World Endurance Championship
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For Toyota, it was the third-consecutive victory in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Toyota GR Super Sport hypercar makes appearance at 2020 24 Hours of Le MansToyota has previewed the new hypercar based on its race car that will compete in the 2021 World Endurance Championship.
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After announcing F1 entry, Alpine commits to 2021 LMP1 campaignFrance's Alpine will soon be the only automaker competing at the top level in F1 and endurance racing.
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Toyota GR's hypercar may have canopy-style roof and no doorsDrivers may get into the upcoming Toyota GR hypercar by raising the canopy-style roof and swinging their legs over the body sides.
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Formula E to restart, Monterey Historics and Goodwood events added to list of motorsports delayed due to coronavirusRaces all over the world are being postponed or canceled. Here's a list of everything we know so far.
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24 Hours of Le Mans goes virtual this JuneThe 24 Hours of Le Mans, the premier round of the World Endurance Championship, is traditionally held in June but this year will run in September due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic throwing a spanner in the works. The race is currently scheduled to run the weekend starting Sept. 19. However...
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Rebellion Racing, one of the last World Endurance Championship LMP1 teams, is pulling out of WEC racing despite its third-place position.
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2020 24 Hours of Le Mans postponed due to coronavirusThe 24 Hours of Le Mans serves as the final round of the World Endurance Championship and will now be held in September instead of June.
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Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar program on holdAston Martin has put its Le Mans Hypercar program on hold as it assesses the recent announcement of a new LMDh class eligible for both the World Endurance Championship and WeatherTech Sportscar Championship.
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ACO and IMSA create new top racing class to race worldwideThe Le Mans Hypercar class will get competition from the Le Mans Daytona hybrid class to form the pinnacle of endurance racing worldwide.
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Traditional yellow Chevrolet Corvette C8.R racing livery debutsIt's a new year, and a new era for Corvette fans. The C8 generation has gone the mid-engine route, which means its racing variant, the C8.R, is mid-engined, too. The race car made its debut last October, but the car shown at the time wore a silver livery with splashes of yellow. That's not the...
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Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) name picked for LMP1 class' replacement in WECThe 2020/2021 World Endurance Championship will see the first running of the Le Mans Hypercar class.
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Over 18,000 hours were spent developing the new front fascia alone.
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The era of front-engine Corvettes in motorsport is overChevrolet has a new Corvette C8.R race car coming to dominate racetracks around the world in 2020, and that means it's the end of the road for the current C7.R, which enjoyed its final round of competition during this past weekend's Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. It also means the end of the road...
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Watch the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R lap Road AtlantaThe Corvette C8.R race car has been testing in secret at night but last week Chevy rolled the car out in front of the Petit Le Mans crowd.
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Ford is done racing the GTFord has ended its four-year racing program for the GT supercar but there's still hope private teams will continue to field the car.
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Chevy Corvette C8.R has a flat-crank 5.5-liter V-8 we'll see in a road carThe engine in the C8.R is limited to 500 horsepower but more will almost certainly be extracted for future production versions.
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2020 Chevrolet Corvette C8.R race car ready to roarThe Corvette C8.R race car has been testing in secret at night at major racetracks but now Chevy has revealed the car in full.
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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 MansAMG 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 MansA Hypercar class entry would see Lamborghini up against Aston Martin, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, Toyota, and potentially more manufacturers.
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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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Adrian Newey tapped to design Aston Martin Valkyrie racerThe 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 ticketSwedish supercar builder Koenigsegg is still interested in the World Endurance Championship's new Hypercar class now that the rules have been finalized.
Sean Szymkowski