WEC News: Jenson Button to drive full 2024 season
Britain’s Jenson Button has confirmed that he will enter the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship to contest a full WEC season with Hertz Team JOTA driving a Porsche 963. The … Read More
Category: World Endurance Championship
WEC News: Tire warmer ban for 24 Hours of Le Mans
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest has outlawed tire warming for next year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, opting not to bring them back for the FIA WEC’s marquee event. WEC … Read More
WEC News: Nato, Hanson & Ilott for JOTA Hypercar Line-Up
HERTZ Team JOTA has confirmed three more of its 2024 FIA WEC drivers today, with Norman Nato, Phil Hanson and Callum Ilott all added to the team’s driver roster for … Read More
WEC News: Toyota Presents new-look cars for 2024
Toyota has unveiled the new livery for the cars that will compete in the FIA World Rally Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship in the 2024 season. There are two … Read More
IMSA/WEC: Porsche Penske team looks back on debut year
Porsche Penske Motorsport can look back on a successful debut year with the new Porsche 963. In the world’s two largest endurance racing series, the new factory squad celebrated numerous … Read More
Porsche Motorsport heads into 2024 with big aspirations
In 2024, Porsche is determined to win titles in the world’s largest endurance championships, at Le Mans, and various esports series. A variety of customer racing activities will supplement this … Read More
WEC News: Full 37-car ’24 entry list revealed, 40 in ’25 (Update)
With 37 cars shown below for the 2024 WEC season, the series is pressing ahead with plans to expand the grid to 40 cars in 2025. “We will go to … Read More
F1: Like Schumacher, Vettel may run Le Mans (Update)
(GMM) Sebastian Vettel is still not ruling out a potential return to top motorsport. The 36-year-old quadruple world champion retired from Formula 1 at the end of last year, but … Read More
WEC News: Mick Schumacher to drive for Alpine – Confirmed (Update)
Long rumored and now confirmed, Mercedes F1 Reserve driver, Mick Schumacher, will drive for Alpine in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. As Alpine actively continues to prepare its A424 … Read More
WEC news: Series to implement Virtual Safety Car in 2024
The FIA World Endurance Championship will introduce a new virtual safety car procedure for the 2024 season. As stated in a bulletin to competitors, the new procedure will be introduced … Read More
WEC News: Toyota signs Nyck de Vries for 2024
Toyota will continue to race in the Hypercar category (LMH class) of the WEC, and has signed former AlphaTauri F1 driver Nyck de Vries to replace Jose Maria Lopez. TGR … Read More
WEC: Toyota wins season finale in Bahrain
Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa won the 8 Hours of Bahrain in their #8 Toyota to secure their second successive drivers’ title. Sébastien and Brendon also set a … Read More
WEC: Toyota 1-2 in Bahrain qualifying
Brendon Hartley beat Toyota teammate Kamui Kobayashi to take pole position for the World Endurance Championship finale at Bahrain on Saturday. Hartley took pole position with a lap of 1m46.564s … Read More
WEC: Toyota leads Thursday practice in Bahrain
Toyota Racing overcame challenging conditions to lead Thursday practice for the title-deciding 8 Hours of Bahrain WEC race. High winds and heavy rain combined with red flags at the Bahrain … Read More
WEC: Michael Fassbender the Road to Le Mans trailer
The wait is almost over. Michael Fassbender’s Road to Le Mans continues the 17th of November 2023. Only on YouTube. ‘Road to Le Mans’ tells the story of Michael Fassbender’s … Read More
WEC: 2023 titles to be decided in Bahrain
The 2023 FIA World Endurance Champions will be crowned in Bahrain this weekend following the season-closing Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain (2-4 November). It will also be the final … Read More
WEC: New tests and a new livery for the Alpine A424
For this third test session at Jerez (Spain), the A424 sported a brand new all-blue livery created by the Alpine’s design teams led by Antony Villain. Under very unpredictable weather … Read More
WEC: Alpine says Schumacher can succeed at Le Mans
(GMM) Alpine boss Bruno Famin thinks Mick Schumacher would succeed if he makes the switch from Formula 1 to Le Mans-style racing. The Haas refugee and current Mercedes reserve tested … Read More
FIA News: World Motor Sport Council Decisions in Geneva
The FIA World Motor Sport Council convened for its third meeting of 2023. The meeting was chaired by FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem with FIA Deputy President for Sport Robert … Read More
F1: Schumacher to test Alpine WEC car ahead of 2024 (5th Update)
Mick Schumacher was behind the wheel of the Alpine Hypercar Prototype Tuesday at Jerez. (GMM) Mick Schumacher’s likely 24 Hours of Le Mans entry looks set to kick off at … Read More
WEC/IMSA: Aston Martin to enter Le Mans with a Valkyrie prototype
Aston Martin have revealed plans to use a prototype of the Valkyrie to enter the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as WEC and IMSA The manufacturer is … Read More
WEC: Alpine Hypercar continues development at Aragon
Alpine continued the development program of its A424 hypercar with another two-day test session at the Motorland circuit in Aragon (Spain). The 1,500 km covered was a valuable learning experience, … Read More
WEC: Vandoorne signs to race with Peugeot
Stoffel Vandoorne, current reserve driver for Peugeot Sport was named Team Peugeot TotalEnergies official driver for the FIA World Endurance Championship (FIA WEC) 2024 season. The 31-year-old Belgian driver will … Read More
WEC: Official FIA Rookies revealed for Bahrain test
The three drivers nominated as official ‘Rookies’ for the official FIA World Endurance Championship test session at Bahrain have been announced. Josh Pierson (Hypercar), Nicolas Varrone (LMP2) and Antoine Doquin … Read More
WEC: Toyota defeats Porsche at Fuji
The crowd of 54,700 fans (3 days) saw their home team, Toyota, take a 1-2 victory over Porsche in the 6 Hours of Fuji WEC race. The #7 Toyota GR010 … Read More