Lopez named as Toyota Hypercar reserve for WEC’s Le Mans 24 Hours
Jose Maria Lopez will be on standby at next month’s Le Mans 24 Hours as a Toyota Hypercar reserve driver for the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event. Toyota Gazoo Racing has formalised the role the 2021 Le Mans winner played last year when he replaced the injured Mike Conway at short notice ahead of the […]
Iron Lynx to run special Mercedes Silver Arrows livery at Le Mans 2025
Mercedes World Endurance Championship squad Iron Lynx will run a special livery at this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours to celebrate the German marque’s victory of the famous enduro in 1989. The customer team will deck its three Mercedes GT3s in the popular Silver Arrows scheme that was used when the manufacturer claimed a dominant […]
Toyota to mark anniversary of its Le Mans 24 Hours project with special livery
Toyota will mark the 40th anniversary of its first factory-supported assault on the Le Mans 24 Hours with a special livery for this year’s edition of the race. The #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar to be driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries in the double-points round of the World […]
AF Corse Ferrari triumphs again after flag-to-flag battle
Ferrari teammates James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi took the win in the Spa 6 Hours on Sunday by 4s from the sister 499P Le Mans Hypercar shared by Nicklas Nielsen, Miguel Molina and Antonio Fuoco, with the third-placed Alpine A424 LMDh driven by Frédéric Makowiecki, Jules Gounon and Mick Schumacher a further […]
Ferrari keeps dominating WEC with another pole
Ferrari blocked out the top three positions in qualifying for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours as the Italian manufacturer continued its domination of the 2025 World Endurance Championship. Antonio Fuoco claimed his first pole of the year aboard the #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar by three tenths of a second in the 12-minute Hyperpole session […]
Aston Martin gets BoP boost for Spa 6 Hours after poor start to WEC campaign
Aston Martin received a double Balance of Performance break for its Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar ahead of this weekend’s round of the World Endurance Championship at Spa. The Valkyrie will go to the grid in Belgium 16kg lighter than at last month’s Imola round and with an increase in maximum power of 15kW (20bhp). The […]
Jochen Mass, 1946-2025
Jochen Mass disproved the saying that nice guys finish last. A charming man who was universally liked, the German was a race winner in Formula 1 and one of the top sportscar drivers of his generation, claiming a victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours. But perhaps the German, who has died aged 78 from […]
Silverstone unlikely to join WEC 2026 due to no plans for calendar expansion
An expansion of the World Endurance Championship calendar beyond its present eight races has been ruled out for 2026. Series boss Frederic Lequien stressed the importance of stability and continuity when revealing that plans to increase the number of rounds beyond the traditional eight remain on the back burner. “I have said many times that […]
McLaren to exit Formula E in order to focus on WEC entry
McLaren will withdraw from Formula E at the end of the current 2024-25 season, following its recent announcement that it would be entering the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class in 2027. The British squad took over from Mercedes at the start of the Gen3 era, introduced in the 2022-23 campaign, as the German marque sold […]