therefore the provisional results of the third round […]
Austin WEC win redemption for Le Mans heartbreak, say Ferrari crew
The drivers of the winning Ferrari in Sunday’s Austin World Endurance Championship round described the victory as a redemption for their near-miss at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Robert Kubica and Robert Shwartzman, who shared the winning AF Corse-run Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar with Yifei Ye, both used the word in reference to the […]
Ferrari AF Corse sneaks past Toyota for win
In a thrilling finish to Sunday’s Lone Star Le Mans six-hour race on the Circuit of The Americas, a customer AF Corse-run 499P driven by Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye, and Robert Shwartzman at Austin took the win after a battle with Toyota. All mere hours after Charles Leclerc’s Italian Grand Prix victory at Monza earlier […]
Austin our best chance of a podium in WEC 2024
Cadillac driver Alex Lynn believes that the US marque has its best chance of the season of making it onto the World Endurance Championship podium at Austin this weekend. The Briton expressed confidence that the Caddy V-Series.R LMDh run by Chip Ganassi Racing he shares with Earl Bamber can post its most competitive showing this […]
Alpine concedes definitive Le Mans engine fix unlikely this year
Alpine appears unlikely to introduce the engine upgrade to overcome the problem that resulted in the early retirement of both its cars at the Le Mans 24 Hours this season. The French manufacturer revealed at the Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship in July that a valve issue put its two A424 LMDhs out […]
Giovinazzi beats Kubica to pole as Ferrari locks out front row
Antonio Giovinazzi claimed Ferrari’s second World Endurance Championship pole position of the season ahead of Sunday’s Austin round. The Italian topped the times in the Hyperpole session for the fastest 10 cars in first qualifying by nearly three tenths of a second in the best of the Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars. Giovinazzi flew around […]
Cadillac heads Ferrari in ultra-close final practice
Cadillac topped the timesheets in final practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship event at Austin. Alex Lynn set a best time of 1m51.571s in the sole Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R to put the American marque at the front on its home turf, with Ferrari and Toyota finishing close behind in second and third respectively. It […]
Giovinazzi leads Ferrari 1-2 in FP2
Ferrari returned to the top of the World Endurance Championship timesheets for the first time since the Le Mans 24 Hours in second free practice for this weekend’s Austin round. The two factory Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars, which could only finish fifth and sixth last time out in the WEC at Interlagos, ended up […]