Ferrari Hypercar driver line-up unaltered for 2025 Ferrari will continue with an unchanged Hypercar class driver line-up in next year’s World Endurance Championship. Autosport · Oct 20, 2024
Multiple Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Lapierre retires with immediate effect Four-time Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Nicolas Lapierre has retired from the cockpit with immediate effect to concentrate on running his Cool Racing team. Autosport · Oct 2, 2024
Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Lapierre retires with immediate effect Four-time Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Nicolas Lapierre has retired from the cockpit with immediate effect to concentrate on running his Cool Racing team. Motorsport · Oct 2, 2024
Jota set to skip Bahrain WEC test as focus switches to factory Cadillac programme Jota is not expected to take part in the World Endurance Championship’s post-season test in Bahrain as it switches focus to its factory programme with Cadillac. Motorsport · Sep 26, 2024
Le Mans 24h, Hour 6: Ferrari keeps Hypercar lead as rain falls The #83 AF Corse Ferrari continues to hold the net lead in the hands of Yifei Ye after the opening six hours of the race as rain hit the Circuit de la Sarthe, with Frederic Makowiecki grabbing second late on in the #5 Porsche. Autosport · Jun 15, 2024
Le Mans 24h, H6: Ferrari in front in Hypercar as rain returns The #83 AF Corse Ferrari continues to hold the net lead in the hands of Yifei Ye after the opening six hours of the race as rain hit the Circuit de la Sarthe, with the Frederic Makowiecki grabbing second late on in the #5 Porsche. Motorsport · Jun 15, 2024
Le Mans 24h, Hour 1: Ferrari, Porsche locked in tight battle at the start Nielsen was running fractionally ahead of the #6 Porsche of Laurens Vanthoor after one hour of racing, but must serve a 10-second penalty at his next pitstop for an unsafe release. Autosport · Jun 15, 2024
Le Mans 24h, H1: Ferrari, Porsche locked in tight battle at the start Nielsen was running fractionally ahead of the #6 Porsche of Laurens Vanthoor after one hour of racing, but must serve a 10-second penalty at his next pitstop for an unsafe release. Motorsport · Jun 15, 2024
Le Mans 24 Hours: 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… Motorsport · Jun 13, 2024
Lopez Toyota return at Le Mans "like I had never left" Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical boss David Floury revealed that the Argentinian was “up to speed immediately” on his return to the cockpit of the Le Mans Hypercar at last weekend’s Le Mans Test Day for the first time since the 2023 World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain. Autosport · Jun 11, 2024
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 · May 16, 2024
Ferrari stripped of WEC Spa pole, Porsche takes top spot The car driven by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole position in Friday afternoon's Hyperpole session by a margin of 0.507s has lost all of its times from qualifying and will now start from the rear of the Hypercar field for Saturday's 6 Hour race. The #5 Porsche… Motorsport · May 10, 2024
Polesitting Ferrari disqualified after WEC Spa qualifying The car driven by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole position in Friday afternoon's Hyperpole session has lost all of its times from qualifying and will now start from the rear of the Hypercar field for Saturday's 6 Hour race. The #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh will… Autosport · May 10, 2024
Jota's first Le Mans car to return to competition The Zytek 04S LMP1 the British squad fielded at Le Mans in 2005, the start of a career at the French enduro that included 10 LMP2 class podiums before its graduation to Hypercar with the Porsche 963 last year, has been purchased by historic racing regular Jamie Constable. Autosport · Apr 18, 2024
Autosport · Apr 18, 2024 Why Porsche doesn't expect another WEC domination at Imola Porsche pretty much dominated at the World Endurance Championship season-opener in Qatar back in March. The German manufacturer’s 963 LMDh led all bar 52 of the 355 laps on the way to blocking out the podium positions. But there’s every reason to expect that it is going to have more…
Motorsport · Mar 28, 2024 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.
Autosport · Mar 28, 2024 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 · Mar 13, 2024 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 · Mar 1, 2024 The Hypercar graining challenge that could decide the WEC’s Qatar opener Graining. It’s a buzzword in the paddock at the Qatar World Endurance Championship event so far, at least when it comes to the Hypercar class. It refers to a particularly extreme form of tyre wear that is more than subtly different to more linear degradation seen over the course of…
Motorsport · Feb 20, 2024 AF Corse goes yellow for third Ferrari Hypercar entry The #83 Ferrari 499P has been primarily painted in Giallo yellow, the colour of the Italian manufacturer’s home city of Modena, with red stripes around the cockpit and the sides of the car completing the livery of the car.
Motorsport · Feb 19, 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list published, 23 Hypercars for 2024 Cadillac will for a second year in a row take in the double-points WEC round on 15/16 June with both of its V-Series.R LMDhs from the IMSA SportsCar Championship run respectively by the Action Express and Ganassi teams, while Porsche Penske Motorsport will again cross the Atlantic with one of…
Autosport · Feb 14, 2024 Lopez didn't look for another Hypercar drive after losing Toyota WEC seat The Argentine has switched to the new LMGT3 class to race for sister brand Lexus after spending six full seasons in the WEC's top class, taking victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2021 and back-to-back WEC titles in 2019-20 and 2021, the final season of LMP1 and the…
Autosport · Jan 15, 2024 Ilott won't rule out IndyCar return in future after WEC switch Speaking at the Autosport International Show on Saturday, Ilott revealed that he had expected to stay in IndyCar with Juncos Hollinger until "circumstances changed" and he found himself searching for a new drive. The Briton landed on his feet, in a deal he called "a great surprise", to drive Jota's #12 Porsche…
Motorsport · Jan 13, 2024 Ilott: "Great surprise" to land Jota WEC drive after IndyCar exit The Briton will join Norman Nato and Will Stevens in Jota's #12 Porsche 963 as the Hertz-backed operation expands to two Hypercar entries. Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula 1 world champion, will join the #38 crew alongside Phil Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen.
Autosport · Dec 11, 2023 Ilott in WEC switch with Jota and Porsche for 2024 The former Alfa Romeo Formula 1 reserve driver will race the British squad’s #12 Porsche 963 LMDh along with team regular Will Stevens and Norman Nato. Ilott and Nato were announced on Monday by Jota for #12 in its expanded two-car Hypercar squad along with Phil Hanson, who will race…