World Endurance Championship
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The Corvette C8.R race car has been testing in secret at night at major racetracks but now Chevy has provided a glimpse of the car in action.
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2019 Porsche 911 RSR ready to racePorsche 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...
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SCG's 007 Hypercar racer will be a mashup of 003 and 004
The carmaker gives us some clues about its upcoming Hypercar racer in the World Endurance Championship.
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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.
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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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Akio Toyoda tests Toyota's race car designed for WEC's new Hypercar class
Prototypes for the 2020/2021 Toyota World Endurance Championship Hypercar class race car are already hitting the track.
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Fernando Alonso was in the lead car, meaning he now has two Le Mans titles under his belt.
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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.
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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.
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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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New McLaren F1 boss previously ran Porsche LMP1 program
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...
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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 said Wednesday that it's committed to entering the WEC as a factory team in the GTE class for production-based cars and has already started the development work. This is the same class where Ford races its GT, Ferrari the 488, and Porsche the 911. The aim is to have the team and BT62-based race car...
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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...
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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 might race in Le Mans' new Hypercar class
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...
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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 revealed by Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer in an interview with Autocar published Monday. The Valkyrie successor will be at a similar level to hypercars like the Ferrari LaFerrari and McLaren P1 so not technically a direct replacement to the Valkyrie, which is why Aston Martin refers to the car as the...
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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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SCG reveals 007 hypercar bound for 24 Hours of Le Mans
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus founder James Glickenhaus is clearly a man who loves cars. He loves them so much, in fact, he wants to create new ones to bring joy to the world. He started creating fabulous machines back in 1971 when he converted a Lola T70 race car into a machine he could drive on...
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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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Toyota confirms hypercar development, likely based on its Le Mans race car
Toyota, the manufacturer best known for its vanilla sedans and crossovers, confirmed it has plans for a hypercar. It will likely be based on its Le Mans-winning LMP1 racer. More specifically, Toyota previewed its idea for a hypercar with the Gazoo Racing Super Sport concept first shown at the Tokyo...
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