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Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet The 2026 season finale at Monza gave Cadillac its first WEC win of the year and Toyota’s #8 crew a Drivers’ World Championship it did not have to race for. The #38 JOTA crew of Jack Aitken, Sébastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber finished 5.607 seconds ahead of Alpine’s farewell podium, while the #8 Toyota of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa won the Drivers’ title from 11th place. In LMGT3, Manthey’s Porsche won the race, but the title

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 & Images: Rick Kiewiet The 94th edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is almost upon us, and the entry list reads as one of the strongest in recent memory. Across all three classes, the field is deep, the pace is close, and the arguments for any number of potential winners are convincing. The test day, held yesterday at the Circuit de la Sarthe, gave a first indication of where things stand — though as ever, test day times are only part of the story. Twelve months ago, Fer

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: 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