Max Verstappen could race WEC hypercars «in a few years», says BMW’s Robin Frijns
Factory BMW driver Robin Frijns expects Max Verstappen to make the switch to the World Endurance Championship in the future, with Hypercar likely to be his preferred category. Frijns recently returned to the Nurburgring-Nordschleife for the third round of the Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS). Together with Marco Wittmann and Phillip Eng, he competed in the Schubert Motorsport […]
What caused Marco Sorensen’s heavy WEC Prologue crash for Aston Martin?
Marco Sorensen says tyre warm-up issues led to his dramatic crash during Tuesday’s Prologue test for the 2026 World Endurance Championship at Imola.The factory Aston Martin driver was on an outlap with around 90 minutes remaining in the morning session when he went off-track at Tamburello and smashed heavily into the wall. Although the Dane climbed out […]
Toyota’s 100th WEC race: The highs, lows and defining moments
Toyota has been an ever-present fixture in the World Endurance Championship since its (re)birth in 2012. While its rivals have joined, left and returned over the last decade and a half, Toyota remained committed to the championship through wider automotive industry shifts and even a global pandemic. It has not been a smooth ride though, and […]
Lance Stroll encouraged by maiden GT3 race despite troubled run at Paul Ricard
Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll says he was “encouraged” by his performance on his GT3 debut, even if his “race was basically over” by the time he took over the wheel. With F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix cancelled due to the Iran War, Stroll headed to Paul Ricard in the south of France last weekend […]
Ferrari finishes 1-2-3 as Aston Martin suffers big shunt
Ferrari dominated the official Prologue test for the 2026 World Endurance Championship at Imola, locking out the top three spots in the Hypercar class. Antonio Fuoco set a best time of 1m31.177s in the factory #50 Ferrari 499P just 30 minutes into the start of the afternoon session, beating Antonio Giovinazzi’s morning benchmark by four tenths […]
Renger van der Zande “hurt” by Porsche Penske’s team order tactics in Sebring
Renger van der Zande wasn’t a fan of his front row seat watching the politics of team orders play out between the two dominant Porsche Penske Motorsport entries at last month’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. The Dutchman, who co-drives Acura Meyer Shank Racing’s #93 Acura ARX-06 with fellow full-timer Nick Yelloly, was practically a […]
Ex-F1 driver Daniil Kvyat impresses on Super GT debut with sixth place
Daniil Kvyat made an eye-catching start to his Super GT career by finishing sixth in the GT300 class in the 2026 season opener at the Okayama International Circuit. The former Formula 1 driver shared the #88 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 with Takashi Kogure on his debut in the Japanese series. Kvyat’s move to Super GT […]
Lance Stroll makes GT debut at GTWCE Paul Ricard
Lance Stroll’s debut in the GT World Challenge Europe at Paul Ricard ended in low-key fashion, as his #18 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin squad took 48th place in a late retirement following a series of earlier issues. In the six-hour race, Stroll’s co-driver Mari Boya started the event and was followed by Roberto Merhi, with […]
Lance Stroll makes GT debut at GTWCE Paul Ricard
Lance Stroll’s debut in the GT World Challenge Europe at Paul Ricard ended in low-key fashion, as his #18 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin squad took 48th place in a late retirement following a series of earlier issues. In the six-hour race, Stroll’s co-driver Mari Boya started the event and was followed by Roberto Merhi, with […]