Jenson Button

Meet the LMP1 grid ahead of the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The Checkered Flag takes you through the current championship standings and all the latest FIA World Endurance Championship news ahead of this weekend’s 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

Jenson Button has confirmed that he will not return to SMP Racing for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans.

This weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix is the 1000th world championship grand prix in Formula 1 history. Therefore it is a good question to ask which of the previous 999 is the best of all. There is a clear answer.

SMP Racing add wealth of experience to their line up for the next two FIA WEC races as they announce the signing of Brendon Hartley.

As the next round of the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship gets closer, an updated entry list for the 1,000 Miles of Sebring has been released, confirming Corvette Racing’s return to the WEC and Sergey Sirotkin’s endurance debut.

Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen is adamant that team-mate Romain Grosjean is quicker than 2009 World Champion Jenson Button.

Sergry Sirotkin is confident that SMP Racing will call upon him to fill the #11 seat vacated by Jenson Button for the 1,000 Miles of Sebring and the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

Turning his focuses back to Super GT, Jenson Button has cut his FIA World Endurance Championship commitments with SMP Racing and will only take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the team in 2019.

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.

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 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.

2007 symmetries were the topic of much of the reaction to Lando Norris’ announcement, but do more troubling symmetries with his predecessor cast doubts over the 18-year-old’s rookie season?

Stoffel Vandoorne will leave McLaren at the end of the 2018 season as the team seeks a fresh line up alongside Carlos Sainz Jr.

Read about how the field performed at the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Silverstone with TheCheckeredFlag.