Valentino Rossi leaning «more towards WEC» for 2025
Seven-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi is considering the World Endurance Championship over the GT World Challenge Europe as he downscales his race programme for next season. The BMW factory driver has revealed that the German manufacturer is steering him towards the WEC rather than a full campaign across the Endurance and Sprint Cup legs of […]
Second WEC crown more prestigious than maiden triumph in 2012
Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer believes that winning the World Endurance Championship title this year means more than his 2012 triumph with Audi. The German, who sealed the crown in Bahrain on Saturday with Porsche Penske Motorsport team-mates Laurens Vanthoor and Andre Lotterer, suggested that his second world crown conveys more prestige […]
Kubica set to return with customer Ferrari Hypercar in 2024 WEC
Formula 1 race winner Robert Kubica is looking increasingly certain to remain with the AF Corse customer Hypercar team in the World Endurance Championship next year. Kubica told Motorsport.com that he «didn’t come here for just one year» when questioned after last weekend’s 2024 WEC finale in Bahrain about whether he would race the yellow-liveried […]
Lamborghini assessing LMDh future; won’t rule out axing programme
Lamborghini looks set to downscale its LMDh programme for 2025 and to compete in either the World Endurance Championship or the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The Italian manufacturer, which has partnered with the Iron Lynx team in both series, is undertaking a review of its activities with the SC63 LMDh. All options are on the table, […]
Tyre allocation breach brought no performance gain in Bahrain
Ferrari has insisted that the tyre allocation infringement that resulted in it losing second place in Saturday’s Bahrain World Endurance Championship finale offered no performance advantage. Ferdinando Cannizzo, the Italian manufacturer’s sportscar racing technical director, said “nothing would have changed, no advantage and no disadvantage” when questioned the day after the race about the infraction […]
Rossi stars in WEC’s Bahrain rookie test aboard BMW Hypercar
Bike legend Valentino Rossi was a tenth from the fastest time by a Hypercar newcomer on his participation with BMW in the World Endurance Championship rookie test in Bahrain. The seven-time MotoGP champion posted a 1m50.577s aboard the #20 WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh late in the afternoon session of the test on Sunday, […]
Buemi had lost hope before comeback drive gave Toyota WEC title
Sebastien Buemi believed Toyota was out of contention for the World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ crown when he began the comeback that yielded the Japanese car maker the title in Bahrain. The Swiss “thought we were done” in his bid to take the victory Toyota needed to steal the championship from Porsche when the race went […]
Ferrari loses second place in WEC Bahrain race for exceeding tyre allocation
The second-placed factory Ferrari has been penalised for exceeding its tyre allocation in Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain and has dropped out of the points. Ferrari’s #51 499P Le Mans Hypercar shared by Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi received a penalty of 4m55s for using two more tyres than the […]
Toyota wins thriller to secure manufacturers’ crown, Porsche seals drivers’
Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer wrapped up the World Endurance Championship Hypercar drivers’ title in the eight-hour Bahrain season finale, but Toyota snatched the manufacturers’ crown from Porsche. A scintillating final stint battle between Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi and Penske Porsche Motorsport’s Matt Campbell, in which the Swiss came out on top, determined the […]