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Le Mans 24 Hours: Ferrari locks out front row, Cadillac suffers fire

Fuoco paced the 30-minute session, featuring the fastest eight cars from Wednesday's first qualifying, with a best time of 3m22.982s at the wheel of the 499P he shares with Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen.

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Le Mans 24h: Ferrari locks out 1-2 ahead of Toyota in third practice

Toyota had seemed set to return to the top of the Le Mans timesheets for the first time since opening practice on Wednesday with Kamui Kobayashi heading the majority of the session.

Motorsport

Le Mans 24 Hours: Ferrari locks out 1-2 ahead of Toyota in third practice

Toyota had seemed set to return to the top of the Le Mans timesheets for the first time since opening practice on Wednesday, with Kamui Kobayashi heading the majority of the session.

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Le Mans test day: Ferrari paces Peugeot in morning session, Toyota crashes

Antonio Fuoco claimed the top spot in the three-hour morning session of the Test Day with a 3m30.686s aboard his 499P Le Mans Hypercar, which put him six tenths up on Gustavo Menezes in the best of the Peugeot 9X8 LMHs.

Autosport

WEC tyre warmers ban lifted for Le Mans 24 Hours

The decision made by the FIA and race organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, which jointly formulate the rules for the WEC, covers only the double-points round of the series on 10-11 June.

Autosport

WEC tyre warmer ban lifted for Le Mans 24 Hours

The decision made by the FIA and race organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, which jointly formulate the rules for the WEC, covers only the double-points round of the series on 10-11 June.

Motorsport

How Spa showed the folly of the WEC's self-defeating tyre rules

I'm not sure I’ve ever headed to the Le Mans 24 Hours hoping for high temperatures and sunny weather. I’m no sun worshipper, and too much heat doesn’t make life any easier for a pasty-faced Englishman over the busiest week of my year. But this time I’m praying that the…

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10 things we learned from the 2023 WEC 6 Hours of Spa

After being blighted by sensor issues in Portugal, the #7 Toyota crew got their championship challenge back on track with a second victory of the season at Spa.

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Calado: Ferrari "could have fought Toyota for victory" at WEC Spa

The Briton, who sealed third place on the final lap of the Spa 6 Hours with Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi, told Autosport that “maybe we could have given them a fight” but for the three extra pitstops the #51 Ferrari 499P made in comparison with the winning Toyota.

Autosport

WEC Spa: Toyota claims 1-2 finish in hectic race

The polesitting trio’s #7 GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar beat the sister crew of Sebastien Buemi, Ryo Hirakawa and Brendon Hartley - that had started from the back of the grid after the latter’s qualifying crash - by 11.637s.

Autosport

WEC Spa: Toyota beats Cadillac to fastest FP3 time on drying track

Times set early in the one-hour session were around 20 seconds off the dry pace set on Thursday, but improved steadily before a final flurry of quick times saw several different manufacturers take turns atop the leaderboard.

Autosport

WEC Spa: Toyota leads Ferrari in opening practice

Buemi jumped to the head of the timesheets after a 12-minute red flag midway through session aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar with a 2m02.982s that gave him a margin of more than a second and a half over Ferrari driver Antonio Fuoco.

Motorsport

Ferrari admits it was too conservative at WEC Portimao

Racing and test manager Giuliano Salvi conceded that the Italian manufacturer and the factory AF Corse team could have “pushed a bit more” on the second race outing for the 499P Le Mans Hypercar despite claiming second place with the entry shared by Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina.

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Ferrari admits conservative approach at WEC Portimao

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Ferrari extends Shell partnership in WEC

The Italian manufacturer made its long-awaited return to the top class in world sportscar racing last weekend at the 2023 WEC season-opener Sebring 1000 miles.

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Ferrari didn’t expect to fight Toyota for WEC Sebring win

The Italian manufacturer has revealed it already knew its 499P Le Mans Hypercar would be unable to match the race pace of the Toyota LMHs that ended up finishing 1-2 before the start of the 1000-mile fixture.

Motorsport

Sebring 1-2 "very important" for Toyota against new WEC rivals

Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway won the opening round of the 2023 WEC season in the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, leading the sister #8 car crewed by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa by just over two seconds.

Motorsport

WEC Sebring: Toyota dominates, Ferrari scores debut podium

The #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez beat the sister #8 entry of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa at Sebring International Raceway’s WEC opener.

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WEC Sebring: Toyota dominates, Ferrari scores podium on debut

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WEC Sebring: Toyota leads at halfway mark as Ferrari challenge derails

The #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Brendon Hartley was circulating just over a second clear of the sister #7 entry piloted by Kamui Kobayashi after four hours of racing at the Sebring International Raceway.

Autosport

WEC Sebring: Fuoco gives Ferrari pole on Hypercar debut over Toyota

Antonio Fuoco set what turned out to be the benchmark time of 1m45.067s in the quicker of the two brand-new Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars, which are making their race debut this weekend.

Motorsport

WEC Sebring: Ferrari beats Toyota to first pole of 2023

Antonio Fuoco set what turned out to be the benchmark time of 1m45.067s at the wheel of the quicker of the two brand-new Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars, which are making their race debut this weekend.

Autosport

WEC Sebring: Toyota fastest but suffers crash in truncated final practice

Kamui Kobayashi set a blistering time of 1m45.783s in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID to lead a one-two finish for the Japanese marque ahead of Thursday’s afternoon qualifying for the Sebring 1000 Miles.

Autosport

How Toyota's new WEC challengers are shaping up

Toyota is set to face its sternest test in the World Endurance Championship this year since the Hypercar class replaced LMP1 in 2021.

Motorsport

WEC Prologue: Toyota ends Sebring test on top from Cadillac

The Japanese manufacturer was fastest in three of the testing periods totalling 12 and half hours of track time, with Jose Maria Lopez’s 1m48.208s aboard the #7 entry from the opening period on Saturday morning standing as the best of the weekend.

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