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Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: FIA WEC The official WEC Prologue is behind us, and the first race of 2023 is at our doorstep. FP1 of the first round, the 1000 miles of Sebring, is just behind us with some surprising results. It won't come as a surprise that Toyota topped the charts after FP1. Ryo Hirakawa put out a 1:47.649 in the #8. this was already 1.568s faster than last years qualifying time. More interesting was that James Calado, in the brand new #51 Ferrari 499P, was less

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: Adam Prescott, Rick Kiewiet, NASCAR No less than 62 cars will set out to take the start of the centennial 24...

The Porsche Penske Motorsport works team tackles the 24 Hours of Le Mans with three Porsche 963. Together with the two hypercar vehicles from the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the squad will also compete with a hybrid prototype from the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. For the major event on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the endurance classic, the factory team enlists personnel from both series. The customer squad Hertz Team JOTA has entered a fou

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet The legendary French racing team once founded by Henri Pescarolo in the early 2000s has communicated its...

NASCAR today announced a prestigious driver lineup to pilot its Garage 56 entry in the upcoming 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 100th anniversary of the legendary race. Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson, former 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller, and 2009 Formula One world champion Jenson Button will share the driver’s seat of the Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, which is anticipated to be approved for entry by l'Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) in the com

Wraps Taken Off New GT3 Challenger for Chevrolet, Set for 2024 Debut. At the same place the Corvette Z06 GT3.R will make its on track...

With the Centenary year of the Le Mans 24 Hour Race a little over 6 months away, die hard fans are facing challenging times getting admission tickets and their usual camping grounds as demand seems to be outstripping supply. New update at the end of this article. In an attempt to find space for their Centenary Celebrations and opening ceremony, The ACO (Automobile club de l'ouest) have closed several camp grounds which as not only affected fans but has taken official reseller

With a record number of Hypercar and LMGTE Am entries, the field for the 11th season of the FIA World Endurance Championship is set to herald a new era of endurance motorsport. With Hypercar entries from no less than 9 different teams, entering 7 different makes of car 2023 is set to go down in the history books. Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest: “The FIA World Endurance Championship is about to embark on one of its most thrilling seasons ever. Seven

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: Rick Kiewiet, FIA WEC It's been a quite eventful year in the World Endurance Championship, with close fights,...

Porsche is ready to take on the 2023 motorsport season with big plans, lots of factory commitments, and some exciting new customer racing opportunities. Porsche Penske Motorsport fields two 963 hybrid prototypes in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in pursuit of overall victories. TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has their sights set on winning the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with their new 99X E

At a press conference held at the 24 Hours of Le Mans circuit today, Pierre Fillon, President of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, Christelle Morançais, President of the Pays de la Loire region, Dominique Le Mèner, President of Sarthe Council, Stéphane Le Foll, Mayor of Le Mans, and Agathe Cury, head of the local prefect’s cabinet, unveiled the list of festivities planned to celebrate the 24 Hours of Le Mans Centenary. At 4pm on Saturday 10 June next year, the 24 Hours of Le Ma

At the centennial race in 2023, Action Express Racing will compete in their first Le Mans 24 Hours. On a grid of premier prototypes that will number well into double digits, the team's new full-season IMSA Cadillac V-LMDH GTP car will join the full-season grid of FIA WEC hypercars along with any prospective additions from factory teams. Cadillac Racing will only have one full-season FIA WEC car for 2023, but Chip Ganassi Racing is anticipated to ask for a second car as well,

Ex-F1 and IndyCar driver to debut at 24 Hours of Daytona 2023 with Huracán GT3 EVO2 before LMDh debut in 2024. Lamborghini Squadra Corse is delighted to announce the arrival of Romain Grosjean as an official Lamborghini Factory Driver from 2023. The experienced former Formula 1 driver will also be a key cog in the development of the Lamborghini LMDh project, which will debut in 2024. The Swiss French driver, who has spent the last two seasons racing in the IndyCar Series, wil

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Toyota took pole for tomorrow's 8 hours of Bahrain, but the #8 and #7 were split by a Peugeot for the first...

This Saturday in Bahrain, the 2022 FIA WEC campaign will come to an end with the sixth race of the season. After Sebring, Spa, Le Mans,...

499P is the name of the new Le Mans Hypercar with which Ferrari will tackle the FIA WEC World Endurance Championship in the elite class...

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: FIA WEC Toyota crowned a near perfect weekend at Fuji with a 1-2 finish. For the winners of the 24 hours of Le...

End of an era

BMW M Motorsport returns to Le Mans with the BMW M Hybrid V8: WEC involvement from 2024. In 2024, BMW M Motorsport will return to the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans. For the first time since the legendary BMW V12 LMR won Le Mans 25 years ago, a BMW M Motorsport prototype will challenge for the overall victory. The new BMW M Hybrid V8 will compete in the official FIA World Endurance Championship one year after debuting in the North American IMSA Wea

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet A tat late, but we couldn't deny you our best images of the 6 hours of Monza earlier this month. Click here...