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Why the WEC's eagerly-anticipated new era is unmissable

This is it! The start! It wasn’t the Daytona 24 Hours in January any more than it was the Spa 6 Hours nearly two years ago. The much-heralded golden era of sportscar racing finally begins with this week’s opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Sebring.

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Cadillac: Lack of European testing a "handicap" for WEC entry

Cadillac has admitted that it will have to “work around” its failure to test its new LMDh prototype on any European tracks ahead of its 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship campaign.

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Cadillac will "work around" lack of European testing "handicap" for WEC entry

Cadillac has admitted that it will have to “work around” its failure to test its new LMDh prototype on any European tracks ahead of its 2023 World Endurance Championship campaign.

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Glickenhaus has suffered ‘huge damage’ from being blocked by IMSA

Glickenhaus says it has suffered “huge” financial damage due to IMSA’s decision not to allow its 007 Le Mans Hypercar to race in its SportsCar Championship.

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What Autosport is looking forward to in 2023

There’s a lot happening this season, so here are the highlights Autosport staffers and contributors are getting excited about…

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Grosjean hopes to race Le Mans in 2024 if IndyCar schedule allows

Romain Grosjean says his Lamborghini LMDh commitments next year should include the 24 Hours of Le Mans, providing there are no clashes with his IndyCar schedule.

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Farfus says BMW could have reliability edge over LMDh rivals

Augusto Farfus has dismissed concerns about BMW's apparent lack of pace in the build-up to the Daytona 24 Hours, and feels it could have an edge when it comes reliability.

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JOTA retains da Costa and Stevens for Porsche 963 WEC programme

Antonio Felix da Costa and Will Stevens will remain with the JOTA team to race its customer Porsche 963 LMDh in the FIA World Endurance Championship this season.

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Jota retain da Costa and Stevens for Porsche 963 WEC programme

Antonio Felix da Costa and Will Stevens will remain with the British Jota team to race its customer Porsche 963 LMDh in the World Endurance Championship this season.

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Is this Porsche’s best non-factory driver?

Against a pair of factory aces in the DTM last year, Dennis Olsen gave an excellent account of himself. The Norwegian is one of several drivers in the same boat seeking to make the final step towards factory status at Weissach, but has an excellent chance of doing just that

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Complexity of LMDh cars prompted WTR-Andretti IMSA tie-up

Wayne Taylor Racing was motivated to join forces with Andretti Autosport in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship as result of the complexities of the new breed of LMDh hybrid prototype.

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Porsche: No fear of Le Mans Hypercar ‘tech war’ impacting 963 chances

Porsche’s motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach believes that its 963 programme in the FIA World Endurance Championship is not at competitive risk by a potential spending war between rival Le Mans Hypercar manufacturers.

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Cadillac: Amount of code to run an LMDh car is “daunting”

Calibrating the 'daunting' code needed to run a GTP prototype has been the biggest mountain for Cadillac ahead of its 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship challenge according to Laura Wontrop Klauser.

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Cadillac: Amount of code to run an LMDh car is “daunting”

Laura Wontrop Klauser, GM’s sportscar racing program manager, says that calibrating the code to run a GTP prototype has been the biggest mountain ahead of the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

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WRT critical of ex-Audi Sport boss for 'damage' to brand's image

WRT chief Vincent Vosse has hit out at former Audi Sport boss Julius Seebach for damaging the German manufacturer’s image in racing circles in the last two years.

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WRT accuses former Audi Sport boss of damaging the brand's image

WRT chief Vincent Vosse has hit out at former Audi Sport head Julius Seebach for damaging the German manufacturer’s image in racing circles in the last two years.

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Inside the spec hybrid spine of LMDh cars

BMW will race its M Hybrid V8 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year and the World Endurance Championship from 2024. Project leader Maurizio Leschiutta shares the workings of the spec, rear-axle-mounted LMDh hybrid kit

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What the brave new world of LMDh really looks like on track

As the future of sportscar racing in Europe has witnessed a tantalising drip-drip of Le Mans Hypercars from Toyota, Glickenhaus, Peugeot, Ferrari and Vanwall, across the pond in America the LMDh era arrived with a big bang at Daytona last week as Acura, BMW, Cadillac and Porsche all hit the…

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Alpine: Joining WEC late an advantage amid LMDh issues

Nicolas Lapierre believes Alpine stands to benefit from joining the FIA World Endurance Championship a year late in 2024 because of the headaches rival LMDh manufacturers have faced with spec hybrid components.

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Alpine: Joining WEC late an advantage amid issues with hybrid system

Nicolas Lapierre believes Alpine stands to benefit from joining the World Endurance Championship a year late in 2024 because of the headaches LMDh manufacturers have faced with spec hybrid components.

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Bourdais: Reliability will decide who wins first LMDh race in Daytona

Cadillac driver Sebastien Bourdais believes reliability, and not outright pace, could be the deciding factor in the opening round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Daytona.

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Farfus plans SUPER GT stay, but IMSA to take priority

BMW factory driver Augusto Farfus admits his full-season commitment in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2023 is likely to impact the number of SUPER GT races he can contest for Team Studie.

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Tandy anticipated longer Corvette stint before GTE Pro axe

New Porsche LMDh recruit Nick Tandy says he had planned a longer stint at Corvette when he signed a deal to race for the American marque from 2021.

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Tandy and Makowiecki complete Porsche LMDh driver line-up

Nick Tandy and Frederic Makowiecki have completed the factory driver line-up for Porsche’s 2023 assaults on the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship with the 963 LMDh prototype.

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Iron Lynx to run Lamborghini LMDh programmes in WEC, IMSA from 2024

Lamborghini will partner with prolific GT outfit Iron Lynx to run its factory LMDh programme in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from 2024.

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