Manthey’s ‘Grello’ Porsche out of Nurburgring 24 Hours after early crash
The #911 Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R has retired from the 54th edition of the Nurburgring 24 Hours after just under four hours of running following an accident for Kevin Estre in the Brunnchen section of the track. With their fiercest rival out of the race, the #3 Winward Mercedes shared by Formula 1 star […]
BMW attributes M4 GT3 turbo swap to «costs»: Was it forced by FIA?
Has the boost pressure for the BMW M4 GT3 Evo been radically slashed this year? One might certainly get that impression looking at the 2026 Balance of Performance (BoP) in the DTM or at the Nurburgring 24 Hours race. However, as Motorsport-Total.com has discovered, the car was equipped with a new turbocharger over the winter, which […]
The 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full
No. Team Car Drivers HYPERCAR — 18 cars 007 Aston Martin Thor Team Aston Martin Valkyrie Harry Tincknell Tom Gamble Ross Gunn 009 Aston Martin Thor Team Aston Martin Valkyrie Alex Riberas Marco Sorensen Roman De Angelis 7 Toyota Racing Toyota GR010 Hybrid Mike Conway Kamui Kobayashi Nyck de Vries 8 Toyota Racing Toyota GR010 […]
“He’s going to kick everyone’s ass”
In an exclusive interview with Motorsport.com, Ford Performance director Mark Rushbrook revealed that the American marque is having “regular discussions” with Max Verstappen about doing more in sportscars — including hypercar. Ford will join the top class of the World Endurance Championship from 2027 onwards, which also means it will compete in the Le Mans 24 […]
‘You cannot blame everyone else’
Malthe Jakobsen is adamant that he has to take some responsibility for the collision that forced the #94 Peugeot 9X8 out of Saturday’s World Endurance Championship race at Spa. The 22-year-old had qualified the car he shared with Loic Duval and Theo Pourchaire on pole position, with the trio remaining in the hunt for a […]
“This was a race we had to win”
Robin Frijns says BMW «had to win» the Spa World Endurance Championship race after an unusual strategic choice handed the German manufacturer a big opportunity. At Spa-Francorchamps, BMW opted for a very different strategy compared to the other Hypercar teams. The #20 M Hybrid V8 of Rene Rast, Sheldon van der Linde and Frijns took on […]
BMW scores maiden Hypercar win in chaotic finish
BMW executed an alternative strategy to perfection to claim its maiden World Endurance Championship victory in a chaotic, incident-packed Spa-Francorchamps 6 Hours race. A decision to short-fuel in the opening pitstop propelled the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh of Rene Rast, Sheldon van der Linde and Robin Frijns to the lead, which the trio […]
“We are faster than last year”
Toyota has denied it is «sandbagging» at Spa after both its cars failed to get into Q2 in Friday’s World Endurance Championship qualifying. The Japanese manufacturer could only manage the 12th- and 16th-fastest times in qualifying, just three weeks after it claimed its 50th WEC victory at Imola. The sharp contrast in performance between the […]
Peugeot beats Cadillac for maiden pole as Toyota and Ferrari struggle
Malthe Jakobsen claimed Peugeot’s first-ever World Endurance Championship pole position after topping Friday’s qualifying session for the Spa 6 Hours. Despite spinning at Raidillon on his outlap at the start of Q1 and flat-spotting his tyres, Jakobsen rebounded strongly in the #94 Peugeot 9X8 to edge out the #12 Jota Cadillac V-Series.R by just 0.043s. […]