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Autosport Podcast: 2024 WEC season review

Kevin Turner sits with Gary Watkins and Haydn Cobb to review the 2024 World Endurance Championship season.

Autosport · Dec 23, 2024

Autosport Top 50 of 2024: #35 Matt Campbell

Should we have been surprised that Matt Campbell emerged as the best driver in Porsche Penske Motorsport’s #5 entry in this year’s World Endurance Championship? Probably not.

Autosport · Dec 19, 2024

Abiteboul: Sargeant deserves chance to start over with Genesis WEC project

Logan Sargeant is being “given a platform” to progress to Genesis’s new-for-2026 World Endurance Championship squad with his LMP2 programme in next year’s European Le Mans Series.

Autosport · Dec 6, 2024

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Genesis reveals V8 engine plan for LMDh contender

Genesis has revealed that its 2026 World Endurance Championship contender will be powered by a twin-turbo V8 that builds on sister marque Hyundai’s experience in the World Rally Championship.

Autosport · Dec 5, 2024

Genesis names Lotterer and Derani as first drivers for 2026 WEC season

Andre Lotterer and Pipo Derani are the first drivers named for the new Genesis LMDh programme that will enter the 2026 World Endurance Championship.

Motorsport · Dec 4, 2024

Lotterer and Derani to drive Genesis LMDh in 2026 WEC campaign

Andre Lotterer and Pipo Derani are the first drivers named for the new Genesis LMDh prototype that will debut in the 2026 World Endurance Championship.

Autosport · Dec 4, 2024

Toyota opts against hiring Leupen replacement for 2025 WEC campaign

Toyota is not planning to replace Rob Leupen as team director of its World Endurance Championship squad for next season.

Autosport · Nov 21, 2024

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Kubica sticks with AF Corse Ferrari for 2025 WEC

Formula 1 race winner Robert Kubica will remain with the AF Corse Ferrari customer Hypercar squad for the 2025 World Endurance Championship.

Autosport · Nov 21, 2024

Aston Martin announces WEC Hypercar drivers, won't make 2025 Daytona 24

Aston Martin has revealed the first drivers for its 2025 World Endurance Championship campaign at the same time as confirming the Valkyrie AMR-LMH will miss January’s Daytona 24 Hours.

Motorsport · Nov 21, 2024

Aston Martin announces WEC Hypercar drivers and confirms absence from 2025 Daytona 24

Aston Martin has revealed the first drivers for its 2025 World Endurance Championship campaign at the same time as confirming the Valkyrie AMR-LMH will miss January’s Daytona 24 Hours.

Autosport · Nov 21, 2024

Mercedes makes Le Mans return, enters WEC with Iron Lynx

Mercedes will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time since 1999 as part of a World Endurance Championship campaign with the Iron Lynx team.

Autosport · Nov 20, 2024

Toyota announces unchanged Hypercar line-up for 2025 WEC season

Toyota will go into the 2025 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up.

Autosport · Nov 13, 2024

Calado reveals hospitalisation after "dangerous" WEC weight loss effort

Ferrari driver James Calado has revealed that he was hospitalised with malnutrition early in this year’s World Endurance Championship campaign as a result of his efforts to lose weight.

Autosport · Nov 7, 2024

Lotterer: Second WEC crown more prestigious than maiden triumph in 2012

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer believes that winning the World Endurance Championship title this year means more than his 2012 triumph with Audi.

Autosport · Nov 6, 2024

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Autosport · Nov 3, 2024

Rossi stars in WEC's Bahrain rookie test aboard BMW Hypercar

Bike legend Valentino Rossi was a tenth from the fastest time by a Hypercar newcomer on his participation with BMW in the World Endurance Championship rookie test in Bahrain.

Autosport · Nov 3, 2024

Buemi had lost hope before comeback drive gave Toyota WEC title

Sebastien Buemi believed Toyota was out of contention for the World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ crown when he began the comeback that yielded the Japanese car maker the title in Bahrain.

Autosport · Nov 2, 2024

Ferrari loses second place in WEC Bahrain race for exceeding tyre allocation

The second-placed factory Ferrari has been penalised for exceeding its tyre allocation in Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain and has dropped out of the points.

Motorsport · Nov 2, 2024

Porsche not taking conservative approach in WEC finale in Bahrain

Porsche has insisted that it is not going into Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain with a conservative approach as it looks to seal the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.

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Autosport · Nov 2, 2024

Porsche to not change its approach for WEC finale in Bahrain

Porsche has insisted that it is not going into Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain with a conservative approach as it looks to seal the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.

Autosport · Oct 31, 2024

WEC Bahrain: BMW tops FP2 from Porsche

BMW topped the times in second free practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship curtain-closer in Bahrain.

Autosport · Oct 31, 2024

Porsche open to flexible driver line-up approach in six-hour WEC races

Porsche Penske Motorsport could modify its plan to run just two drivers in the regular six-hour World Endurance Championship races next year.

Motorsport · Oct 31, 2024

WEC Bahrain: Peugeot leads Porsche in opening practice

Peugeot set the pace in the opening practice session for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.

Autosport · Oct 31, 2024

WEC Bahrain: Peugeot leads Porsche as the final round of the year begins

Peugeot set the pace in the opening practice session for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain.

Motorsport · Oct 30, 2024

Phil Hanson set to join AF Corse for FIA WEC season 2025

Phil Hanson will race the ‘customer’ Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar run by AF Corse in next year’s World Endurance Championship.

Autosport · Oct 30, 2024

Phil Hanson joins AF Corse for FIA WEC season 2025

Briton Phil Hanson will race the ‘customer’ Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar run by AF Corse in next year’s World Endurance Championship.

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