WEC confirms two-car rule for Hypercar manufacturers for 2025
Plans for the regulation change, exclusively revealed by Autosport in March, were confirmed by WEC organisers the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and the FIA at the former’s traditional Friday press conference ahead of this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours round of the WEC. The chairman of the FIA’s Endurance Commission Richard Mille said: «It makes […]
Le Mans 24 Hours to clash with F1 Canadian GP in 2025 as WEC calendar announced
The Le Mans 24 Hours is scheduled for 14-15 June, with the pre-event Test Day on the preceding Sunday. It means the race will clash with the F1 Canadian GP and IndyCar’s St Louis round at Gateway. It is the first time F1 and Le Mans have clashed since 2016. Meanwhile, Imola has renewed what […]
Inception McLaren confident of fighting WEC regulars after Le Mans GT3 pole
Brendan Iribe topped the Hyperpole session in his McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, entered under the Inception Racing banner, with a 3m58.120s lap that put him 0.808s clear of Alexander Malykhin’s #92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche that leads the LMGT3 standings in the WEC. The Optimum-run Inception outfit that competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and GT […]
Porsche snatches pole from Cadillac with last-gasp effort
Estre was the last Hypercar runner to cross the chequered flag and clocked a time of 3m24.634s in the #6 factory Porsche Penske 963, overhauling the #2 Cadillac of Alex Lynn and the sister #3 car that had led for the majority of the 30 minute session in the hands of Sebastien Bourdais. Bourdais had […]
Le Mans 24 Hours Hyperpole qualifying delayed due to barrier repair
The pole shootout for the fourth round of the 2024 World Endurance Championship did not begin as scheduled at 8pm local time, with the race control subsequently communicating 8:30pm as the new start time. The Hyperpole session was further pushed forward to 8:35pm, as the work continued on replacing the armco barriers between Mulsanne and […]
Jota, Wayne Taylor teams set for Cadillac switch in WEC, IMSA
Jota and WTR look certain to move over from Porsche and Acura respectively to replace Chip Ganassi Racing in the General Motors brand’s roster of teams. Motorsport.com has learned that each has a deal in place to run two V-Series.R LMDhs in 2025, Jota in WEC and WTR in the North American IMSA series. There […]
Ferrari leads Porsche, BMW in tight FP3
With Hyperpole the only pure-performance exercise still coming up – and involving just 24 of the 62 entries – everyone focused on race preparation with long runs during the three-hour Thursday afternoon session, which took place under overcast skies with gentle temperatures ranging from 20°C to 22°C. Fuoco set the quickest time in 3m27.283s – […]
Provisional Le Mans LMGT3 pole «a surprise» despite strong progress
Proton Ford driver Ben Barker explained that it was «a bit of a surprise» to head Wednesday evening’s qualifying session, which determines the eight cars that will battle for pole in Hyperpole on Thursday, in the most competitive showing for the Mustang since making its debut in the World Endurance Championship this season. His comments […]
Ferrari appeals rejection of its Spa WEC protest
It protested the stewards’ decision to restart the red-flagged race after the original finish time and therefore the provisional results immediately after the race. The protest was thrown out, but Ferrari has now exercised its right of appeal, Ferrari sportscar racing boss Antonello Coletta has confirmed. There has been no official statement from the FIA […]