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Why Rossi believes he has plenty of time to achieve his car racing ambitions

In a month's time, MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will take another step in his glittering motorsports career when he gets his first run in BMW's LMDh prototype in the World Endurance Championship rookie test in Bahrain.

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Jota set to skip Bahrain WEC test as focus switches to factory Cadillac programme

Jota is not expected to take part in the World Endurance Championship’s post-season test in Bahrain as it switches focus to its factory programme with Cadillac.

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Valentino Rossi confirmed for Bahrain WEC rookie test in BMW LMDh

Long-awaited outing will place Rossi in the BMW M Hybrid V8 after the 2024 WEC season concludes in Bahrain.

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Rossi to drive BMW LMDh car in Bahrain WEC rookie test

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi will get his first run in BMW’s LMDh prototype in the World Endurance Championship rookie test in Bahrain.

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Ferrari aiming for clarity over WEC restarts after failed Spa appeal

Ferrari is hopeful of a clarification of rules governing World Endurance Championship restarts after the loss of its appeal against the failed protest of the results of May’s Spa round.

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Ferrari aiming to get clarity over WEC restarts after failed Spa appeal

Ferrari is hopeful of a clarification of rules governing World Endurance Championship restarts after the loss of its appeal against the failed protest of the results of May’s Spa round.

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Envision retains Buemi, Frijns for Formula E despite WEC clash conundrum

Envision has retained its Formula E driver line-up of Sebastien Buemi and Robin Frijns for the upcoming season, despite both drivers having potential World Endurance Championship clashes.

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Gounon set for further WEC race outing with Alpine

Jules Gounon is set to graduate from his role as Alpine’s official World Endurance Championship reserve to take a race seat at Bahrain in November for a second consecutive weekend, Autosport has learned.

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Ferrari and Toyota concede WEC drivers' title to Porsche

Ferrari and Toyota have conceded the World Endurance Championship drivers’ title to Porsche with one race left to run after Sunday’s Fuji round.

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Kobayashi takes blame for Porsche clash as Toyota exits WEC drivers' title race

Kamui Kobayashi has accepted blame for the clash with Porsche’s Matt Campbell at the Fuji 6 Hours that effectively removed Toyota from contention in the World Endurance Championship drivers’ title race.

Autosport

Ferrari bracing for 'race of survival' after tough Fuji qualifying - Giovinazzi

Antonio Giovinazzi believes Ferrari can best hope to “survive” in Sunday’s World Endurance Championship race at Fuji after a tough qualifying for the two factory crews.

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Lynn was “desperate” to give Cadillac first WEC pole after near misses

Fuji pole winner Alex Lynn has revealed that he was “desperate” to give Cadillac its first top spot in World Endurance Championship qualifying after a string of near misses.

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Lynn was “desperate” to give Cadillac first WEC pole after near-misses

Fuji pole winner Alex Lynn has revealed that he was “desperate” to give Cadillac its first top spot in World Endurance Championship qualifying after a string of near-misses.

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WEC Fuji: Cadillac outpaces Toyota to claim maiden pole

Alex Lynn claimed Cadillac’s first World Endurance Championship pole position at Fuji when he found nine tenths on his second push lap in the Hyperpole qualifying session.

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WEC Fuji: Toyota grabs top spot in truncated final practice

Toyota edged out Cadillac and Ferrari to top a shortened final practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji.

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WEC Fuji: BMW leads Porsche and Cadillac in tight FP2

BMW, Porsche and Cadillac ended up within two hundredths of each other at the top of the times in second free practice for Sunday’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji.

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WEC Fuji: Porsche pips Toyota in red-flagged opening practice

Porsche led home favourite Toyota in a red-flagged opening practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship round at Fuji.

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Buemi: Austin clash with Estre "looked worse than it was"

Toyota driver Sebastien Buemi believes his late-race clash with Kevin Estre’s Porsche at the Austin World Endurance Championship round “looked worse than it was”.

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Ferrari appeal against Spa WEC result thrown out by court

The results of the Spa 6 Hours World Endurance Championship round in May stand after Ferrari’s appeal of its failed protest was rejected by the FIA International Court of Appeal.

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Cadillac: Austin our best chance of a podium in WEC 2024

Cadillac driver Alex Lynn believes that the US marque has its best chance of the season of making it onto the World Endurance Championship podium at Austin this weekend.

Autosport

WEC COTA: Giovinazzi beats Kubica to pole as Ferrari locks out front row

Antonio Giovinazzi claimed Ferrari’s second World Endurance Championship pole position of the season ahead of Sunday’s Austin round.

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WEC COTA: Cadillac heads Ferrari in ultra-close final practice

Cadillac topped the timesheets in final practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship event at Austin.

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WEC COTA: Giovinazzi leads Ferrari 1-2 in FP2

Ferrari returned to the top of the World Endurance Championship timesheets for the first time since the Le Mans 24 Hours in second free practice for this weekend’s Austin round.

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Aston Martin completes 6000km of testing with new Valkyrie LMH

Aston Martin’s new Valkyrie World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship contender has already notched up more than 6000km in testing since hitting the track last month.

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Keating returns to WEC with Proton Ford squad for Austin

Two-time World Endurance Championship title winner Ben Keating will make a return to the series for his home race in Austin next month.

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