In its annual press conference on the eve of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the ACO today announced the future direction for the regulations governing the LMP1 category. The much-vaunted 2020 regulations, which have yet to be named, are based on a “supercar / hypercar” concept and looks to Read more…
Managing to stay awake for 24 hours is a constant battle against tiredness. But sometimes it’s at such times of fatigue that the best ideas come to mind. In honour of the 86th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, we have joined together with Stefan Waldherr to organise Read more…
Ginetta today announced that the pair of CEFC TRSM Racing Ginetta G60-LT-P1s have been pulled out of the Six Hours of Spa. The decision comes after funds promised to Ginetta from team backer TRS (China) have failed to materialise, forcing the British manufacturer to not allow the cars to race. Read more…
The FIA WEC’s annual press conference not only announced a bumper grid for the 2018/19 Super Season, another sixty-car line-up for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours was also revealed. With all full-season WEC efforts guaranteed a spot on the grid, competition for the remaining spaces on the starting line Read more…
On Friday afternoon the ACO revealed the official entry list for the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/2019 Super Season in its annual press conference. Here is a quick run-down of all the confirmed teams for the new season as well as each team’s nominated driver. FIA WEC 2018/2019 Super Read more…
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus has been making a name for itself on the sportscar scene for a number of years. Now, the boutique US car makers is looking to step up its racing operations with a GTE homologation for its brand-new SCG 004S sports car. This week saw the unveiling of Read more…
Next season sees the FIA WEC face arguably the greatest challenge since its re-inception in 2012, with the loss of Porsche from the LMP1 fold leaving only one competing manufacturer in LMP1 and evidently no takers for the 2020 ruleset announced at Le Mans.
Porsche has today confirmed that its highly successful LMP1 programme will be coming to the end following the 2017 season, with the German marque set to focus its WEC efforts on its GTE Pro programme with the 911 RSR as well as its commitment to the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship Read more…
In its annual Le Mans press conference, the ACO today announced the next evolution of LMP1 regulations set to take effect in 2020. Under the new ruleset, the top category in the FIA WEC will see a concerted effort to cut costs as well as a clear move towards electric Read more…
At Monza on Friday the presentation of this season’s new LMP1 cars took place. Over the course of this weekend, Toyota, Porsche and all the other WEC teams will be hitting the track for the official test session for the 2017 season. Porsche 919 Hybrid Porsche are once again the defending Read more…