Jenson Button will combine his current Super GT commitments this season with a full season of the FIA World Endurance Championship, starting at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.
Finishing the test with the fastest lap in both Pro and Am, Porsche are looking competitive ahead of th 2018/19 World Endurance Championship ‘Super Season’.
2009 Formula 1 world champion and current Honda Super GT driver, Jenson Button, could see his Le Mans debut this year. The Brit is currently in talks with SMP Racing and if the deal falls into place he will pilot their BR1 AER alongside former Indycar driver, Mikhail Aleshin and former Formula 1 driver Vitaly Petrov.
Ahead of the World Endurance Championship Prologue, Julien Andlauer was announced as the third driver of the #77 Dempsey-Proton Racing. He has now been confirmed to be a full season entry, rather than just for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Toyota Gazoo Racing took two cars to the World Endurance Championship Prologue and are optimistic about the season after getting some track time with their fellow LMP1 competitors.
Rebellion Racing is pleased with the performance of its new R13 after its first test at Paul Ricard.
ByKOLLES Racing believes it has made significant improvements in terms of both performance and reliability.
Newly CEFC TRSM-branded Manor Racing World Endurance Championship team were happy with the performance of the LMP1 Ginetta G60-LT-P1, receiving their second car during the test.
BMW had a very successful test at the Prologue, setting 5,075 kilometres over the 30-hours of track time. They feel they are in a good position looking ahead to the first round of the season at Spa-Francorchamps at the beginning of May.
Ford have not ruled out the possibility of having customer teams in the future. It could lead to developments in the future of their motor sport program.
Porsche unleashed their evolution of the 919 Hybrid this week as Neel Jani broke the track record set by Lewis Hamilton in 2017.
Although the LMP1 Privateers made up some ground in the night, Toyota Gazoo Racing still had four seconds in hand when the chequered flag fell at the end of the test. Porsche were unbeatable across the LM GTE classes.
Toyota Gazoo Racing had a four second advantage on the LMP1 privateer cars at the halfway mark of the 30-hour World Endurance Championship Prologue in Paul Ricard
With the 2018 FIA WEC Prologue at Paul Ricard starting today, The Checkered Flag will take you through the grid and what should be expected over the course of the season.
While Fernando Alonso is on duties for McLaren F1 Team in Bahrain this weekend, his FIA WEC team Toyota Gazoo Racing will be taking part in the official pre-season Prologue event.
BMW Team MTEK unveil 2018 FIA World Endurance Championship livery ahead of season opening prologue.
Single-seater front-runner set for LMP1 debut with CEFC TRSM Racing alongside Leo Roussel and Charlie Robertson.
