2011 DTM champion Martin Tomczyk is itching to get the new season of the FIA World Endurance Championship under way as he joins the BMW Motorsport team in their BMW M8 GTE.
Ben Keating will pair up with Risi Competizione to take Keating Motorsports to the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans, challenging in the GTE Am class.
1988 Le Mans winner Jan Lammers has been added to the Racing Team Nederland line up for the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 Dallara P217/Gibson.
The ACO and FIA are expected to announce the new set of LMP1 regulations at the 24 hours of Le Mans in June.
World Endurance Championship boss Gerard Neveu insists the WEC-IMSA joint event won’t face logistical problems.
Renger van der Zande has been announced as the third and final driver for the LMP1 DragonSpeed team line up in the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship super season.
Drivers and fans of both IMSA and WEC have expressed their anger of the decision to reschedule the 6-hours of Fuji so Toyota’s signing of Fernando can compete as it now clashes with IMSA’s season finale, Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta.
Jörg Bergmeister leads trio of Porsche specialists at long-term customer team Project 1 Motorsport as they make their FIA WEC debut in 2018.
Vitaly Petrov and Mikhail Aleshin are the first two names to be confirmed to SMP Racing’s line-up for the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship season.
Charlie Robertson made his racing debut back in 2011 with Ginetta, and seven years later the unbroken partnership continues into the 2018/19 Super Season of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The British racer has put pen to paper to extend his contract with Toyota Gazoo Racing that started back in 2014.
The team has apologised to IMSA and the ACO for withdrawing their entry from the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Zak Brown says Fernando Alonso remains primarily a McLaren F1 Team driver in 2018, and will have minimal commitments with Toyota outside of his driving duties.
A clash with Petit Le Mans now looks unavoidable following the FIA’s decision to move the 6 Hours of Fuji forward by one week to allow Fernando Alonso the opportunity to compete.
The former Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion will move into the FIA World Endurance Championship for the 2018/19 Super Season.
A total of 36 cars will be present for the full FIA WEC campaign, with a larger LMP1 field than LMP2, increasing to 60 for Le Mans.
The FIA World Endurance Championship will move the Fuji round forward one weekend in order to allow Fernando Alonso to compete.
