Hypercar potentially set for success handicaps in WEC 2026
The World Endurance Championship could introduce success handicaps in the Hypercar division for its 2026 season. The new sporting rules for the series next year contain the provision to extend the use of the performance-balancing measure from LMGT3 to the top class. But the FIA, which runs the WEC together with Le Mans 24 Hours […]
What the Porsche exit rumours mean for Manthey Racing
Rumours about Porsche wanting to sell its stake in Manthey Racing have been circulating in the paddock for several months. The Volkswagen Group brand reported a sharp drop in profits this year, forcing it to cut jobs across its automotive division. The weak financial performance also played a part in its impending exit from the […]
Garage 59 takes over from United Autosports as McLaren WEC partner from 2026
United Autosports is stepping down as McLaren’s representative in the LMGT3 class of the World Endurance Championship for next year to be replaced by Garage 59. The British Garage 59 squad will field a pair of McLaren 720S GT3 EVOs in the 2026 WEC as United gears up for its graduation to the Hypercar ranks […]
Antonio Felix da Costa joins Alpine’s WEC squad after Porsche exit
Antonio Felix da Costa will return to the World Endurance Championship in 2026 as part of Alpine’s factory squad in the Hypercar class. As reported by Motorsport.com last month, da Costa will join a revamped line-up at the French car manufacturer after ending a three-year spell with Porsche during which he primarily competed in Formula E. […]
Porsche confirms exit from WEC at the end of the 2025 season
Porsche will end its factory involvement in the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class at the end of the current 2025 season. The German manufacturer, which claimed last year’s WEC drivers’ title with Kevin Estre, Laurens Vanthoor and Andre Lotterer, announced the move on Tuesday at the same time as reaffirming its commitment to carry on […]
Toyota to update Le Mans Hypercar for 2026 WEC campaign
Toyota will introduce the first update of its GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar for four years in time for the start of the 2026 World Endurance Championship campaign. Kazuki Nakajima, vice-chairman of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, confirmed that there will be an upgrade of its Hypercar class contender introduced in 2021 focused on aerodynamics. This […]
Mick Schumacher ‘sill burns’ for single-seaters despite WEC switch
Mick Schumacher insisted that racing single-seaters is “still something I burn for” as he gears up for a maiden IndyCar test next month. The veteran of 43 Formula 1 starts, who has raced sportscars for Alpine in the World Endurance Championship for the past two seasons, suggested that competing in the IndyCar Series is an […]
Alpine grabs first win with LMDh car in chaotic race
Alpine took a first World Endurance Championship victory with its A424 LMDh as Charles Milesi, Paul-Loup Chatin and Ferdinand Habsburg came through to win a chaotic Fuji 6 Hours. The #35 triumphed by just 7.6s from the #93 Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar shared by Mikkel Jensen, Paul di Resta and Jean-Eric Vergne at […]
Cadillac locks out front row, Aston Martin shines
Cadillac notched up its third front-row lock-out of the season in qualifying for this weekend’s Fuji round of the World Endurance Championship. Alex Lynn headed the times in Hyperpole qualifying in Japan from Jota team-mate Earl Bamber, following up on his poles at the Le Mans 24 Hours and Interlagos in June and July respectively. […]