The World Endurance Championship may have had its last race of 2018, but the championship continues as part of the ‘Super Season’. Catch up with the current championship standings and who needs to look out for whom.
Having recently hung up his helmet in the Formula One paddock, Fernando Alonso already has his eyes locked on his next race: the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
Toyota Claim Fourth One-Two of the Super Season as Aston Martin Lock in First 2018/19 Win
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Rain dampened the FIA World Endurance Championship’s 6 Hours of Shanghai, but even with only 4h30m of racing the Toyota’s remained on top. Aston Martin Racing marked a moment in history as they claimed the first win for the new Vantage and their first win of the Super Season.
In the closest qualifying session of 2018, the 6 Hours of Shanghai saw the LMP classes lock out the front rows, but the gaps between the top threes in all classes was very close.
The last FIA World Endurance Championship race gets underway on Sunday at the Shanghai International Circuit. Get ready for the race as The Checkered Flag takes you through the latest news from each of the four WEC classes.
Ahead of this weekend’s World Endurance Championship event, a new BoP has been released for GTE Pro’s Aston Martins and Ferraris.
Since the FIA announced the cost of their 2020/21 LMP1 Hypercars would be lower than they first thought, Gickenhaus Racing have confirmed their full season and Le Mans participating in the new class.
Corvette Racing have revealed their 6 Hours of Shanghai livery ahead of their one-off FIA World Endurance Championship entry later this month.
Keeping up a trend they have had since the 6 Hours of Silverstone in August, Ginetta have once again taken their sole LMP1 car off the entry list for next month’s 6 Hours of Shanghai.
The World Endurance Championship will be introducing a new hypercar class for the 2020/21 season, Since announcing the concept in June a cost saving of around €10million has already been made.
Both LM GTE Am Dempsey-Proton Racing Porsches have been hit with post-race time penalties at the 6 Hours of Fuji, losing them their second in class finish.
Toyota Gazoo Racing and Jackie Chan DC Racing took dominate one-two finishes in their respective classes, whilst Porsche took victory in both LM GTE Pro and LM GTE Am at the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Fuji.
Both DragonSpeed and Aston Martin Racing hace claimed their maiden pole position in LMP2 and LM GTE Pro ahead of tomorrow’s 6 Hours of Fuji.
Both of the Free Practice sessions for the 6 Hours of Fuji today were delayed or cut short due to long periods of red flag conditions. Surprisingly this wasn’t due to the usual bad weather, but loose kerbs on the track.
It has been nearly two months since the FIA World Endurance Championship has battled it out on the asphalt, but returning to Toyota Gazoo Racing’s home track, the 34 strong grid are ready to go racing again.
Toyota Gazoo Racing have had a dominant start to the season, with the Privateer teams classing them in a league of their own, but ahead of the 6 Hours of Fuji, the FIA and WEC governing body ACO have put a new EoT into action to try and bring the field closer.
The automated BoP system has accrued enough data on the GTE Pro field to assign a new, more relative BoP for this weekend’s 6 Hours of Fuji, and it looks like BMW have gained the most from the performance shift.
