TWO-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso, along with teammates Kazuki Nakajima and Sebastien Buemi, won the premier LMP1 class in the 2019 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It marked the second consecutive year…
AS IT celebrates the 60th anniversary of its victory at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans, Aston Martin said it would enter “at least two works Valkyrie racecars” in the 2020-2021 World Endurance Championship (WEC). The…
WHILE Toyota Gazoo Racing has already signed up for the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season, the final year for the current- LMP1 regulations, it was holding off committing to the series on a longer term.…
Toyota Gazoo Racing suffered an agonising night at the 85th Le Mans 24 Hours which saw two of its TS050 Hybrid cars retire from the race within 30 minutes of each other. The race-leading #7 of Mike…
SILVERSTONE, UK- Silverstone will see the first duel between the re-worked Porsche 919 hybrid and the Toyota TS050 Hybrid. WEC fans can still recall the agonizing 2016 Le Mans finish wherein the Toyota crawled to a halt,…
AUDI burst into the world of Endurance Racing back in 1999, and, in the 18 years that followed, the German marque has garnered impressive numbers in its assault on the various championship titles. Audi has a…
After sensational wins at Le Mans, Nurburgring, Mexico and at the Circuit of the Americas, the Porsche LMP1 team headed into China with the objective of stamping their dominance over the rest of the field.…
Change is here in the world of motorsports, too. With the impending departures of Audi from the World Endurance Championship (WEC), in favor of the new motorsports spectacle, Formula E; and Volkswagen in the World Rally…
JUNE 23, 1991 will forever be enshrined in the annals of automotive history as the day when the only Asian automotive manufacturer, and even to date, won the most prestigious endurance race in the world—the 24 Hours…
LE MANS, FRANCE—It is kind of surprising, sometimes, Porsche’s position in the world automotive market. It is high up there in the luxury segment, but that isn’t really why most people used to buy the little handfuls…
