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Whelen Cadillac leads messy IMSA Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen at halfway

Earl Bamber held a six-second advantage over Acura’s Kaku Ohta after five cautions in the opening three hours

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WEC Spa: Peugeot beats Cadillac for maiden pole as Toyota and Ferrari struggle

Peugeot and Cadillac tussled for pole position as Ferrari and Toyota remained unusually off the pace in WEC Spa qualifying

Autosport

Le Mans 24 Hours: Jaminet fastest for Porsche in FP3

Mathieu Jaminet put Porsche Penske Motorsport on top in Free Practice 3 for the Le Mans 24 Hours.

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WEC COTA: AF Corse Ferrari sneaks past Toyota for win

Ferrari took its first victory in a regular World Endurance Championship race with the customer AF Corse-run 499P driven by Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and Robert Shwartzman at Austin.

Autosport

Title contender Gunn reacts to Priaulx’s exit from IMSA-leading Porsche

Heart of Racing’s Ross Gunn says it’s “business as usual” following the shock departure of IMSA SportsCar Championship GTD Pro title rival Seb Priaulx from the points-leading AO Racing Porsche squad.

Motorsport

Aston Martin Valkyrie WEC/IMSA Hypercar breaks cover at two test days

Aston Martin’s Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar has broken cover at the start of the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship contender’s test programme ahead of its 2025 debut.

Autosport

Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar completes shakedown test

The Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar that will compete for outright honours in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year has undertaken its first test.

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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.

Autosport

Aston Martin prepared to run two Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercars in WEC 2025

The British manufacturer’s head of endurance, Adam Carter, explained that it would adapt to the proposed rule requiring factory entrants in the Hypercar division to field two entries if necessary.

Autosport

WEC Spa: Ferrari leads the way in FP1 as new manufacturers impress

Antonio Fuoco led the way in the 90-minute session with a time that gave him a margin of more than a second over team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi.

Autosport

WEC set to introduce minimum two-car manufacturer Hypercar rule

The new rule is under evaluation as part of a planned expansion of the WEC grid to a minimum of 40 cars from the current 37-strong field for 2025, Motorsport.com has learned.

Motorsport

WEC set to introduce minimum two car manufacturer Hypercar rule

The new rule is under evaluation as part of a planned expansion of the WEC grid to a minimum of 40 cars from the current 37-strong field for 2025, Autosport has learned.

Autosport

How Aston Martin has begun preparations for its delayed Hypercar programme

It was in the summer of 2019 when Aston Martin first announced its plan to build a Hypercar to the World Endurance Championship’s LMH rules.

Autosport

Calling 2024 Aston Martin Vantage an evo an “understatement” - Sorensen

Sorensen feels the changes Aston Martin has made to the Vantage GT3 that was originally introduced in 2018 are so extensive that it effectively feels like a brand-new car and not a mid-cycle refresh.

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Aston Martin begins test programme for Valkyrie LMH racer

The British manufacturer’s test programme commenced earlier this month with the Valkyrie AMR Pro track day car, out of which the new LMH to be raced by the Heart of Racing team from next year is being developed.

Autosport

Sorensen persuaded to re-sign with Aston Martin on multi-year deal

The marque’s return to the pinnacle of sportscar racing with the Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar announced in October and the development of an evolution version of its Vantage GT3 racer were key motivations for the Dane agreeing a new multi-year contract with Aston Martin Racing.

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Aston Martin rules out Alonso, Stroll involvement in Valkyrie Hypercar assault

Instead, they intend to focus on recruiting the line-up for the team’s campaigns with the Valkyrie LMH in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship starting in 2025 from their existing roster of drivers.

Autosport

Why Aston Martin is right to return to Le Mans

Ferrari returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours was arguably the biggest motorsport story of 2021, while the famous Italian marque’s victory in the French classic will probably stand as this year’s feel-good moment. This week’s Aston Martin announcement should be viewed in a similar way.

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Aston Martin to return to Le Mans 24 Hours in 2025 with Valkyrie LMH

The winner of Le Mans in 1959 has firmed up the plans outlined by Autosport last month to revive the Valkyrie LMH project mothballed early in 2020 for twin assaults on the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Motorsport

Sellers and Snow clinch GTD title for BMW with Indy podium

The two drivers combined to lead 48 laps in the #1 BMW M4 GT3 and were in the mix for the win late on, but settled in to collect a podium and seal the fate of the championship ahead of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.

Autosport

Aston Martin close to reviving Valkyrie LMH project for 2025 WEC, IMSA

The Valkyrie LMH programme is set to be reactivated after more than three years on the back-burner as Aston and US-based team Heart of Racing ramp up a relationship that already straddles the GT arenas in IMSA and WEC.

Motorsport

IMSA Lime Rock: Heart of Racing Astons take both class wins

The 160-minute race got underway with Ross Gunn leading the GTD Pro field in the No. 23 Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3. He got away cleanly from Jack Hawksworth in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3 and Antonio Garcia in the Corvette Racing C8.R.

Motorsport

Glickenhaus line-up finalised in revised Monza WEC entry list

The Frenchman joined the US entrant for this month’s Le Mans 24 Hours WEC round to drive the additional Glickenhaus 007 Le Mans Hypercar entered for the French enduro.

Autosport

Heart of Racing Aston squad to make WEC debut at Spa, Dalla Lana steps back

The HoR team won the IMSA GTD class title last year with Roman de Angelis, and took class victory in this year's Daytona 24 Hours ahead of the leading GTD Pro crews with its Aston Martin Vantage GT3.

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Dalla Lana announces retirement from racing with immediate effect

Dalla Lana, 57, had contested the opening two rounds of the WEC alongside Aston factory driver Nicki Thiim and Zimbabwean Axcil Jeffries but steps away citing a desire to focus on business interests.

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