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Vanwall plotting WEC comeback with upgraded hypercar

Having been forced to leave the WEC after just a single season, Vanwall is aiming to make a comeback with an upgraded version of its LMH prototype

Motorsport

What F1 history tells us about three-way title deciders

Several drivers in contention for the F1 title going into the season finale? We've been here before... As Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri prepare to battle for the 2025 world championship, here’s how it previously panned out

Motorsport

When a BTCC star drove the genesis of Britain's F1 domination

Vanwall, BRM, Cooper and Lotus. These are the names that usually get the credit when it comes to the early days of British motorsport success. They certainly all played their part in Formula 1 in the 1950s, but two decades earlier a different firm had hinted at what was possible…

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F1 constructors: Which team has the most titles, 2024 prize money and more

The 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship battle was one of the best in recent history, with McLaren beating Ferrari to the top spot in Abu Dhabi. McLaren entered the weekend on top with 640 points, leaving it 21 points ahead of its Italian rival, while the previous weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix saw…

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F1 constructors: Which team has the most titles, 2024 prize money and more

The 2024 Formula 1 constructors’ championship battle was one of the best in recent history, with McLaren and Ferrari still in contention going into the season finale in Abu Dhabi. McLaren entered the weekend on top with 640 points, leaving it 21 points ahead of its Italian rivals, while the…

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Vanwall working on 2025 WEC comeback with heavily-revised hypercar

Having not been granted a spot on the 19-car Hypercar grid for the 2024 season amid the arrival of Lamborghini, BMW and Alpine, among others, Vanwall is pressing ahead with plans to make a comeback next year, team boss Colin Kolles told Motorsport.com's sister title Motorsport-Total.com.

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"Hard decision" for WEC to turn down Vanwall's 2024 entry

Lequien, CEO of the series, stressed that he has "a lot of admiration and respect for the team”, which was missing from the 19-car Hypercar class field when the 2024 WEC entry list was published on Monday.

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Briscoe convinced privateers like Vanwall can still have success in WEC

The WEC is witnessing an unprecedented level of manufacturer involvement in the top Hypercar class, with five volume auto makers competing in the 2023 season and three more poised to join the category next year.

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De Oliveira eyeing WEC GT3 opportunity after Monza debut

Formula Nippon and SUPER GT champion de Oliveira was drafted in to join the Vanwall team for the fifth round of the WEC season alongside Esteban Guerrieri and Tristan Vautier when Tom Dillmann elected to quit the ByKolles-run outfit.

Motorsport

Dillmann parts ways with Vanwall after latest Le Mans DNF

The announcement was made in the wake of last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, which ended in disappointment for Dillmann as the Vanwall Vandervell Le Mans Hypercar’s Gibson engine suffered a terminal failure in the morning hours.

Autosport

Le Mans 24 Hours: How to watch on TV in the USA

This year’s race starts on 10 June at 10:00am ET at the Circuit de la Sarthe. It will feature Hypercar competition between Cadillac, Ferrari, Glickenhaus, Peugeot, Porsche, reigning champions Toyota and Vanwall.

Motorsport

Villeneuve quits Vanwall after being dropped for Le Mans

The 1997 Formula 1 world champion explained in a statement issued on Wednesday that he had yet to receive any communication from the team regarding last week’s announcement that Tristan Vautier would be joining the Hypercar class squad in his place.

Motorsport

Villeneuve ends WEC campaign with Vanwall after being dropped for Le Mans

Autosport

Villeneuve "got lucky" with brake failure timing at WEC Portimao

Villeneuve expressed relief that the failure of the front-right disc on the Vanwall-Gibson Vandervell 680 with just over an hour of the race to go happened at Turn 10.

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The first impressions from trackside of WEC's new era

You won’t often find me down at Turn 1 right at the start of the first session, not for a race meeting nor a test. And certainly not when it kicks off at 08:45 in the morning and after I’d crawled off a transatlantic fight the previous afternoon. But early…

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Villeneuve "will be there on lap time" for WEC Sebring opener

Jacques Villeneuve will be on the pace when he returns to full-time racing with Vanwall in the World Endurance Championship this year, according to team-mate Esteban Guerrieri.

Motorsport

Glickenhaus, Vanwall plan additional Le Mans 24 Hours entries

Additional Le Mans 24 Hours entries planned by Glickenhaus and Vanwall look set to make for the biggest grid in the top class at the French enduro since 2010.

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Glickenhaus, Vanwall plan additional entries for Le Mans 24 Hours

Additional Le Mans 24 Hours entries planned by Glickenhaus and Vanwall look set to make for the biggest grid in the top class at the French enduro since 2010.

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Vanwall Vandervell S Revealed As All-Electric Hatchback With Up To 580 Hp

How's this for a modern, all-electric reinterpretation of the legendary Lancia Delta Integrale? With a maximum output of 580 hp (432 kW), it looks like a nice proposition, at least on paper.

Motorsport

Vanwall missing 2022 WEC entry was "positive thing" - Dillmann

The ByKolles-run Vanwall team missing out on an entry for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship season was a 'positive thing' in hindsight, according to Tom Dillmann.

Autosport

F1 world champion Villeneuve in frame for Vanwall WEC seat

Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is in the running for a seat with the Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar squad in next year’s World Endurance Championship.

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F1 world champion Villeneuve set to test Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar

Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve is set to test the Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar at Barcelona this week.

Motorsport

Villeneuve set to test Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar

Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve is set to test the Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar at Barcelona this week, Motorsport.com has learned.

Motorsport

ByKolles LMH a “better piece of engineering” than LMP1 car

ByKolles’ new Vanwall Le Mans Hypercar has been described as a “much better piece of engineering” than its LMP1 predecessor by team stalwart Tom Dillmann.

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Tony Brooks: Formula One legend who just missed out on the top prize

Trained as a dentist, Brooks became, in 1955, the first British racing driver to win a Grand Prix in a British car for 32 years

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