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Toyota reveils new TR010 Hypercar
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

Rick Kiewiet
4 days ago


Vanwall Targets 2026–27 Asian Le Mans Series Return as Revised 680 Hypercar Nears Track Comeback
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

Rick Kiewiet
Dec 12, 2025


Proton Competition Confirms: No Porsche 963 Entry for 2026 WEC
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

Rick Kiewiet
Dec 5, 2025


Iron Dames withdraw from the 2026 FIA WEC grid
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

Rick Kiewiet
Nov 27, 2025


Toyota wins the battle in Bahrain, but Ferrari wins the war.
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

Rick Kiewiet
Nov 8, 2025


BREAKING: Porsche to End Factory WEC Programme After 2025
Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Porsche has confirmed that its factory Hypercar effort in the FIA World Endurance Championship will come to...

Rick Kiewiet
Oct 7, 2025


Preview: 6 hours of Fuji
Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: FIA WEC, Rick Kiewiet, Genesis The FIA World Endurance Championship heads into its penultimate round of the...

Rick Kiewiet
Sep 24, 2025


Pourchaire replaces Vandoorne at Peugeot
Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet In a press statement today, Peugeot confirmed that Théo Pourchaire will make his FIA World Endurance...

Rick Kiewiet
Sep 11, 2025


Preview: Lone Star Le Mans
Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: WEC, Rick Kiewiet The FIA World Endurance Championship heads to Texas for the 6 Hours of Circuit of The...

Rick Kiewiet
Sep 4, 2025


A Cadillac day: JOTA makes history with 1-2 finish at Interlagos
Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: Cadillac, Toyota, WEC The breakthrough finally came. After two and a half seasons Cadillac claimed its first...

Rick Kiewiet
Jul 13, 2025


Preview: 6 hours of São Paulo
Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: WEC, Rick Kiewiet The World Endurance Championship returns to Interlagos this weekend for the fifth round of...

Rick Kiewiet
Jul 9, 2025


CADILLAC SCORES MAIDEN LE MANS POLE
Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet For the first time in nearly six decades, an American manufacturer will start from pole position at the 24...

Rick Kiewiet
Jun 12, 2025


Cadillac tops qualifying, Toyota #7 misses hyperpole
Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Alex Lynn set the best time in the first qualifying session that decided who will participate in tomorrow...

Rick Kiewiet
Jun 10, 2025


Ferrari dominates Spa Qualifying, maiden LMGT3 pole for Lexus
Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet Despite being hit with the hardest Balance of Performance changes (19kw less power and 12kg of extra weight),...

Rick Kiewiet
May 8, 2025


Preview: 6h Imola
Text & Images: Rick Kiewiet The FIA World Endurance Championship heads back to Europe this weekend, the 20st of April, for Round 2 of...

Rick Kiewiet
Apr 15, 2025


Ferrari locks out podium at Qatar 1812KM
Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: FIA WEC Ferrari kicked off the 2025 FIA WEC season in dominant fashion, locking out the podium at the Qatar...

Rick Kiewiet
Feb 27, 2025


Giovinazzi puts #51 Ferrari on Pole for Qatar 1812KM
Text: Rick Kiewiet Images: WEC Pole position for the WEC season opener in Qatar Friday was seized by Antonio Giovinazzi in the #51 AF...

Rick Kiewiet
Feb 26, 2025
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