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Peugeot explains decision not to use WEC reserve driver at Spa

A desire to maximise seat time for the regular drivers of its 2024-spec 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, which is making only its second race outing prior to next month's Le Mans 24 Hours, was cited by technical director Olivier Jansonnie as a justification for not giving reserve Malthe Jakobsen a…

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Fuoco explains secret behind "special" WEC Imola pole lap

The Italian explained how completing two warmup laps in the decisive Hyperpole session in his factory #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar allowed him to set two laps good enough to earn his first pole position since last year's Le Mans 24 Hours. He improved on his 1m29.735s lap time…

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Fuoco explains tyre preparation behind "special" WEC Imola pole lap

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New WEC BoP created "to let the manufacturers race"

Automobile Club de l’Ouest competition director Thierry Bouvet made the claim when the Le Mans 24 Hours organiser and FIA, which jointly administer the WEC, went public on the revised BoP procedures ahead of this weekend’s Qatar 1812Km 2024 season-opener.

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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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Alpine: Lapierre “perfect teacher” for Schumacher’s WEC introduction

Sinault described Lapierre, who has 16 Le Mans 24 Hours starts to his name, as the “perfect teacher” for Schumacher in the line-up in the #36 Alpine A424 LMDh completed by Matthieu Vaxiviere.

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Why Daytona 24 Hours victory was so “huge” for Porsche and Penske

The German manufacturer has now matched its number of wins at the Floridian sportscar classic to its record tally of 19 Le Mans 24 Hours triumphs.

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Friday favourite: The “no compromise” track where a Le Mans winner notched up a century

It’s been over a decade since Christophe Bouchut last raced at his favourite circuit. And while the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hours winner says the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course first opened in 1962 is “not the biggest, not the most beautiful circuit,” he reckons the track’s combination of corners,…

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Long-time Toyota technical director Vasselon replaced

Vasselon, 60, has been succeeded on a temporary basis by David Floury as the technical chief of the Cologne-based organisation that masterminds Toyota's World Endurance Championship programme, develops the engines for its World Rally Championship GR Yaris Rally 1 and builds the GR Supra GT4 customer racer. The move announced…

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How Ferrari's British star reached Le Mans-winning heights

Le Mans 24 Hours winner. That’s the tag that’s now nailed firmly ahead of the name James Calado, and has been since Ferrari’s victory in the centenary running of the French enduro last summer. Only it should really be, as the man himself points out, three-time Le Mans winner.

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Marciello joins Rossi for BMW debut in Bathurst 12 Hour

Marciello will drive a WRT-entered BMW M4 GT3 in the Australian endurance classic on February 18, sharing the car with MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi and Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Maxime Martin.

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Factory Aston driver Sorensen to make SUPER GT debut with D'station

2022 Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Sorensen will share the latest-spec Aston Martin Vantage GT3 with D’station managing director/driver Tomonobu Fujii in the GT300 class of the Japanese series, beginning with the Okayama season opener in April.

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Ferrari names unchanged WEC Hypercar line-up for 2024

Le Mans 24 Hours winners James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi will again share the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar run by the factory AF Corse squad, while the sister #50 entry will be raced by Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina. Pier Guidi and Fuoco…

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IROC brand rights purchased, new owners plan to revive invitational series

Renowned NASCAR crew chief Evernham and former Cup Series team co-owner Kauffman, a two-time Le Mans 24 Hours starter, have created joint venture company IROC Holdings and announced on Monday that they had purchased rights to the IROC brand.

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Hill stays put in WSR BMW for 2024 BTCC season

The 29-year-old, who has just become a father for the first time, switched to the Sunbury squad for 2022 and has finished as its top-placed driver in the championship in both his seasons there, accumulating a total of nine race wins plus a pair of third-place finishes in the points.…

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Ferrari’s Le Mans 24 Hours win is Autosport’s Moment of the Year

The legendary Italian team returned to the top class of sportscar racing with a factory assault for the first time in 50 years.

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Ferrari’s Le Mans 24 Hours win named Autosport’s Moment of the Year

The legendary Italian team returned to the top class of sportscar racing with a factory assault for the first time in 50 years.

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Shwartzman has "zero doubt" he is ready for WEC Hypercar move after Ferrari test

Shwartzman got to sample Ferrari’s Le Mans 24 Hours-winning LMH car at the official WEC rookie test in Bahrain last Sunday, just over a month after scoring his first victory in the GT World Challenge Europe series in Barcelona.

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Timo Bernhard's Porsche team announces DTM exit

Team owner and two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Timo Bernhard explained that a mixture of personal Porsche ambassadorial commitments and budget constraints mean it will not be possible for his squad to continue fielding the Porsche 911 GT3 R in the German category next year.

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Gibson wins FIA tender for LMP2 engine supply for new rules cycle from 2026

Gibson has won the FIA tender to provide the engines for a five-year period from the beginning of the new rules cycle in 2026. The powerplant will be a 4.2-litre normally-aspirated V8, the same configuration as the spec GK428 unit it has supplied for the current P2 formula that began…

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New hydrogen electric MissionH24 concept revealed with focus on performance

A joint venture between Le Mans 24 Hours organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest and hydrogen specialist GreenGT, MissionH24 gave its LMPH2G hydrogen concept a first demonstration run at Spa in 2018, before it took part in a live practice session for a Le Mans Cup round the following year.

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McLaren bids to return to Le Mans 24 Hours with United Autosports

The winner of the French enduro in 1995 has announced its intent to participate in the replacement for the GTE Am category and that it has nominated United, which is co-owned by McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown, as its representative.

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Inside the adaptations needed to realise NASCAR's Le Mans return

“Strange and exciting.” Those are the words that came into FIA chief technical and safety officer Xavier Mestelan Pinon’s mind when he was told about the Garage 56 entry for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. And for good reason. The car that filled the grid slot reserved – but…

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Vanwall reliability "much better" after early WEC season dramas

The ByKolles-run squad returned to the WEC this year with the non-hybrid Vandervell 680 LMH, the successor to the troubled CLM P1/01 LMP1 car that failed to finish Le Mans 24 Hours in six successive attempts.

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