World Endurance Championship

  • A pair of Porsche 911 RSR race cars in classic livery

    Porsche is melding old and new school at the upcoming 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. The German automaker is diving headfirst into its heritage pool and its pulled out two great color schemes. The famed Pink Pig and Rothmans' liveries will be on full display, and they'll be wrapped around the bodies of a pair of Porsche 911 RSR race cars. This is Porsche's future shaking hands with a bit of its glorious past. First we need a bit of a history lesson. The Pink Pig is a moniker initially applied to a monster race car from 1971. A one-off Porsche 917/20, the Pink Pig featured wide bodywork and a short...

  • Porsche 919 and 956 C join together for a lap of the Nürburgring
    Witness the Porsche 919 and 956 lap the Nürburgring together

    Porsche continues to globe trot with its 919 Evo tribute race car. The latest stop was Germany's famed Green Hell. The Nürburgring was playing host to the annual VLN 24-hour race this past weekend, and Porsche took the opportunity to bring its hybrid race monster to the track. There it would...

  • Teaser for BMW 8-Series debuting at 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans
    BMW prepares for Le Mans return and reveal of new 8-Series

    You've seen the prototypes and leaked shots, but in just a few weeks BMW will finally pull the covers off its new 8-Series. The debut will take place June 15 in Le Mans, where BMW the next day will compete in the French town's famous 24-hour race with the M8 GTE race car. The last time BMW competed...

  • Toyota at the 2018/2019 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps
    Alonso tastes victory with Toyota at 2018/2019 6 Hours of Spa

    It's been five years in the making but Fernando Alonso on Saturday finally tasted victory again in top-level competition. Driving for Toyota, the Spaniard won the opening round of the 2018/2019 World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, together with teammates Sébastien...

  • Porsche 919tribute race car visits NYC
    Watch a Porsche 919 race car cruise through New York City

    Porsche has created a version of its already legendary 919 Hybrid race car to serve as a tribute machine for everything the car accomplished during its recent racing career in the World Endurance Championship. Built without the burden of motorsport regulations, the car has been made even faster and...

  • Brabham BT62
    Brabham BT62 tipped to spawn road car, Le Mans racer

    Brabham this week revealed its new BT62 supercar and already there's talk of additional versions. The BT62 that debuted in London on Wednesday is a track-only model limited to 70 units, the number representing 70 years since Brabham founder and namesake Jack Brabham started his racing career. But...

  • Porsche 919 Evo at Spa

    Porsche created a modern legend of motorsport when it built the 919 Hybrid. The automaker wanted to win at the highest level of motorsport, and it did just that with its hybrid-powered LMP1 masterpiece. After 33 races, the 919 Hybrid is credited with 17 wins, three constructors' championships, three drivers' championships, and three outright victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car has been retired, and it's going out with a flying lap of sorts. This good-bye journey will take it all the way around the globe. The 919 tribute car is a revised spec on the version that dominated endurance...

  • 2018/2019 Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 race car
    2018/2019 Toyota TS050 Hybrid LMP1 ready to take on Le Mans

    Toyota has revealed its TS050 Hybrid challenger for the 2018/2019 World Endurance Championship, the car that will likely see the Japanese automaker secure its first win in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans, the event highlight. The TS050 Hybrid is designed for the premier LMP1 class, in which...

  • 2018/2019 Rebellion Racing TVR R13 LMP1 race car
    TVR to return to Le Mans with Rebellion Racing in premier LMP1 class

    TVR only made its return last September with the reveal of a modern Griffith sports car, and now the British performance brand has announced its return to motorsport, in the 2018/2019 World Endurance Championship. TVR has joined Swiss team Rebellion Racing as a partner and title sponsor. The team...

  • Ferrari 488 GTE Evo
    Ferrari 488 GTE Evo debuts at Fiorano, aiming for victory at Le Mans

    Ferrari and its 488 GTE World Endurance Championship race car have had a pretty successful go, but a win at Le Mans has alluded Ferrari and the AF Corse racing team. For 2018, Ferrari hopes to change that with an updated 488 GTE Evoluzione, or Evo, which debuted last Friday at a shakedown test on...

  • 2018 Aston Martin Vantage GTE race car
    New Aston Martin Vantage race car ready to take on 2018/2019 WEC season

    Aston Martin has a new Vantage on its hands, and that means the Aston Martin Racing motorsport department gets a new platform on which to build its challenger for the GTE Pro class of the World Endurance Championship. Aston Martin revealed the new Vantage GTE alongside its road car cousin late last...

  • Fernando Alonso
    Fernando Alonso will race at Le Mans with Toyota

    McLaren on Tuesday confirmed that star driver Fernando Alonso will take time out from his busy schedule in the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship to contend some rounds for Toyota in the 2018/2019 super season of the World Endurance Championship. Yes, we're finally going to see the double-F1 world...

  • 2018 BMW M8 GTE race car

    BMW previewed the racing version of its yet-to-be-revealed 8-Series coupe during last September’s 2017 Frankfurt auto show, and now after a torturous development program the completed car has been revealed. The version shown is the M8 GTE, BMW’s entry for the World Endurance Championship, the series that hosts the 24 Hours of Le Mans. That’s right, folks. BMW is returning to Le Mans. An M8 GT Le Mans (GTLM) has also been developed, in this case for the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship, where it replaces the previous M6-based race car. The M8 GTLM will be the first to...

  • 2018/2019 Ginetta G60-LT-P1 LMP1 race car
    First LMP1 racer for revamped 2018/2019 WEC season revealed

    Most readers won’t be familiar with the Ginetta name but that should change in the very near future. The British motorsport company is one of the biggest race car constructors in the world, and it also offers a line of sports cars for road use. Now Ginetta's also offering a race car for top...

  • Toyota GR Super Sport concept
    Toyota debuts Le Mans-inspired GR Super Sport concept

    Toyota on Friday presented a supercar concept with a design influenced by the hugely successful TS050 Hybrid Le Mans prototype that competes in the World Endurance Championship. The concept, called the GR Super Sport, was shown for the first time at the 2018 Tokyo Auto Salon tuning fest, where...

  • Teaser for Toyota GT Super Sport concept debuting at 2018 Tokyo Auto Salon
    Toyota boss hints at Le Mans-inspired hybrid sports car

    In announcing on Tuesday Toyota’s commitment to future seasons of the World Endurance Championship, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, company president Akio Toyoda dropped a major hint that Toyota might be working on a hybrid sports car utilizing technology derived from the company’s...

  • No. 8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid at the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans
    Toyota to remain in World Endurance Championship, Le Mans

    With Porsche’s July announcement of an exit from the World Endurance Championship, both Toyota and organizers of the series were left with the dilemma of there going to be just one manufacturer in the premier LMP1 class next season. The organizers, which include the ACO and FIA, have...

  • The Aston Martin Vantage GTE development process
    Behind the scenes with the development of the Aston Martin Vantage GTE

    Aston Martin has been quite successful in the world of motorsport. The British automaker has been pushing its cars on the racetrack since the 1950s. In recent years, Aston Martin Racing has had strong results running in various GT endurance races around the globe, with a notable first-in-class...

  • Toyota TS050 Hybrid during 2017 World Endurance Championship rookie test

    Fernando Alonso is testing the waters in more race series outside of Formula 1 than just the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The Spaniard is already confirmed to be competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona next January, the opening race of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, and now he’s spent some time testing Toyota’s TS050 Hybrid LMP1 car fielded in the 2017 World Endurance Championship. The test took place in Bahrain over the weekend following the conclusion of the 2017 WEC season, which Porsche won. The test was the WEC’s annual rookie try-out session...

  • Ginetta’s 2018-spec LMP1 prototype racecar designed for the 2018 World Endurance Championship
    2018 World Endurance Championship will see Ginetta LMP1 hit the track

    British motorsport and engineering firm Ginetta has announced that a team will field two of its new LMP1-spec prototype racecars in the 2018 World Endurance Championship. Still in development, the prototype is expected to be roughly 130 pounds lighter than a current LMP2-spec car. Power, meanwhile...

  • 2018 BMW M8 GTE racecar, 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show
    BMW M8 GTE racecar debuts in Frankfurt, ready to battle at Le Mans

    While BMW holds off on unveiling the production version of its new 8-Series a while longer, the Bavarian automaker is whetting our palettes with the debut of the BMW M8 GTE racecar at this week's 2017 Frankfurt motor show. It's not the "8" we'll see on the street, but the M8 GTE program has run...

  • 2017 Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 race car
    Porsche commits to Formula E, ends LMP1 campaign

    Porsche on Friday confirmed plans to enter the Formula E Championship with its own factory-backed team starting in the 2019/2020 season, the electric car racing series’ sixth. It means Porsche will be entering Formula E at the same time as Mercedes-Benz, though it will be a year later than...

  • 2017 Porsche 919 Hybrid LMP1 race car
    Report: Porsche killing LMP1 program, announcement imminent

    Porsche's storied run in the World Endurance Championship may be sprinting toward its ultimate demise. Earlier this month it was reported that the automaker may leave the race series in favor of joining Formula 1, as a power unit supplier. An official announcement from Porsche could come within 24...

  • Teaser for 2018 BMW M8 race car
    2018 BMW M8 race car first look

    Behold the new BMW M8 race car that will be taking to top circuits around the globe in 2018. The car is still heavily camouflaged but it’s easy to make out the general shape. And take away the pumped fenders and aerodynamic elements and you’re pretty much looking at the new BMW 8-Series...

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