Category: WEC

There will be another car manufacturer in the very popular Hypercar and GTP category, in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The Genesis brand might not be known in the general public, but it’s related to Hyundai. They are entering the motorsport world, to make the name much better known, just as we have seen with DS, Infiniti and Cupra, who are active in other parts of the sport. There are not so many details about the programme, other than it being an LMDh car, and…

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Jules Gounon will get an additional race in the FIA World Endurance Championship 2024. Gounon is the reserve driver at Alpine Endurance Team, and he has already been active twice this year, at Imola and Spa Francorchamps, since he had to replace the back injured Ferdinand Habsburg. The team has announced, that it already was planned prior to the start of the season, that Gounon would do the upcoming race at Fuji International Speedway in Japan, where he is going to replace Paul-Loup Chatin. He didn’t get much race time,…

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Isotta Fraschini has chosen to end their 2024 programme in the FIA World Endurance Championship immediately. The Italian car manufacturer had prepared their entry for a couple of year, but it was a very turbulent entry. Vector Sport was originally slated to race the cars, but it was announced only a few hours before the release of the FIA WEC 2024 entry list, that they would no longer be a partner, and the French Duqueine outfit would run the car instead. It’s been a tough season for the team, in…

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Hertz Team JOTA will move to Cadillac for the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship. The British team will be called Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA, where they will take over the factory deal from Chip Ganassi Racing. That will double the number of Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh cars from one to two in the FIA WEC, where CGR so far only has been willing to run a single car in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA WEC respectively. It was announced earlier this year, that CGR no longer will run Cadillac’s in…

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Aston Martin with Heart of Racing has confirmed their interest in entering the FIA World Endurance Championship 2025 with two cars in Hypercar. There will also be a single car entering the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, as it was the plan from the start. Heart of Racing only announced a single car originally for the FIA WEC 2025, but with the new 2-car rule, there was starting to be some question marks, in regards to HoR and AM still being interested and able to run in the FIA WEC. The…

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The FIA World Endurance Championship has announced the race schedule for the 2025 season. There are no changes in the number of races, nor the locations compared to this year. The season starts on 28 February with the first race weekend in Qatar, where the duration of the race once again is 1812 Kilometers or 10 Hours, depending on what is reached first. The Prologue will happen at the same circuit, in the week leading into the race. The next race will be at the 6 Hours of Imola in…

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If we cast our minds back to 12 months ago, we did not mention Porsche Penske Motorsport, including Michael Christensen, as the favourites for the 24 Hours of le Mans. But with the results that the German manufacturer has delivered so far in 2024, with car #6 currently leading the FIA World Endurance Championship, we probably have to count Porsche as the favourites to grab their 20th overall victory at the 24-hour race, despite the other times being super close to them. We met up with Michael Christensen during the…

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There haven’t been that many father-son combinations in the past at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. We most recently saw the Magnussen family, and prior to that, both the Brundle and Mansell families had each their own outings, just to name a few. Spirit of Race Ferrari #155 are bringing such combination this year, with Johnny and Conrad Laursen sharing the car, that usually runs under the Formula Racing banner in the European Le Mans Series. We met up with Conrad on Saturday, prior to him going on track…

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Jordan Taylor has come to Le Mans with something completely different, compared to his previous times. He will be driving in a Ferrari in the LMGT3 category, sharing the car with Johnny and Conrad Laursen, in what effect in the Spirit of Race entry being taken over by Formula Racing in every since but the team name on the entry list. We caught up with him during the scrutineering in the town center, earlier today. So it’s a bit unusual color to see you in. “Yeah, I’ve obviously been against…

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Doriane Pin will sadly miss out on the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2024. The French racing driver was going to race for the Iron Dames outfit, who participates with a Lamborghini Huracan LMGT3 EVO2, but she unfortunately broke some ribs during her Formula Regional European Championship powered by Alpine (FRECA). She will put her focus on getting ready for the next round of the F1 Academy, which will be held at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 21-23 June. So that makes the Iron Dames team consist of Sarah Bovy, Michelle Gatting…

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Despite the entry list for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans actually being locked two weeks ago, a change has just been announced. Proton Competition Ford #44 has swapped Christian Ried for John Hartshorne onboard the yellow Ford Mustang LMGT3. So there won’t any comeback for Ried after all, after he announced his retirement at the FIA WEC season finale in 2023. So it was a bit of a surprise, to see his name on the original 2024 entry list, and still being present, only two weeks ago. Hartshorne…

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United Autosports has named the three drivers, who are going to participate in this years 24 Hours of Le Mans The 2024 edition will have Oliver Jarvis, Bijoy Garg, and Nolan Siegel behind the wheel of the ORECA 07 Gibson #22 in the LMP2 category. Jarvis has been a part of UA for several years on/off, and is one of the full season ELMS drivers this year, competing in the LMP2 Pro/Am rankings alongside Daniel Schneider and Andy Meyrick. Garg is also participating in ELMS, but in one of the…

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Update The press release from the team has been withdrawn, after it was pointed out to them, that it’s NOT allowed to replace another team completely. The status of the d project is currently unknown.  Formula Racing will do the 24 Hours of Le Mans after all in 2024. The Danish outfit has bought the entry of Spirit of Race, which is another Ferrari team, who already was given the entry to the classic race. So they won’t be racing under their own name, since the change of team names…

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Ferrari and their AF Corse Hypercar teams have received penalties for an error that they have during testing. The teams were in Abu Dhabi on 5 and 6 February 2024, to test ahead of the season, and during that test, there was over consuming of tires by car #50, #51 and #83. The tire limit is 24 tires per car, per day. There was used 60 tires for car each of car #50 and #51, so that was a beach of 12 tires. Those 12 tires will be deducted from…

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Rahel Frey will return to the FIA World Endurance Championship 2024. The Swiss racer will be racing for Iron Dames Lamborghini #85 together with Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy at 5 of the remaining 7 rounds. The change is down to Doriane Pin having another single seater programme added to her 2024 schedule. The original plan was for Pin to do FIA WEC for the full 2024 season, while Frey would do the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship (Endurance rounds only) and the European Le Mans Series together with Gatting and Bovy.…

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Jules Gounon will have a three-fold debut at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari this weekend, when the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2024 is to be run. The French driver will replace Austrian Ferdinand Habsburg for Alpine Endurance Team, since Habsburg is still recovering from the back injury, that he sustained during an Alpine test at Motorland Aragon, at the end of March. Not only has Gounon never raced in the FIA WEC before, he has never raced a Hypercar, nor has he raced for the…

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The spectators for this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship round at Spa Francorchamps, will experience two very different hydrogen cars. The Belgian track will have both the H24 car, which is developed by MissionH24, and the Alpine Alpenglow, which is developed by the French car manufacturer. While the H24 has fuel cell technology, i.e. turning it into power and then driving some electrical motors, the Alpenglow has an internal combustion engine, which is fueled by hydrogen. This is the world debut of the brand new car, which previously has been…

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Peugeot TotalEnergies has shown the first official pictures of their updated 9X8 for the FIA World Endurance Championship 2024. The French manufacturer has come up with a new development of their radical design, that was first raced at Monza in July 2022. 90% of the bodywork has been changed, including adding a small rear wing. It’s not as predominant as on all the other Hypercars in the FIA WEC, but a small low one – a bit like on the old 905 model from the 90s. The changes also includes…

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