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Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Our gallery of last weekend's 6 hours of Spa is online! The race in which BMW bagged it's first WEC Hypercar victory and Peugeot scored its first Pole Position. Find the full gallery here: https://prescottmotorsport.pixieset.com/ Here's a small selection of what to expect:

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Team WRT delivered BMW its first FIA World Endurance Championship victory at the 2026 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday, with a strategic masterclass producing a 1-2 finish for the Bavarian marque — its first outright win in ACO-rules racing since Le Mans in 1999. Hypercar Robin Frijns, Rene Rast and Sheldon van der Linde took the win in the #20 BMW M Hybrid V8, with Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor comple

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Malthe Jakobsen delivered Peugeot its first-ever FIA World Endurance Championship pole position on Friday, steering the #94 Peugeot 9X8 to a 2:00.653 in Hyperpole at Spa-Francorchamps. It was a landmark moment for the French manufacturer, coming at the 9X8's 28th WEC race start. Hypercar The achievement was all the more notable given Jakobsen had spun at Raidillon on his out lap during the opening qualifying segment, forcing him to pit for a second

The 2026 24 Hours of Le Mans is already shaping up to be another major chapter in endurance racing, with the return of LMP2, a stacked Hypercar field, and one of the strongest GT grids in recent years.

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Round two of the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship heads to one of motorsport's most celebrated venues this week, with the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. As is tradition since the days of the 1000km of Spa, the race takes place on a Saturday — this time the 9th of May. It also holds a familiar role in the calendar as the final competitive outing before the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June, giving teams one last opportunity to sharpen th

United Autosports secured a long-awaited return to the top step in the European Le Mans Series, taking victory in the 4 Hours of Le Castellet after a measured and controlled drive across the full race distance. Image - United Autosports For much of the race, the fight at the front of LMP2 remained tight, but when it mattered, United Autosports delivered. Griffin Peebles, Grégoire Saucy and Ben Hanley combined pace with clean execution, putting themselves in position for the c

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO The opening Sprint Cup round of the 2026 GT World Challenge Europe season at Brands Hatch delivered two contrasting races, a raft of post-race penalties, and a maiden outright series win for Lionspeed GP before the weekend was out. Qualifying Ricardo Feller put the #80 Lionspeed GP Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo on pole for Race 1 with a 1m22.722s on his first flying lap, the only driver to dip below 1m23s alongside Arthur Leclerc, who qualified second i

The provisional entry list for the 2026 FIA WEC TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps has landed, and it is exactly what you want from a Spa grid.

The streets of Monte Carlo stepped back in time for the 2026 Monaco Historic Grand Prix, as some of the most iconic racing cars ever built returned to one of the most demanding circuits in motorsport. The Grand Prix Historique is never just about display. It is proper racing. Across the weekend, cars from multiple eras took to the track, from early Grand Prix machines through to more modern Formula 1 cars, all driven with intent rather than caution. Monaco does not allow anyt

The ELMS calendar is built around six four-hour races held at some of Europe’s most technical circuits. Each venue brings its own challenges, requiring teams to adapt quickly and perform under different conditions.

Both Formula E and WEC rely on efficiency, consistency, and race management. Drivers must balance performance with energy use in Formula E, while endurance racing demands similar discipline over longer distances.

The best images of last weekend's FIA WEC 6 hours of Imola are now online! For the link to the full gallery, click here

Ten years in, Prescott Motorsport continues to grow from a single idea into a trusted source for endurance and GT racing coverage.

The GEN4 car will make its competitive debut in the 2026 to 2027 Formula E season. Development and testing are already underway, with manufacturers preparing for the transition.

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Toyota couldn't wish for a better debut for its brand new TR010 Hybrid at the 6 Hours of Imola. The no. #8 of Sébastien Buemi, Ryo Hirakawa and Brendon Hartley defeated the pole-sitting Ferrari 499P in a strategic race to open the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The result, achieved in front of 92,175 spectators, came on Toyota's 100th WEC start and delivered the Japanese manufacturer its 50th victory in the series. Hypercar: Strateg

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Antonio Giovinazzi delivered Ferrari pole position for the 2026 FIA WEC season opener at Imola, but the story of a remarkable Hyperpole session was the 0.011 seconds separating the reigning world champion from Ryo Hirakawa's Toyota — and four different manufacturers filling the top five grid slots. Giovinazzi set his pole lap of 1:30.127 on his final run in the #51 Ferrari AF Corse 499P, vaulting from third to first in the closing moments. Hirakawa

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: GT Report (Daniele Paglino), Rick Kiewiet The FIA World Endurance Championship's 2026 season was always going to start at Imola — just not quite in the way anyone had planned. The opening round in Qatar was called off amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, leaving the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari to host not only the first race of the year but also the Prologue test that preceded it. Eight Hypercar manufacturers and a packed L

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO A crowd of over 37,000 at Circuit Paul Ricard witnessed one of the more dramatic finishes in recent GT World Challenge Europe memory, as the #7 Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo snatched victory from the #48 Mercedes-AMG Team Mann-Filter with eight minutes remaining. Nicki Thiim, Marco Sørensen and Mattia Drudi took the win; the #48 crew of Lucas Auer, Maro Engel and Luca Stolz had to settle for second after dominating for the better

The race began under difficult conditions, with a multi-car incident early on bringing out a red flag and disrupting the opening phase.

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO The GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS opens its 2026 season at Circuit Paul Ricard this weekend, with a 59-car field contesting a six-hour race running from 18:00 through to midnight on Saturday. It is the 14th consecutive year the series has visited the French circuit, and one of the more eventful season openers in recent memory. New in 2026: Lamborghini's Temerario and F1 driver(-s?) The headline addition on the machinery front is the L