Latest news from the World Endurance Championship- WEC
Shortly after Toyota and Peugeot unveiled their Le Mans Hypercar racers, ByKolles Racing has pulled the wraps off its own competitor for the exciting new endurance class. Dubbed the PMC Project, ByKolles Racing’s hypercar won’t just compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship but will also spawn road-legal and track-special variants. Driving the ByKolles PMC…
Richard Mille Racing Team are making the step up to the FIA World Endurance Championship in2021, with the all-female team once again comprising of Tatiana Calderón, Sophia Flörsch and Beitske Visser. The team competed in last year’s European Le Mans Series Championship, finishing 10th in class with 20 points. They also competed in last year’s…
Toyota has admitted it is “behind target” with test mileage for its new Le Mans Hypercar after a planned test this week was called off due to snow.The Japanese manufacturer officially revealed the GR010 Hybrid that will contest the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship season in full livery on Friday, having released the first proper…
Former Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen is yet to officially confirm what series he’ll be racing in next season. The 28-year-old Dane who lost his seat at the Haas F1 Team following the American racing outfit’s decision to sign Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for 2021, is reportedly set to join Peugeot’s World Endurance Championship…
Toyota has released the first pictures of its new Le Mans Hypercar and a name for its latest FIA World Endurance Championship challenger. The Japanese manufacturer has released shots of the car, the GR010 Hybrid, in camouflage ahead of its official unveiling on Friday when the car will be shown in its 2021 livery. GR…
Mercedes reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne has announced he will be racing in the World Endurance Championship LMP2 class this year with Jota Sports. Vandoorne will now be having a very busy schedule in 2021 competing in both WEC and in Formula E alongside Nyck de Vries in the factory Mercedes-Benz EQ Formula E Team. Vandoorne…
Aston Martin announced Wednesday its exit from the World Endurance Championship, where it had competed in the GTE class with a race car based on its Vantage sports car. It means Aston Martin will no longer be competing in endurance racing directly, though it will still offer GT race cars based on the Vantage to…
Audi is set to end its involvement in Formula E in favour of a return to top-flight sportscar racing with a new LMDh project. The move raises the prospect of Audi returning to the Le Mans 24 Hours, where it picked up 13 outright wins between 2000 and 2014 before axing its LMP1 project after…
MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will return to the Gulf 12 Hours in Bahrain in January with his Avintia-bound half-brother Luca Marini joining him in a Ferrari 488 GT3.Rossi contested the 12-hour event at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi last year in a Kessel Racing-run 488 Ferrari partnered by Marini and his long-time friend…
Factory Aston Martin driver Alex Lynn will skip the final round of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship season in Bahrain after testing positive for COVID-19. Following his Le Mans 24 Hours success with Maxime Martin and Harry Tincknell in the #97 Aston Martin Vantage in the GTE Pro class, Lynn was due to return…