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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.

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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...

French racing driver Tom Dillmann recently completed just shy of 1000km, testing the Vanwall Hypercar at the Lausitzring in Germany. Over the 2 day test, Dillmann who was in the car for the first time completed 2 days of testing; covering 450 km each day. 'The test couldn't have gone any better in all honesty. It was my first time [in the car] and the car's third and forth day [of testing]. We did a lot of mileage running through our program to understand the car' said Dillm

Phil Hanson will continue with United Autosport to contest the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. Since 2018, the 23-year-old Briton has raced with the team, making his debut at the Rolex 24 at Daytona alongside F1 legend Fernando Alonso. Hanson has earned impressive endurance accolades during his WEC career with United. At the age of 21 years, 78 days, he became the second youngest driver in the history of the World Endurance Championship to win the LMP2 class at Le Mans

As part of its LMDh program, Lamborghini Squadra Corse has announced the first two drivers for the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship (Hypercar class) and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (GTP class). Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti, both current Lamborghini factory drivers, have been confirmed not only as test drivers, but also as drivers in the new project. “We are especially proud to announce Mirko and Andrea as the first drivers for the LMDh program,” co

In a dramatic and closely-contested 6 Hours of Monza, Andre Negrao, Nicolas Lapierre, and Matthieu Vaxiviere were able to extend their...

Ferrari Factory drivers Alessandro Pier Guidi and Nicklas Nielsen had the privilege of completing the first laps in the Ferrari Le Mans Hypercar at the Fiorano Circuit. At the Fiorano circuit this morning, history was made. After a series of preparatory checks, two-time world endurance champion Alessandro Pier Guidi fired up the engine of Ferrari's new Le Mans Hypercar (LMH), which it will use in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 2023. Under the watchful eye of CEO Bene

As the Le Mans 24 Hours race took place on Circuit de la Sarthe for the 90th time, we saw a tale of 2 Toyota's unfold as Sebastien Buemi,...

Brendon Hartley in the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR101 Hybrid has claimed overall pole position for the 90th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours, with his team mate Kamui Kobayashi taking 2nd place in the sister No. 7 car. Nicolas Lapierre took third for Alpine with a best lap of 3:24.850, which sat at the top of the timesheets until improvements from both Toyota knocked it down to third and Ryan Briscoe was fourth for Glickenhaus, with team mate Olivier Pla rounding out the top

Kamui Kobayashi set the fastest time during qualifying on Wednesday, and the drivers vying for Hyperpole during a session hit by rain in the second half. The five Hypercars are already guaranteed a place in Hyperpole, but the Japanese driver outpaced Romain Dumas' No. 708 Glickenhaus 007 Pipo by 0.108 seconds. Robin Frijns led the way in LMP2 in the No. 31 Team WRT Oreca 07 Gibson with a time of 3:29.898. Jose Felix da Costa of JOTA placed second, while Norman Nato, Alex Lynn