Ferrari snatches pole from Toyota
Antonio Giovinazzi snatched pole position for Ferrari after the chequered flag had fallen in final qualifying for Sunday’s World Endurance Championship curtain-raiser at Imola. The Italian reprised his pole of last year in the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar with a 1m30.127s that propelled him from third to the top of the times as the […]
Why Kazuki Nakajima sees the 2016 Le Mans defeat as Toyota’s WEC highlight
Toyota has been part of the World Endurance Championship since its inception in 2012. From LMP1 to the Hypercar era, the Japanese manufacturer has experienced many highs and lows as it approaches its 100th race in the series. During that time, Toyota has claimed 49 wins and started from pole position 42 times. In total, it […]
Robert Wickens impresses in GTD qualifying at Long Beach
Robert Wickens nearly pulled off a phenomenal GTD pole run in qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. UPDATE: The pole-sitting #89 Vasser Sullivan was found to have a ground clearance violation in post-qualifying inspection, sending the Lexus to the rear of the grid. That means DXDT Racing and Wickens inherit the pole […]
Nick Yelloly on GTP pole, Lexus leads GTD
Nick Yelloly stormed to pole in a furious round of IMSA qualifying for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The Briton, who shares Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s #93 Acura ARX-06 with Renger van der Zande, blitzed the field with a flying lap of 1m11.626s around the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit. BMW M Team WRT’s […]
Porsche Penske driver loan sets up ‘teammate’ rivalry in Long Beach
Julien Andlauer will go from sharing a race seat to potentially trading paint with Laurin Heinrich at this weekend’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The two drivers, along with Felipe Nasr, shared driving duties in Porsche Penske Motorsport’s (PPM) #7 Porsche 963 that was victorious in the opening two rounds — Rolex 24 At […]
‘With the BoP hidden, part of the race story will be missing’
Ferrari says the decision to keep Balance of Performance data secret in the 2026 World Endurance Championship will take away a key element of the ‘race narrative’. Earlier this week, it emerged that the WEC will no longer publish BoP figures in 2026, with any information kept private between the teams and the series. Previously, […]
“We don’t fully understand the car yet”
Following the postponement of the Qatar 1812km, the 2026 World Endurance Championship season gets underway at Imola. It was at the Italian circuit that factory BMW driver Robin Frijns secured his best Hypercar result in 2025, finishing second. During this week’s Prologue — also held at Imola due to the war in the Middle East — the […]
Maiden WEC victory at last or another transitional year?
There is a massive sense of anticipation at Peugeot’s World Endurance Championship squad for the coming 2027 season. That is when further Evo jokers are finally expected to eliminate the remaining weaknesses of the 9X8 — remnants of an unfortunate timeline of events from the project’s early phases in 2020, including the LMH-LMDh convergence. But before […]
‘We’re protecting ourselves from speculation’
The Balance of Performance in the World Endurance Championship will no longer be made public in 2026, in a move aimed at preventing speculation and misinterpretation, the FIA and ACO officials explained during a media briefing at Imola. As teams were still arriving at the circuit on Thursday morning, a small group of media outlets – […]