Laurens Vanthoor joins McLaren’s 2027 WEC programme on Porsche loan deal
Laurens Vanthoor will race for McLaren’s new Hypercar team in the 2027 World Endurance Championship while remaining under contract with Porsche through the end of that season. The Belgian was named as the second driver for the McLaren MCL-HY project on Friday, just days after its first signing Mikkel Jensen shook down the car for […]
Ferrari hopes for revenge at Spa after Imola WEC defeat to Toyota
Nicklas Nielsen hopes Ferrari can take revenge on Toyota at this weekend’s World Endurance Championship race at Imola, but conceded it won’t be an easy task. At last month’s season opener at Imola, Ferrari started from pole position and held a 1-2 in the early stages. But Toyota managed to outgun Ferrari on the Italian […]
“I’ll keep that to myself”
Nyck de Vries thinks it’s “fantastic” that McLaren will be enter the World Endurance Championship’s top class next year, but did not give a firm answer when asked if he had had any discussions with the team. De Vries joined Toyota’s Hypercar squad in 2024 and also remains active in Formula E with Mahindra. In addition […]