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The Latest Breaking News from the World Endurance Championship

BMW confident it can fight for wins in WEC after podium breakthrough

BMW now has the “pace to fight for wins” in the World Endurance Championship with its M Hybrid V8 LMDh, WRT team boss Vincent Vosse believes.

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Schumacher: Alpine got Fuji podium despite starting weekend with "worst car"

Mick Schumacher has hailed Alpine for improving a car that he felt was at its “worst” this year in order to clinch a maiden podium in the World Endurance Championship at Fuji.

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Schumacher: Alpine Fuji podium comes after starting weekend with "worst car"

Mick Schumacher has hailed Alpine for improving a car that he felt was at its “worst” this year in order to clinch a maiden podium in the World Endurance Championship at Fuji.

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WEC Fuji: Porsche extends points lead with win, disaster for Toyota

Porsche claimed victory in the penultimate round of the World Endurance Championship at Fuji to close in on the 2024 drivers’ title.

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Peugeot evaluating further hypercar upgrades for 2025 WEC season

Peugeot is evaluating the introduction of further upgrades to its Le Mans Hypercar in 2025 in order to close the gap to the front in the World Endurance Championship.

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Gounon gets Alpine drive for Fuji WEC round

Alpine reserve driver Jules Gounon will replace Paul-Loup Chatin at the Signatech-run team for the Fuji 6 Hours round of the World Endurance Championship.

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Porsche concedes second WEC customer team unlikely in 2025

Porsche is not expecting a second team to join Proton Competition in running its 963 LMDh in the World Endurance Championship next year.

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WEC COTA: Porsche on top in FP1

A late charge from Matt Campbell propelled Porsche to the top of the timesheets in opening free practice for Sunday’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship.

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Toyota seeking WEC damage limitation at COTA

Toyota is aiming for damage limitation in this weekend’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship as it aims to keep its title chances alive.

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Toyota receives double BoP hit for Austin WEC round

Toyota has been hit with a reduction in power and an increase in weight under the Hypercar Balance of Performance for this weekend’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship.

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Isotta Fraschini withdraws from WEC’s Hypercar class with immediate effect

Boutique car manufacturer Isotta Fraschini has pulled out of the World Endurance Championship with immediate effect, leaving a depleted Hypercar class for this month’s sixth round in Austin.

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Why Stellantis won’t run its Peugeot 9X8 as a Dodge in IMSA

Ever since Peugeot revealed its wild and wingless 9X8 hypercar for the World Endurance Championship in 2022, Stellantis has been linked with running it under a different brand in America.

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Jota announces Cadillac switch for 2025 WEC

Jota will take over Cadillac’s expanded factory campaign in the World Endurance Championship next season.

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WEC considering ban on two-driver Hypercar line-ups from 2025

Two-driver line-ups in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship could be outlawed for next season.

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Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar completes shakedown test

The Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar that will compete for outright honours in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year has undertaken its first test.

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Ferrari laments "helplessness" in WEC battle with Toyota in Brazil

Ferrari has expressed “frustration and a sense of helplessness” at its inability to challenge for a podium in Sunday’s Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship.

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WEC Sao Paulo: Peugeot fastest in red-flagged opening session

Peugeot set the quickest time in the opening practice for the World Endurance Championship at Sao Paulo after a red flag brought an early end to the session.

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WEC Sao Paulo: Peugeot fastest in truncated opening session

Peugeot set the quickest time in the opening practice for the World Endurance Championship at Sao Paulo after a red flag brought an early halt to proceedings.

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Ferrari reveals first updates to Le Mans-winning Hypercar for Interlagos WEC round

Ferrari has revealed its first performance updates for its 499P Le Mans Hypercar ahead of this weekend's Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship.

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Ferrari reveals first-ever updates to Le Mans-winning Hypercar

Ferrari has revealed its first performance updates for its 499P Le Mans Hypercar ahead of this weekend's Interlagos round of the World Endurance Championship.

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Ogier was "never really attracted" by Dakar as he rules out future outing

World Rally Championship star Sebastien Ogier has ruled out taking part in the Dakar Rally in the future, saying he has “never been really attracted” by the prospect of competing in the cross-country event.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: What's changed for WEC's main event in 2024?

The world’s most prestigious endurance race is back as this weekend drivers will tackle Circuit de la Sarthe for the Le Mans 24 Hours. Ferrari are the defending champions having won the race’s centenary edition in 2023, which was its first overall victory at Le Mans since 1965. But the…

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Porsche: Winning Le Mans and Daytona in same year would be "amazing"

The factory Penske squad is heading to this week's blue riband round of the World Endurance Championship at Circuit de la Sarthe with an eye on the top prize, as it aims to expand on the success it has enjoyed so far in 2024.

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Ford: Provisional Le Mans LMGT3 pole "a surprise" despite strong progress

Proton Ford driver Ben Barker explained that it was "a bit of a surprise" to head Wednesday evening's qualifying session, which determines the eight cars that will battle for pole in Hyperpole on Thursday, in the most competitive showing for the Mustang since making its debut in the World Endurance…

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Like "driving on black ice" – Why drivers may look like 'idiots' at cold Le Mans

The prohibition was implemented in the World Endurance Championship last year but lifted for the French classic after a chilly Spa-Francorchamps round was the scene of several crashes on cold tyres, including Toyota's Brendon Hartley at Raidillon in qualifying and Ferrari's Antonio Fuoco mere seconds after leaving the pits in…

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