An expansion of the World Endurance Championship calendar beyond its present eight races has been ruled out for 2026.Series boss Frederic Lequien stressed the importance of stability and continuity when revealing that plans to increase the number of rounds beyond the traditional eight remain on the back burner.“I have saidContinue Reading
The existing Hypercar World Endurance Championship rule book appears set for a further extension that could allow the current generation of cars to race until the end of 2032.Series boss Frederic Lequien has revealed to Autosport that a follow up on the two-year extension to the end of 2029 announcedContinue Reading
A Sunday to remember at WEC 6 Hours of Imola SourceContinue Reading
The reigning Formula E world champion Pascal Wehrlein has filled the vacant seat in the third factory Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar entry for the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. The German, who is in his fifth season of Formula E with Porsche, will contest the double-points round of the WorldContinue Reading
The opening round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship is set to go down in motorsport history and in the memories of fans, thanks to a Ferrari triple on the Lusail circuit. The victory was secured by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen in the number 50 499P,Continue Reading
Nick Tandy, Felipe Nasr and Laurens Vanthoor made it two from two in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship last weekend. The Porsche Penske Motorsport trio completed the ‘Florida 36 Hours’ when they added victory at Sebring over 12 hours to their 24-hour triumph at Daytona in January. And with itContinue Reading
No Balance of Performance, no golden age of sportscar racing. Period. Like it or not, the BoP is one of the building blocks of the success of top-flight prototype racing around the world.You can’t criticise its place at the highest levels of endurance motorsport for that reason, but perhaps inContinue Reading
Ford is returning in an attempt to reprise its overall successes at the Le Mans 24 Hours of the 1960s, the famous quadruple of 1966 to 1969. It really should be regarded as big news, but the question has to be why it has taken so long?Specifically that’s why itContinue Reading
World Endurance Championship Hypercar machinery will take to the Goodwood circuit for the first time next month when one of Jota’s Cadillacs will complete demonstration laps at the Members’ Meeting.Jota’s WEC drivers Alex Lynn and Will Stevens are due to complete ‘a number of high-speed demonstration laps’ in one ofContinue Reading
McLaren has hinted that it could soon announce plans to go for outright victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours.Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, has teased the possibility of an announcement at Le Mans this year when the marque will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of its victory inContinue Reading