WEC

24h Le Mans: Porsche leads after disaster for Toyota

At the mid-way point in the 85th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 3rd round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship, the No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid is leading after a disastrous...

Kobayashi smashes Le Mans lap record

Toyota Gazoo Racing today gave the firmest of signals to its competitors of its desire to conquer the 24 Hours of Le Mans.  The Japanese team, and two of its Japanese drivers, secured the...

Toyota claims first provisional pole in First Qualifying session

Toyota tonight claimed provisional pole position in the first qualifying session for the weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, round three of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship. Toyota tonight claimed provisional pole position in...

Toyota takes 1-2 at Spa

A thrilling finale to the 6 Hours of Spa played out this evening as Toyota claimed its first 1-2 finish since the 6 Hours of Shanghai in 2014. Sébastien Buemi held off Kamui Kobayashi in...

Toyota takes thrilling last-gasp win at Silverstone

Toyota Gazoo Racing took a thrilling victory in the opening round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship at Silverstone this afternoon. Kazuki Nakajima, Sébastien Buemi and Anthony Davidson took Toyota’s 11th victory in the...

Aston Martin unveil 2017 challenger and Le Mans line-ups

Aston Martin Racing is back for 2017 with a trio of V8 Vantage GTEs, fighting once again for honours in the world’s premiere endurance racing series, the FIA World Endurance Championship. In LMGTE Pro the...

Lapierre, Kunimoto complete Toyota Le Mans lineup

Toyota Gazoo Racing has announced Nicolas Lapierre and Yuji Kunimoto will be joining the team to drive the No. 9 TS050 Hybrid alongside Stéphane Sarrazin at the Six Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Le...

Miguel Molina joins Spirit of Race

Swiss Ferrari team Spirit of Race has announced that former Audi DTM star, Miguel Molina, will join the team for the 2017 WEC. The 28-year-old Spaniard will line up alongside Thomas Flohr of Switzerland and...

Jean-Eric Vergne joins Manor in FIA WEC

CEFC Manor TRS Racing has extended its LMP2 driver line up for the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship to include former Formula 1 driver Jean-Éric Vergne. The 26-year-old Frenchman has vast experience in single seaters,...

Derani and Johnson line up with Ford for Silverstone

The provisional entry list for the 6 Hours of Silverstone issued today confirms the 28 cars expected for the opening round of the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship season on Sunday 16th April although...

Porsche GT announces driver pairings for the new 911 RSR

The Porsche GT Team has announced its driver pairings for its challenge on the FIA World Endurance Championship for GTE Drivers and Manufacturers. The German team’s all-new-for-2017 Porsche 911 RSR was recently launched after a...

Robert Kubica to race in the 24h of Le Mans

Ex F1 driver Robert Kubica has been signed by ByKolles Racing for the 2017 season, and the Pole – who got his first taste of the WEC at the 2016 Rookie Test in Bahrain...

Rebellion changes to LMP2 with Senna

Rebellion Racing has announced that the team will enter two ORECA 07 Gibson LMP2 cars in the 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship (*subject to admission by the Selection Committee), and also confirmedfour of their...

Porsche takes 4th win in China

A fourth win of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship for the No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid crew of Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley secured a second consecutive 2016 FIA World Endurance Manufacturer...

Porsche on pole for 6h of Shanghai in tense session

In bright sunshine and rising track temperatures, a tense qualifying session took place following a slight delay due to barrier repairs following an incident in a support race. Several leading cars had lap times...

Porsche leads in Shanghai

Here are the headlines from the second free practice session: New Zealander records a 1m44.594s to head field by 1.6s in No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid Loic Duval sets second fastest time in No.8 Audi R18 with...

Home Victory for Toyota at Fuji

Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway, and Stéphane Sarrazin have won the Six Hours of Fuji for Toyota Gazoo Racing. The No. 8 Audi led most of the race, yet a decision not to change tires...

Audi grab pole in Fuji thriller

No.8 Audi R18 of Loic Duval and Lucas Di Grassi get second pole of 2016 season Combined time of 1m23.570s just beats No.1 Porsche 919 Hybrid by 0.025s! Toyota Gazoo Racing start third and fourth at...

Porsche takes third consecutive win at Austin

Reigning champions Timo Bernhard, Mark Webber and Brendon Hartley took victory in today’s 6 Hours of COTA, the Lone Star Le Mans event at Austin, Texas. The trio secured a third consecutive WEC win...

Audi takes front row lock out at COTA

·         Audi lock out the front row in LMP1. The Andre Lotterer/Marcel Fassler No.7 Audi R18 back to the pole on 1:45.842. This compares to last year’s pole time of 1:46.211. ·         Rebellion Racing score...

BMW wins eventful 24 Hours of Spa after epic finish

For the second year running, it was a BMW that won the highlight of the Blancpain GT Series, the Total 24 Hours of Spa. The #99 Rowe Racing BMW of Maxime Martin, Alexander Sims...

All the Mercedes-AMG DSQ from quali, Audi on pole

The news has been release only 3 hours before the race. All the Mercedes-AMG drivers are disqualified from the super pole knockout and they got as well a big penalty for the race. All the...

Mercedes-AMG takes pole for 2016 24h of Spa

Clemens Schmid, at the wheel of the #85 HTP Motorsport Mercedes-AMG, has claimed pole position for the 2016 Total 24 Hours of Spa, the highlight of the Blancpain GT Series and Intercontinental GT Challenge....

FIA WEC and Formula V8 3.5 to join forces in 2017

Jaime Alguersuari, President of RPM Racing and Gérard Neveu, CEO of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), and, have reached an extremely encouraging agreement that will link the Formula V8 3.5 series to the...

Porsche wins over Audi the 6h of Nürburgring

The Porsche car driven by Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard won the 6 hours of Nürburgring after an intense battle with the Audi’s who completes the podium. In front of 58.000 spectators, the...

Audi takes front row for 6h of Nürburgring under rain

The Audi #7 will start from the pole position in a crazy qualifying conditions with rain. Audi made a one-two and beat the Porsches who struggled with tyres choice. Under rain conditions the Audi Sport...

Audi driver Benoît Tréluyer not at Nürburgring

While training on his mountain bike three-time Le Mans winner Benoît Tréluyer fell and injured his spinal column. The injury will heal without surgical intervention and have no further consequences. As the recovery period will...

Dramatic Le Mans Victory for Porsche

Marc Lieb, Neel Jani, and Romain Dumas achieved a dramatic victory for Porsche Team at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. With five minutes remaining, it looked like Toyota would achieve its first Le...

Toyota 1-2 with Six Hours To Go at Le Mans

 With six hours to go at Le Mans, Toyota Gazoo Racing has a one-two lead in the 24-hour race with Sébastien Buemi in the No. 5 entry in the lead. During the first six hours,...

Toyota Leads at Le Mans After Six Hours

The race was started behind the safety car because of heavy rain. After six laps behind the safety car, the race was finally green-flagged 52 minutes into the race. Porsche Team had claimed the front...