First look at 2026 LMDh cars
With the official pre-season test at Daytona, the IMSA SportsCar Championship closed out 2025 and effectively opened the 2026 campaign. During running at Daytona International Speedway, the four LMDh manufacturers – Porsche, BMW, Cadillac and Acura – presented updates to their GTP machinery. Cadillac’s changes were the most striking: the V-Series.R now features a completely […]
No decision on next-gen Toyota GT3 debut in WEC 2026, says ASP
ASP is prepared to campaign the Lexus RC F GT3 for another season in the World Endurance Championship, with Toyota offering no clarity on when its next-generation GT3 challenger will finally appear. Long-time Mercedes customer ASP joined forces with Toyota at the start of the WEC’s LMGT3 era last year, fielding a heavily-revised version of […]
Jamie Chadwick tests Genesis LMDh, announced as 2026 WEC reserve
Genesis has signed Jamie Chadwick as its reserve driver for the 2026 World Endurance Championship after she completed her first test in the GMR-001 Hypercar. Chadwick, who was already a part of Genesis’s Trajectory Programme this year, will step up to the role after finishing third in the 2025 European Le Mans Series in an […]
Aston Martin ‘outperformed its expectations’ in first season with Valkyrie hypercar
Aston Martin “overachieved” and beat its own expectations in its maiden season in the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class, believes factory driver Tom Gamble. The British manufacturer debuted the Valkyrie LMH in 2025, running parallel programmes in the WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship with The Heart of Racing team. After a tough first outing […]
Jenson Button reveals his best career moments and favourite F1 cars
In a career spanning nearly three decades, Jenson Button won titles in Formula Ford, Formula 1 and Super GT, established himself in endurance racing, and also dabbled in NASCAR, Extreme E and rallycross. There were difficult spells along the way, and Button even admitted he once feared his time in F1 was over as he […]
Is Mercedes facing a difficult start with in-house racing division?
Mercedes-AMG is facing a huge challenge as its collaboration with HWA AG concludes at the end of November. Hans-Werner Aufrecht’s company has not only handled all of the brand’s factory racing programmes outside of Formula 1 and Formula E, but it has also been responsible for the entire GT3 project as a partner since 2010. It […]
Valentino Rossi still harbours hope of racing in WEC’s Hypercar class
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi admits he still dreams of racing a hypercar in the World Endurance Championship, but concedes his chances of doing so look slim in the short term. Rossi has made no secret of his desire to compete in prototype machinery, believing it better suits his driving style than the GT3 cars he […]
Ben Keating won’t pull double duty in 2026 Daytona 24 Hours
Ben Keating will line up in just one car at the 2026 Daytona 24 Hours in January, ending his long-running tradition of splitting driving time across two entries. After years of pulling double duty in the blue-riband round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the American has revealed that he will focus his efforts on a […]
Scott McLaughlin set for Penske Porsche drive at 2026 Daytona 24 Hours
Penske IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin is looking increasingly likely to race for the team’s IMSA SportsCar Championship squad for the first time at next January’s Daytona 24 Hours. The inclusion of the seven-time IndyCar race winner on the Porsche Penske Motorsport driver roster for the three-day IMSA pre-season Daytona test starting on Friday has been […]