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 […]
Ford may delay full WEC Hypercar line-up decision until late 2026
Ford says it may wait until the end of the year before finalising the remainder of the driver roster for its 2027 Hypercar programme in the World Endurance Championship. The American manufacturer has so far signed just three names for its return to the top echelon of sportscar racing, with Logan Sargeant, Sebastian Priaulx and Mike Rockenfeller […]
Ferrari’s full hypercar aero package for WEC 2026
AF Corse unveiled its privateer Ferrari hypercar to the world on Tuesday, offering a first look at the Italian marque’s updated aero package for the 2026 World Endurance Championship. At an event organised at the headquarters of its new partner ESA NanoTech, the Italian team showcased the #83 Ferrari 499P to be driven once again by 2025 […]