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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

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: SRO Lance Stroll will step out of his Aston Martin Formula 1 car and into a GT3 machine next weekend, with the Canadian confirmed for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season opener at Circuit Paul Ricard on April 11. Lance Stroll will step out of his Aston Martin Formula 1 car and into a GT3 machine next weekend, with the Canadian confirmed for the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup season opener at Circuit Paul Ricard on April 11. S

Da Costa made it back-to-back wins at Madrid's first race; Evans second; Wehrlein third; controversial Jaguar one-two

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Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet The 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship will no longer begin in Qatar, after the Qatar 1812km was officially postponed due to the escalating geopolitical situation in the Middle East. The race, originally scheduled for 26–28 March at Lusail International Circuit, will now be moved to the second half of the season. Therefore, Imola will host the 2026 season opener. In an official FIA WEC press statement released on 3 March, championship organisers

Da Costa secured Jaguar's first win from 13th on grid at Jeddah R2; Buemi second; Rowland third; masterclass in energy management

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Alpine has confirmed it will withdraw from the FIA World Endurance Championship after the 2026 season, bringing its Hypercar program to a close as the French manufacturer shifts its motorsport focus fully to Formula One. The decision forms part of a broader revision of Alpine’s brand and business strategy, with the company prioritising long-term product development and financial sustainability amid changing market conditions, particularly slower-th

Evans claimed Jaguar's first win in wet Miami from ninth on grid; Rowland second; Buemi third; impressive display in challenging weather

Cassidy claimed Citroën's first Formula E win from 13th on grid; Buemi second; Rowland third; historic victory for French manufacturer

Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: Toyota, Rick Kiewiet Toyota has unveiled its updated Hypercar challenger, the TR010 HYBRID, for the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship season, marking the start of a new era for the Japanese manufacturer’s long-running endurance program. Images published this week show extensive bodywork revisions compared to the previous GR010 design, which had remained visually unchanged since 2021. The front end has been reshaped to reflect Toyota’s current ro

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Vanwall is preparing a return to top-level prototype competition, outlining plans to contest the newly expanded Hypercar class in the 2026–27 Asian Le Mans Series as part of a wider push to rejoin the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2027. The Austrian-flagged team, operated by Colin Kolles’ ByKolles structure, has been absent from competition since the conclusion of its troubled 2023 WEC campaign. The original Vandervell 680 LMH completed one s

Dennis converted pole into victory at São Paulo; Cassidy second; Mortara third; dramatic debut for Formula E rookie Pepe Martí

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Proton Competition has confirmed it will not field a Porsche 963 Hypercar in the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship, drawing a definitive end to weeks of intense negotiations and closing the last potential avenue for Porsche to remain present in the top class at Le Mans next year. The decision comes in the wake of Porsche Penske Motorsport’s withdrawal from the world championship, which left Proton as the only realistic route for the 963 to stay

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet The Iron Dames project will not return to the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2026, ending a five-season run as the only all-female entry on the world stage. The announcement, issued on Thursday afternoon, confirms the closure of the team’s LMGT3 programme after months of uncertainty surrounding its future. First podium, Monza 2022 The Dames’ WEC story began in 2021, following two seasons in the European Le Mans Series. What started as an ambit

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Just like in qualifying, Japan ruled the desert once more. Toyota and Lexus completed a dominant weekend in Bahrain as the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship season came to a close, with Toyota ending its yearlong victory drought in Hypercar and Lexus claiming class honours in LMGT3. While the Japanese marques celebrated their race wins, Ferrari walked away with both world championships, sealing the Hypercar Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ titles to

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Japan ruled in qualifying for the BAPCO 8 Hours of Bahrain, as Toyota Gazoo Racing locked out the Hypercar front row and Lexus continued the nation’s dominance by securing LMGT3 pole. Toyota claims first pole since a year. Kamui Kobayashi delivered a flawless performance in the No. 7 GR010 Hybrid, setting a 1:46.826 on his sole flying lap after an extra warm-up tour to bring the tyres to temperature. His time proved untouchable, edging teammate Bre

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet The FIA World Endurance Championship heads to the desert for the season-ending BAPCO 8 Hours of Bahrain (6-8 November), with both the Hypercar and LMGT3 titles still up for grabs. The Bahrain International Circuit (5.412 km) will host the final showdown of the 2025 campaign, with eight hours of racing from day into night. The Championships' decider The Hypercar championship remains tightly contested. Ferrari leads both the Manufacturers’ and Driver