Mercedes makes Le Mans return, enters WEC with Iron Lynx
Mercedes will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time since 1999 as part of a World Endurance Championship campaign with the Iron Lynx team. The German manufacturer will enter the WEC for the first time in the LMGT3 class with the successful Mercedes-AMG GT3, a winner of the 24-hour classics at […]
Is Wehrlein, not Vettel, a contender for Porsche Le Mans seat after surprise test?
Pascal Wehrlein could be in the running for a factory drive with Porsche in next year’s Le Mans 24 Hours after a surprise appearance in last week’s Daytona test. While Porsche Penske Motorsport has already announced the driver pairings for its two factory 963 LMDh cars in the 2025 World Endurance Championship, there will be […]
Button stays with Jota for factory Cadillac switch in 2025 WEC
Jenson Button will remain with the British Jota squad in the World Endurance Championship on its graduation to the factory ranks with Cadillac next season. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion will move over with Jota from Porsche to Cadillac to drive one of two V-Series LMDhs to be fielded by the team in the […]
Toyota announces unchanged Hypercar line-up for 2025 WEC season
Toyota will go into the 2025 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up. The Japanese car maker’s #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries for a second consecutive season, while in #8 Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa stay together for a […]
Calado reveals hospitalisation after «dangerous» WEC weight loss effort
Ferrari driver James Calado has revealed that he was hospitalised with malnutrition early in this year’s World Endurance Championship campaign as a result of his efforts to lose weight. The Briton has disclosed that he became «properly ill» after the Qatar season-opener as he strived to overcome the performance disadvantage that comes with carrying extra […]
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, […]