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Cadillac: Austin our best chance of a podium in WEC 2024

Cadillac driver Alex Lynn believes that the US marque has its best chance of the season of making it onto the World Endurance Championship podium at Austin this weekend.

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WEC COTA: Giovinazzi beats Kubica to pole as Ferrari locks out front row

Antonio Giovinazzi claimed Ferrari’s second World Endurance Championship pole position of the season ahead of Sunday’s Austin round.

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WEC COTA: Cadillac heads Ferrari in ultra-close final practice

Cadillac topped the timesheets in final practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship event at Austin.

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WEC COTA: Giovinazzi leads Ferrari 1-2 in FP2

Ferrari returned to the top of the World Endurance Championship timesheets for the first time since the Le Mans 24 Hours in second free practice for this weekend’s Austin round.

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Aston Martin completes 6000km of testing with new Valkyrie LMH

Aston Martin’s new Valkyrie World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship contender has already notched up more than 6000km in testing since hitting the track last month.

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Keating returns to WEC with Proton Ford squad for Austin

Two-time World Endurance Championship title winner Ben Keating will make a return to the series for his home race in Austin next month.

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Toyota to race hydrogen car alongside existing hypercar in 2028 WEC

Toyota is planning to race its proposed hydrogen-combustion Hypercar contender alongside its existing GR010 HYBRID in the 2028 World Endurance Championship.

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Toyota to race hydrogen car alongside existing LMH in 2028 WEC

Toyota is planning to race its proposed hydrogen combustion Hypercar class contender alongside its existing GR010 HYBRID in the 2028 World Endurance Championship.

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Muller to depart Peugeot Hypercar squad, Jakobsen promoted for WEC 2025 race seat

Nico Muller will split with Peugeot at the end of the 2024 World Endurance Championship, with rising star Malthe Jakobsen stepping up from the reserve driver role as his replacement.

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Muller departs as Peugeot lines up replacement for 2025 WEC season

Nico Muller will split with Peugeot at the end of the 2024 World Endurance Championship, with rising star Jakobsen taking his place at the French manufacturer.

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How a hidden revolution has improved GT racing

Quibbles over Balance of Performance and accusations of sandbagging have been a near-constant feature of GT racing in recent times. Openly discussing the BoP isn’t permitted under the World Endurance Championship’s sporting regulations, but that’s not the only reason for grumbles being notably reduced this year as LMGT3 replaced GTE…

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Porsche customer Proton eyeing second car in WEC and IMSA

Proton Competition is eyeing an expansion of its World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship assaults with the Porsche 963 LMDh as the German manufacturer makes more customer cars available.

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Hartley concedes WEC title despite Toyota #8 winning at Interlagos

Reigning World Endurance Championship title winners Brendon Hartley, Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa have all but conceded the crown despite winning Sunday’s Interlagos round.

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WEC Sao Paulo: Toyota dominates to defeat Porsche

Toyota dominated at Interlagos on the way to a second World Endurance Championship victory of the season on Sunday.

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WEC Sao Paulo: Kobayashi claims pole in Toyota 1-2

Toyota claimed its first pole position of the 2024 World Endurance Championship campaign as it blocked out the front row for Sunday’s Sao Paulo 6 Hours.

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BMW rules out using evo jokers on LMDh car before end of 2024

BMW doesn't plan to use evo jokers on its LMDh car before the end of the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship seasons, motorsport boss Andreas Roos says.

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Ferrari eyes joker upgrades to Le Mans-winning 499P

Ferrari is eyeing a performance upgrade of its Le Mans 24 Hours-winning 499P that could come on stream before the end of this year’s World Endurance Championship.

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Ferrari's WEC title hopes "back on track" after Le Mans win

Ferrari believes it is back in the hunt for the 2024 World Endurance Championship after claiming its first win of the season at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

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BMW won't accept Ferrari's "very unfair" penalty for Vanthoor/Kubica crash

Six hours and 35 minutes into the World Endurance Championship's most prestigious race, the #83 Ferrari 499P driven by Kubica swerved into Vanthoor's #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 as they lapped the #92 Manthey Pure Rxcing GT3 entry on the approach to Mulsanne corner, which sent the Belgian driver into…

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Porsche drivers claim rivals were sandbagging before Le Mans 24 Hours

Porsche was deemed as the favourite to take victory in the 92nd edition of the French endurance classic, having won two out of three World Endurance Championship rounds in 2024, the #6 factory Porsche squad in Qatar and the #12 Jota Porsche effort at Spa, and also looked rapid in…

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"Killing tyres" on damp track cost Cadillac chance at Le Mans victory

Although it was down in 17th position three hours into the World Endurance Championship's most famous race after qualifying second at the hands of Alex Lynn, the #2 V-Series.R achieved a solid race thereafter.

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Le Mans 24h, H3: Ferrari leads as shower disrupts Hypercar battle

The World Endurance Championship race has been shaped by a sudden shower at 5:38pm, before which the Nicklas Nielsen's #50 Ferrari led Laurens Vanthoor's #6 Porsche, Antonio Giovinazzi's #51 Ferrari and Sebastien Buemi's #8 Toyota.

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Le Mans 24h, Hour 3: #83 Ferrari leads from Toyota after rain shower

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Kubica tops warm-up, Toyota's De Vries crashes

As most teams elected to give drivers pitstop practice in live conditions, only 12 of the 23 Hypercar entries set a time during the short 15-minute session that precedes the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event, with Kubica heading a Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar 1-2 in his customer #83 AF…

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