Michelin are looking into developing a new tyre compound for the Privateer LMP1 teams for the 2019 races to try and bring the competition closer to Toyota Gazoo Racing.
Brabham Road to Le Mans launches as manufacturer announces FIA WEC goal for 2021/22 season with a development of their BT62 track car.
After racing in LMP3 and LMP2 in continental Le Mans series, Untied Autosports have confirmed they will move up to the LMP2 FIA World Endurance Championship class for the 2019/20 season.
Before accepting his Formula One role, Andreas Seidl was due to take the leading role in Porsche Motorsport after his LMP1-program successes.
Despite backlash from some of the teams after announcing the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship Prologue will be mandatory, Gerard Neveu is confident this is a necessary step in preparing for the series’ first winter season.
Although McLaren have ruled out joining the FIA World Endurance Championship from the start of the ‘Hypercar’ era, in 2020, a late season entry, looking at partaking in the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans, is “in discussion”.
The FIA World Motor Sport Council announced the finalised ‘hypercar’ class rules for the World Endurance Championship, set to come into action for the 2020/21 season.
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.
Shanghai was the first race of the season that did not feature a Rebellion car on the podium, as they were caught out by the weather.
Ford GT recap a dismal weekend in which the #66 was punted off during a red flagged interrupted 6 Hours of Shanghai.
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.
After seven years in the DTM, Augusto Farfus is to leave the series to focus on GT racing.
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.
