WEC

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

After the two 10-minute qualifying sessions the four class pole position holders for the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps headed to the press conference room. KAMUI KOBAYASHI, TOYOTA GAZOO RACING – #7 TOYOTA GR010-HYBRID “I think first of all we really tried to do a maximum push from the car with low fuel. We never … Read more

Kamui Kobayashi took pole position for tomorrow’s opening round the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship at the TOTAL 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, while Kevin Estre starred with a brilliant performance in LMGTE Pro. The action-packed qualifying sessions ushers in a new era of endurance racing and sees the first ever pole position for a Hypercar … Read more