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 […]
‘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 – […]
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 […]
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 […]
Imola to hold 2026 WEC Prologue test in April
Imola will host the Prologue for the 2026 World Endurance Championship next month, in addition to the opening round of the new season. Earlier this week, it was announced that the Qatar 1812km has been postponed until later in the year due to the conflict in the Middle East. The Losail International Circuit was due […]