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Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Toyota left the inaugural 6 Hours of Barcelona with a one-two finish and the 2026 Hypercar Manufacturers’ World Championship, its eighth title in 14 seasons. The #8 Toyota TR010 Hybrid of Sébastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa won by 0.583 seconds from the sister #7 car, in a race that started wet and dried out. In LMGT3, the #92 The Bend Manthey Porsche of Yasser Shahin, Riccardo Pera and Richard Lietz took a dominant win, which keeps t

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, McLaren, Rick Kiewiet Round six of the FIA WEC season takes the paddock to Japan this weekend (25-27 September) for the 6 Hours of Fuji, with the title picture closer than it's been all year. Ferrari's win at COTA has turned what was a two-way Toyota/BMW fight into a genuine three-way scrap, even as de Vries, Kobayashi and Conway remain tied on points at the top with BMW's Frijns and Rast. Pole positions are overrated... Fuji Speedway, laid

Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet FIA WEC returns from its summer break this weekend for Lone Star Le Mans, with Circuit of The Americas hosting round five of a season that has both major championships hanging by a thread. The Hypercar Drivers' standings are tied at the top, and just five points cover Toyota and BMW in the Manufacturers' fight — a gap Austin could easily flip in either direction. Toyota and BMW still chasing a first COTA win Both marques have won twice already in 2

Our gallery for the 24 hours of Le Mans is now online! The race where Toyota solidified its return to the top step of the podium at La Sarthe. Find the full gallery here: https://prescottmotorsport.pixieset.com/fiawec24hoursoflemans2026/ Here's a small preview:

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

Both Formula E and WEC rely on efficiency, consistency, and race management. Drivers must balance performance with energy use in Formula E, while endurance racing demands similar discipline over longer distances.

The best images of last weekend's FIA WEC 6 hours of Imola are now online! For the link to the full gallery, click here

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 & 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

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

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

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 In a press statement today, Peugeot confirmed that Théo Pourchaire will make his FIA World Endurance...

Goodyear has been selected as the exclusive tyre supplier for the next LMGT3 class in the FIA World Endurance Championship, thanks to their success in a tender conducted by the FIA and the ACO in December. Members of the FIA World Motor Sport Council voted this week through electronic ballot to ratify the appointment of the American tyre maker for a three-year period beginning with the 2024 season. The company is already the exclusive supplier to the FIA WEC's LMP2 class. Fro

As TOYOTA GAZOO Racing makes its first appearance in Europe at the 6 Hours of Portimo for the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), the team hopes to continue its strong start to the season. Perfect team operations, outstanding driver consistency, and astute tyre management led to a one-two finish at the season-opening 1000 Miles of Sebring, beating off a Hypercar field that included such storied brands as Cadillac, Ferrari, Peugeot, and Porsche. After taking first pla

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...