World Endurance Championship
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Gordon Murray, father of the McLaren F1, is in talks to return to Le Mans with his company's T50 hypercar.
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You won't see the Mercedes-AMG One take on the Aston Martin Valkyrie at Le Mans
AMG boss Tobias Moers says regulations that level the playing field at Le Mans may keep the automaker from competing in a new class.
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Lamborghini open to Hypercar class of WEC, Le Mans
A Hypercar class entry would see Lamborghini up against Aston Martin, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, Toyota, and potentially more manufacturers.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2019 Porsche 911 RSR ready to race
Porsche has just launched a new generation of its 911, the 992 series, but as far as the motorsport department is concerned, the outgoing 991 series still has plenty of life left in it. As a result, Porsche's latest 911 RSR race car, which was unveiled on Saturday at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Adrian Newey tapped to design Aston Martin Valkyrie racer
The Aston Martin Valkyrie race car will actually be slower and less powerful than the road car.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Koenigsegg still wants to race at Le Mans and Hypercar class is the ticket
Swedish supercar builder Koenigsegg is still interested in the World Endurance Championship's new Hypercar class now that the rules have been finalized.
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Prototypes for the 2020/2021 Toyota World Endurance Championship Hypercar class race car are already hitting the track.
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Toyota secures one-two finish at 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans
Fernando Alonso was in the lead car, meaning he now has two Le Mans titles under his belt.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Toyota commits to World Endurance Championship's new hypercar class
Toyota on Friday announced its intention to race in the World Endurance Championship's new hypercar class that is set to begin the fall of 2020.
Sean Szymkowski -
Aston Martin Valkyrie to chase outright victory at Le Mans in 2021
Aston Martin will race the Valkyrie in the new hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
BMW to bid farewell to WEC motorsport series
BMW participated in the high-dollar race series for just a year before pulling the plug.
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Have a closer look at the Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo
Porsche's "Top 5" series returns but this time it's all about one car: the 919 Hybrid Evo. The race car adopted from the Le Mans-winning 919 Hybrid went on a global parade to claim lap records before both cars were escorted to their final homes inside the Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen, Germany...
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It's no secret that McLaren's once great Formula 1 team has been struggling in recent years, with the team having failed to secure a single win since as far back as 2012. The good news is that McLaren has no intention of leaving F1. In fact, the team has a recovery plan, and the latest move is the hiring of Andreas Seidl as the new team principal, which McLaren confirmed Thursday. He replaces Eric Boullier who quit midway through the 2018 season. Seidl is the man who ran Porsche's successful LMP1 program, though he also has plenty of F1 experience having served as head of track operations for...
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Brabham BT62 to go racing in WEC, 24 Hours of Le Mans
Brabham will use this week's 2019 Autosport International show starting Thursday in the United Kingdom to formally announce plans to take the BT62 supercar racing in the World Endurance Championship, whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Australian race team and nascent car manufacturer...
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Red Bull hints at Aston Martin-linked Le Mans program
Red Bull's motorsport advisor, Helmut Marko, has dropped hints the energy drinks company is considering a future in endurance racing, namely the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the highlight of the World Endurance Championship. In an interview with Autosport published Wednesday, Marko indicated that...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Hypercar class rules for WEC, Le Mans have been finalized
Organizers for the World Endurance Championship, which includes the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, on Wednesday agreed on regulations governing the new “hypercar” class being introduced in the 2020/2021 season to replace the current LMP1 class as the series' premier class. The...
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Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus first to sign on for WEC's new hypercar class
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus on Monday announced it signed a deal that will enable it to race in the so-called hypercar class that will replace the premier LMP1 class of the World Endurance Championship from the 2020/2021 season on. SCG will compete with a hypercar called the 007, which the company...
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Cost of WEC's new hypercar class could be lower than previously thought
Teams preparing to run in the World Endurance Championship's planned hypercar class will be happy to learn the cost of entry could be lower than previously thought. The new budget reportedly sits at $23 million for a two-car entry, down from from a previous estimate of between $28.7 million and...
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Koenigsegg may be among the automakers fielding a car in the new Hypercar class set to be introduced in the 2020/2021 season of the World Endurance Championship, whose final round will be the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In an interview with Top Gear magazine published Wednesday, Koenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg said he's watching the developments of the new class and said he'd love for his company to be represented. “This is great. We’re so excited by it. What I’ve understood is the final regulations are not finished yet, but we’re looking at them very...
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Aston Martin likely to race Valkyrie successor at Le Mans
Aston Martin is more likely to race the successor to its Valkyrie and not the Valkyrie itself in the so-called Hypercar class (a name is yet to be selected) that will replace LMP1 as the premier class of the World Endurance Championship, and thus the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well. The news was...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Report: Ferrari, Ford pull out of WEC's “Hypercar” class talks
Organizers of the World Endurance Championship, whose highlight is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, are currently embroiled with automakers, teams and other stakeholders over a major shakeup to the series' top class in time for the 2020/2021 season. The current proposal is to replace the current LMP1 class...
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Porsche 919 Evo obliterates Nürburgring record with 5:19 run
It's official. Porsche's 919 Evo with Timo Bernhard behind the wheel clocked an unbelievable 5:19.55 lap time at the Nürburgring on Friday, completely destroying the previous all-time record of 6:11.13 set by Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 C back in 1983. His average speed around the Green...
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Toyota wins 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans after so many years of heartbreak
After more than a decade of heart-crushing defeats, Toyota finally won the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans on Sunday, claiming both the overall win and the LMP1 class. Piloting the number No. 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid were Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, and Fernando Alonso, with Nakajima behind...
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New hypercar class announced for 2020/2021 season of World Endurance Championship, Le Mans
Come 2020, the 24 Hours of Le Mans will look very different. The FIA announced on Friday new regulations for the motorsport to include a "hypercar" class in the World Endurance Championship for the years 2020-2024. "The new regulations for the FIA World Endurance Championship, which come into...
Sean Szymkowski