Peugeot has revealed the reason behind Jean-Eric Vergne’s move into a development role with its World Endurance Championship squad in 2026, ending his continuous run as a race driver since the programme began.Ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain finale, Peugeot revealed that Vergne will be stepping down from his race seatContinue Reading
The World Endurance Championship could introduce success handicaps in the Hypercar division for its 2026 season.The new sporting rules for the series next year contain the provision to extend the use of the performance-balancing measure from LMGT3 to the top class. But the FIA, which runs the WEC together with LeContinue Reading
Rumours about Porsche wanting to sell its stake in Manthey Racing have been circulating in the paddock for several months.The Volkswagen Group brand reported a sharp drop in profits this year, forcing it to cut jobs across its automotive division. The weak financial performance also played a part in itsContinue Reading
The 499Ps leave Brazil, venue of the 6 Hours of São Paulo, with 11th and 12th place finishes for the number 51 and 50 cars fielded by the official Ferrari – AF Corse team, and an eighth place overall for the number 83 crew entered by AF Corse. These resultsContinue Reading
Mick Schumacher has insisted that racing single-seaters is “still something I burn for” as he gears up for a maiden IndyCar test next month. The veteran of 43 Formula 1 starts, who has raced sportscars for Alpine in the World Endurance Championship for the past two seasons, suggested that competing in theContinue Reading
There’s always been an elephant in the room in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship since the start of what we have quickly come to call a golden age. And it’s the fact that cars built to two different rulesets – Le Mans Hypercar and LMDh – competeContinue Reading
Ferrari driver Robert Kubica claimed hist first World Endurance Championship Hypercar pole position at Austin. The star of the Le Mans 24 Hours in June took the top spot in qualifying aboard the AF Corse-run customer Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar by less than a tenth of a second fromContinue Reading
Ferrari driver Robert Kubica claimed hist first World Endurance Championship Hypercar pole position at Austin.The star of the Le Mans 24 Hours in June took the top spot in qualifying aboard the AF Corse-run customer Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar by less than a tenth of a second from AntonioContinue Reading
The lap times defied logic, and Derek Bell sidled up to the Nurburgring pitwall. He suggested it might be time to hang out the ‘HOLD’ board to his mercurial young team-mate.Porsche’s management didn’t agree, and minutes later Stefan Bellof crashed out of the lead in spectacular fashion after taking offContinue Reading
Genesis completed approximately 3000km with its new World Endurance Championship challenger during the first wave of track testing for the LMDh prototype last month. Genesis Magma Racing managed in excess of 500 laps at Circuit Paul Ricard over five days of running in the final two weeks of August with AndreContinue Reading