Sixty-two cars are set to take part in the centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans, round four of this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship, taking place on 10–11 JuneSixty-two cars are set to take part in the centenary 24 Hours of Le Mans, round four of this year’s FIA World Endurance Championship, taking place on … Read more
Lamborghini Squadra Corse and Iron Lynx have announced that they will join forces as both entities embark on a dual assault as Lamborghini Iron Lynx in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2024. Unveiled during the Lamborghini Finals at Portimão, the partnership will begin from 2023, with Iron Lynx becoming a … Read more
The new Ferrari 499P re-establishes its historical connection 50 years after the 312 P made its last appearance in world endurance racing’s premier class A moniker and livery that pay homage to the Ferrari endurance tradition Four-wheel drive, twin-turbocharged V6 engine and an electric power unit delivering 500kW of power to the wheels Elkann: “With … Read more
Hypercar Alpine Elf Team take second 2022 FIA WEC victory as Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere and André Negrão seal a famous victory at Monza Race turns on its head in the fifth hour when the battle for the lead between No.7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Kamui Kobayashi and Matthieu Vaxiviere’s Alpine ends in contact … Read more
The No.36 Alpine Elf entry shared by André Negrão, Nicolas Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviere came out on top in an encounter cut short due to a lightning storm approaching the circuit. Having secured pole position by 1.3s, the Alpine took control of the race from the off. The race was red-flagged for the first time … Read more
Mike Conway took the chequered flag to win the WEC 6 Hours of Monza after a dramatic event which saw a close battle between Toyota and Alpine in the final two hours. The No.7 Toyota GR010-Hybrid led for the majority of the race after starting from pole position but suffered a puncture and a technical … Read more
Toyota will start from a 1-2 position for tomorrow’s WEC 6 Hours of Monza after Jose-Maria Lopez set the fastest time in the 10-minute qualifying session this evening that was interrupted by a red flag due to the no28 JOTA Oreca-Gibson crashing into the barriers. Porsche took the LMGTE pole as Kevin Estre swept to … Read more
The first session of the 6 Hours of Monza weekend saw the no7 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010-Hybrid set the fastest lap, with Jose Maria Lopez posting 1m38.401 lap, 0.134s ahead of Brendon Hartley in the no8 Toyota and 0.152s ahead of the no36 Alpine A480-Gibson. The two Glickenhaus 007 LMHs were 4th and 5th fastest with the no709 … Read more
The four class winning crews attending the post race press conference at Spa-Francorchamps. SEBASTIEN BUEMI, TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – NO.8 TOYOTA GR010-HYBRID “I had to take it quite easy at the beginning and I was behind Mike (Conway) and we had similar pace. But at our pit stop we basically had an issue with the … Read more
The Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps saw history made with the first Hypercar victory going to Toyota, with the #8 Toyota driven by Sebastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima and Brendon Hartley taking the chequered flag for Round 1 of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship. There was a race long battle for the Toyota GR010-Hybrid with Alpine … Read more