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Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Genesis has its first pole position in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Mathys Jaubert put the #17 Genesis GMR-001 on top of the Hypercar order for the 6 Hours of Barcelona, and at his age he is also the youngest driver ever to start a WEC race from pole. Toyota’s #8 TR010 was second, with the second Genesis in third. In LMGT3, Tom Fleming delivered pole for Garage 59 after arriving at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya only on Saturday mornin

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet, race poster: FIA WEC Following the turmoil in the Middle East, the FIA World Endurance Championship makes its first visit to Spain this weekend, with the 6 Hours of Barcelona on Sunday 18 October. It is the penultimate round of the 2026 season, and both titles are still undecided. Chances are it's going to be a wet one... Hypercar: a tight top four Just 20 points separate the leading four Hypercar crews. Toyota and BMW have taken most of the wins

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: GT Report by Jacob Suter Toyota converted a late safety car into a shock 6 Hours of Fuji victory, with a bold fuel-only strategy elevating the #8 TR010 Hybrid from sixth to the win in the race's closing stages. In LMGT3, Team WRT's Augusto Farfus produced a stunning late charge to snatch victory in the #32 BMW M4, capping a frantic finish shaped by the same late-race safety car period. Hypercar Alpine controlled the bulk of the six hours, with the #

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: FIA WEC Ferrari ended its longest winless run in WEC history at Lone Star Le Mans, with the #50 499P of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen inheriting victory after the #7 Toyota TR010 Hybrid suffered a late hydraulic failure while leading. It capped an eventful six hours at COTA that delivered on almost every storyline flagged coming into the weekend. Hypercar Antonio Giovinazzi's #51 Ferrari took pole after a dead heat in Hyperpole wi

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO Thomas Preining, Ricardo Feller and Bastian Buus gave Lionspeed GP a maiden CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa victory, the #80 Porsche 911 GT3 R crossing the line 12.3 seconds ahead of the #48 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of Luca Stolz, Lucas Auer and Maro Engel. The #51 AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 of Nicklas Nielsen, Alessio Rovera and Tommaso Mosca completed the podium after one of the more eventful races in recent memory. For Porsche, it was a nint

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

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 & 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