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How virtual energy has become a defining principle in Hypercar racing

The IMSA SportsCar Championship underwent a profound shift with its adoption of new rules for 2023. Teams now had a spec hybrid system to optimise, while the move from DPi to LMDh (known Stateside as GTP) also meant a new philosophy for calculating energy usage – falling in line with…

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How Alpine is preparing its new LMDh car for 2024 WEC season

When the French manufacturer first decided to enter the WEC’s top class in 2021, with the Signatech team that had represented it with great success in LMP2, it did so in little time by obtaining the Rebellion R-13 LMP1 car from its previous owner and promptly rebranding it as an…

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Jani relishing Petit Le Mans return after decade-long absence

The Swiss driver will contest the Road Atlanta classic at the wheel of Proton Competition’s Porsche 963 LMDh alongside his regular World Endurance Championship team-mates, Harry Tincknell and Gianmaria Bruni.

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10 things we learned from the 2023 WEC 6 Hours of Fuji

The World Endurance Championship's two-month summer break ended with its annual trip to Fuji, where Toyota continued an unbeaten stretch dating back to 2016 with a 1-2 finish. But the Japanese marque didn't have it as easy as the result on paper suggested, as Porsche emerged as GR010 HYBRID's closest…

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Bugatti Bolide Without Body Panels Is Peak Automotive Nudity

The W16 track monster has a new carbon fiber monocoque that meets LMH and LMDh requirements.

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Alpine completes first full test with new LMDh challenger

The new Alpine A424 was put to its paces for three consecutive days at Paul Ricard this week, following an initial roll-out on 2 August and a shakedown at Le Castellet Airport on Monday.

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How American racing's greatest rivalry has gone global in the WEC

Sport is built on rivalries. Think of Liverpool versus Manchester United. Federer versus Nadal. Senna versus Prost.

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How American racing’s greatest rivalry has gone global in the WEC

Sport is built on rivalries. Think of Liverpool versus Manchester United. Federer versus Nadal. Senna versus Prost.

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BMW signs Robin Frijns as works driver, will test WRT's LMDh car

Frijns currently races with WRT in the LMP2 class, which will no longer form a part of the WEC from next year when the Belgian outfit steps up to the Hypercar class to run BMW's M Hybrid V8.

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Frijns joins BMW as works driver, will test WRT's LMDh car

Frijns currently races with WRT in the LMP2 class, which will no longer form a part of the WEC from next year when the Belgian outfit steps up to the Hypercar class to run BMW's M Hybrid V8.

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Lamborghini won’t expand beyond Iron Lynx in WEC and IMSA

Giorgio Sanna, head of the Lamborghini Squadra Corse motorsport department, has stated that Iron Lynx will remain the manufacturer’s sole representative in both series over the full life-cycle of the new SC63 unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Thursday.

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Lamborghini won’t expand LMDh plan beyond Iron Lynx in WEC and IMSA

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Lamborghini SC63 LMDh Debuts With 3.8-Liter Turbo V8, Will Race At Le Mans

It's the company's most advanced race car ever, and you can see it at the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

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Lamborghini Race Car Teased For The Last Time Ahead Of Goodwood Debut

This isn't an amped-up production Lambo for the track. It will battle other LMDh cars and pack nearly 700 horsepower.

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"Underdog" Proton targets finish on WEC Hypercar debut

The privateer German squad, a staple of the GTE Am class, only received its Porsche 963 LMDh one week before the fifth round of the WEC following a shakedown at Weissach in the hands of Kevin Estre. It had no opportunity to test the chassis prior to practice commencing on…

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"Underdog" Proton targets finish on WEC Hypercar debut - Tincknell

The privateer German squad, a staple of the GTE Am class, only received its Porsche 963 LMDh one week before the fifth round of the WEC following a shakedown at Weissach in the hands of Kevin Estre.

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Lamborghini To Reveal LMDh Race Car At Goodwood, Revuelto To Run Hill Climb

The lifted Huracan Sterrato will also take on the hill.

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Alpine A424_β Debuts To Mark Brand's Return To Top Tier Endurance Racing

A 675-hp V6 engine powers the performance marque's new LMDh challenger.

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Alpine unveils its 2024 LMDh challenger for WEC

The French manufacturer revealed the A424 Beta in a special press conference on Friday morning at the Circuit de la Sarthe ahead of this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours.

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What are LMH and LMDh? The top Le Mans 24 Hours series explained

The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours sees the LMH and LM

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Van der Zande fears rivals "built cars to suit Le Mans only”

Van der Zande, who shares the #3 Chip Ganassi Racing-run Cadillac V-Series.R with Sebastien Bourdais and Scott Dixon, was speaking prior to Wednesday’s first qualifying session in which the Ferrari and Toyota Le Mans Hypercars set the pace.

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Cadillac's van der Zande fears rivals "built cars to suit Le Mans only"

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Alpine to reveal its 2024 LMDh contender at Le Mans

Christened the Alpine A110 R Le Mans, the Oreca LMP2-based hybrid contender will be revealed on 7 June at the Circuit de la Sarthe ahead of the centenary edition of the French endurance classic.

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Beckmann officially confirmed with Andretti for Formula E Jakarta

The 23-year-old German has acted as the team's reserve driver for the last two seasons and was always expected to fill in for Lotterer in Indonesia, as the three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner will spend the same weekend with Porsche's LMDh team in preparation for the 2023 edition of…

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Wayne Taylor Racing to add second Acura in 2024 IMSA season

The announcement was made on Tuesday morning, two days after the outfit finished fourth at Laguna Seca with Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor at the wheel of its sole #10 Konica Minolta-sponsored LMDh car.

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