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 […]
Porsche on top in FP1
A late charge from Matt Campbell propelled Porsche to the top of the timesheets in opening free practice for Sunday’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship. The Australian found almost exactly a second aboard the #5 Penske-run factory Porsche 963 LMDh as the chequered flag was being unfurled at the end of the 90-minute […]
Toyota seeking WEC damage limitation at COTA
Toyota is aiming for damage limitation in this weekend’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship as it aims to keep its title chances alive. The Japanese manufacturer doesn’t expect a repeat of its victory last time out in the WEC at Interlagos in July and is bracing itself for a “challenging weekend” on the […]
Aston Martin completes 6000km of testing with new Valkyrie LMH
Aston Martin’s new Valkyrie World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship contender has already notched up more than 6000km in testing since hitting the track last month. The Le Mans Hypercar developed by the British manufacturer out of the Adrian Newey-inspired Valkyrie road car has racked up that distance, equivalent to 3700 miles, over the […]
Toyota receives double BoP hit for Austin WEC round
Toyota has been hit with a reduction in power and an increase in weight under the Hypercar Balance of Performance for this weekend’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship. The two Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercars have lost 9kW or 12bhp in base power and gained 5kg in minimum weight for the Lone […]
WEC to launch new documentary series about Hypercar manufacturers
The World Endurance Championship has announced a new documentary series that will give an inside look into the histories of all major manufacturers competing in the Hypercar class. Titled ‘Meet the Legends’, the eight-part series will begin airing in November and will dive deeper into the «sporting, business and aspirational stories» of major car brands […]
Isotta Fraschini withdraws from WEC’s Hypercar class with immediate effect
Boutique car manufacturer Isotta Fraschini has pulled out of the World Endurance Championship with immediate effect, leaving a depleted Hypercar class for this month’s sixth round in Austin. Disagreement with the Duqueine Team, which was responsible for running a single Tipo 6-Competizione, is understood to be the key reason behind the Italian marque’s sudden decision […]
Keating returns to WEC with Proton Ford squad for Austin
Two-time World Endurance Championship title winner Ben Keating will make a return to the series for his home race in Austin next month. Keating will join up with the Proton Competition Ford squad in LMGT3 at the Circuit of the Americas on 1 September for his first appearance in a regular WEC race since leaving […]
F1 a «closed chapter» for Porsche after failed Red Bull bid
Porsche’s aspirations to return to Formula 1 are now “a closed chapter”, the marque’s motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach has revealed. Laudenbach’s assertion that Porsche has no plans for a comeback more than 30 years on from its last engagement as an engine supplier with Footwork in 1991 represent the manufacturer’s first comments about an F1 […]