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With six hours left at La Sarthe, the #12 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA machine of Louis Deletraz, Will Stevens and Norman Nato leads the 94th 24 Hours of Le Mans by close to a minute. A night of relentless attrition has thinned the Hypercar pack, eliminating the polesitting BMW, the sister #38 Cadillac and a works Ferrari 499P. The fight for second between Sheldon van der Linde's BMW and Brendon Hartley's Toyota remains alive, but the American manufacturer looks well placed to en

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 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

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: 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