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Upgraded Peugeot 9X8 WEC hypercar has "even more potential than expected"

The French manufacturer found that the switch from the equal-size 31cm-wide tyres of the original car to 29cm fronts and 34cm rears produced a bigger than expected gain on the upgraded 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar.

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Peugeot "surprised" by upgraded 9X8 WEC hypercar performance

The French manufacturer found that the switch from the equal size 31cm wide tyres and rear of the original car to 29cm fronts and 34cm rears produced a bigger than expected gain on the upgraded 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar.

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WEC Qatar: Porsche leads Peugeot at halfway point of season-opener

Andre Lotterer was circulating 28s out in front in the factory #6 Porsche Penske 963 LMDh after five hours of racing in the Qatar 1812Km, as the order stabilised after a chaotic start at the Losail International Circuit.

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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…

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Proton Porsche retains Jani, signs Andlauer as WEC Qatar entry list released

Le Mans 24 Hours winner Neel Jani and Porsche-contracted driver Julien Andlauer have been named in the car alongside Harry Tincknell on the 37-car entry list for the Qatar 1812Km WEC season-opener on 2 March.

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Proton Porsche team completes 963 lineup as WEC Qatar entry list released

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Pin in LMGT3 switch with Iron Dames Lamborghini for 2024 WEC

Pin will join Iron Dames regulars Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy aboard the #85 entry after contesting the full WEC in 2023 with the Iron Lynx-affiliated Prema LMP2 squad now running Lamborghini's single SC63 LMDh in the Hypercar class. She took a best finish of third, alongside Lambo factory drivers…

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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.

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Jenson Button joins World Endurance Championship

Ex-Formula One world champion Jenson Button is getting back behind the wheel after entering next year’s World Endurance Championship.

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Lamborghini completes WEC and IMSA line-ups with Mortara and Cairoli

The duo were announced as the Italian manufacturer took the wraps of the line-ups for the two cars to be run by the Iron Lynx factory team in the full WEC and four of the five endurance rounds of the IMSA series in North America.

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Lamborghini complete WEC and IMSA line-ups with Mortara and Cairoli

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Porsche pauses build of additional customer 963 LMDhs until mid-2024

The second 963 for the British Jota team's expanded two-car assault on the 2024 WEC will be the last car completed before production is temporarily halted, the German manufacturer has revealed.

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Westbrook swaps Cadillac for Porsche in JDC-Miller MotorSports IMSA return

Westbrook, 48, who partnered Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn in Chip Ganassi Racing’s sole Cadillac entry in this year’s WEC – and scored a podium finish in the Le Mans 24 Hours – will pilot JDC’s Porsche 963 in the second season of GTP competition in America’s premier sportscar series.

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Ferrari to give Wadoux, Shwartzman Hypercar runs in WEC rookie test

The two Ferrari works drivers were among several notable names to feature on an 18-car entry list for the test, set to take place on 5 November after the WEC finale at the same track, released on Tuesday.

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Isotta Fraschini plans two-car WEC Hypercar entry for 2024

The British squad has revealed an intention to file entries for two Isotta Fraschini Tipo 6 Competizione Le Mans Hypercars for the 2024 WEC.

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WEC Monza: #7 Toyota fastest in FP2 from Ferrari

Kamui Kobayashi was quickest initially in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar and then improved to a 1m36.363s to give him a margin of just under two tenths over Antonio Fuoco in the #50 Ferrari 499P LMH.

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TF Sport open to running Astons alongside Corvette WEC programme

The British squad was announced last month as the official team to run the new Corvette Z06 GT3.R in next year’s WEC, when LMGT3 regulations replace the existing GTE Am rule set.

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Did classic Le Mans battle justify contentious Toyota BoP hit?

Ferrari wins on its factory prototype comeback. And narrowly so at the end of an intriguing and sometimes thrilling battle with Toyota. All five major car manufacturers involved in Hypercar led at some point or other. The centenary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours definitely got a race befitting…

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Did Le Mans Balance of Performance change create an end that justified the means?

Ferrari wins on its factory prototype comeback. And narrowly so at the end of an intriguing and sometimes thrilling battle with Toyota. All five major car manufacturers involved in Hypercar lead at some point or other. The centenary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours definitely got a race befitting…

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Porsche expects Balance of Performance change before Le Mans 24 Hours

Thomas Laudenbach, head of Porsche Motorsport, made the claim before and after last weekend’s Spa 6 Hours round of the 2023 WEC, after there was no BoP revision for the Belgian race following the opening two events of the season at Sebring in March and Portimao in April.

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Aitken joins second Ganassi-run Cadillac line-up for Spa

Jack Aitken, part of the lineup that delivered the first victory with Cadllac’s V-Series.R last month in the 12 Hours of Sebring driving for Action Express Racing, will join Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande in the #3 Cadillac for next week’s third round of the WEC at Spa-Francorchamps.

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JOTA will treat Porsche 963 debut at Spa as test weekend

The British squad is due to shakedown its new LMDh machine at Weissach this week ahead of the third round of the 2023 WEC at Spa on 29 April.

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Da Costa: "Humble" Jota will treat 963 debut at Spa as test weekend

The British squad is due to shakedown its new LMDh machine at Weissach this week ahead of the third round of the 2023 WEC at Spa on 29 April.

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Toyota requests WEC procedure changes after FIA-mandated sensor fails

Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, argued that it was unfair that the #7 GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar was forced to make an 11-minute pitstop after torque sensor mandated by the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest on the left-rear driveshaft failed in the Portimao 6…

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Pescarolo set for WEC return with Peugeot Hypercar in 2024

The iconic Pescarolo name is on course to return to sportscar racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2024 as the entrant of at least one Peugeot 9X8.

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