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BMW question severity of Macau GT World Cup winner Engel's penalty for Vanthoor clash

BMW driver Dries Vanthoor has questioned the severity of the five-second penalty given to eventual FIA GT World Cup winner Maro Engel after the pair collided in Macau.

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Fuoco says "dirty move" from Marciello cost him Macau GT World Cup win

Antonio Fuoco has hit out at a "dirty move" from Raffaele Marciello that cost the Italian a chance of taking Ferrari's first FIA GT World Cup win in Macau.

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Macau GT World Cup: Engel bounces back from penalty to win thriller

Maro Engel has won a dramatic FIA GT World Cup race as he defied a five-second penalty for causing a collision to top a remarkable wet contest around the Macau Guia circuit.

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Macau GT World Cup: Marciello continues his winning streak upon BMW switch

Raffaele Marciello has continued his remarkable record in Macau by triumphing in the FIA GT World Cup qualification race, leading all of the contest bar one corner.

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WEC Bahrain: BMW tops FP2 from Porsche

BMW topped the times in second free practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship curtain-closer in Bahrain.

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Marciello to defend FIA GT World Cup, all previous winners on 23-car entry

BMW factory driver Raffaele Marciello will defend his FIA GT World Cup title in next month's Macau GT3 showpiece, which features all previous winners on the entry list.

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Vanthoor: BMW needs upgrades to fight regularly at the front in WEC next year

BMW driver Dries Vanthoor believes the German manufacturer needs to upgrade its LMDh car in order to be a consistent frontrunner in the World Endurance Championship in 2025.

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The rule change debate sparked by a historic GT victory

When Alessandro Pier Guidi one day hangs up his helmet, he may well look back on the 2024 season with his head in his hands. The factory Ferrari ace was comfortably leading the WEC Spa 6 Hours in May when Earl Bamber’s crash triggered a red flag that turned the…

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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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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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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: 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 Sao Paulo: Toyota dominates to defeat Porsche

Toyota dominated at Interlagos on the way to a second World Endurance Championship victory of the season on Sunday.

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Spa 24 Hours: Aston Martin wins after Ferrari blocked at pit entry

Aston Martin stole a dramatic last-gasp victory at the Spa 24 Hours to claim a first win at the Belgian enduro since 1948.

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Vanthoor claims Kubica pushed him off on purpose in race-ending Le Mans clash

BMW driver Dries Vanthoor believes AF Corse Ferrari rival Robert Kubica deliberately pushed him off the track while trying to lap him during the night at last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Ferrari survives late drama to score back-to-back wins

Nickas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina took the chequered flag in the #50 Ferrari 499P with a 14s margin over the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, as the #51 Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi rounded…

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Le Mans 24h, H9: Toyota leads Porsche after Kubica penalty for causing crash

After nine hours of frantic action, Toyota’s Ryo Hirakawa led in its #8 car after erstwhile leader Kubica was given a 30s stop/go penalty for causing a huge crash on the Mulsanne Straight.

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Le Mans-leading Ferrari hit with big penalty for BMW crash

AF Corse driver Robert Kubica was trying to put a lap on Dries Vanthoor in the seventh hour of the race when he side-swiped the BMW at the end of the Mulsanne straight, sending the car head-on into the barriers.

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Le Mans-leading Ferrari slapped with big penalty for Kubica's BMW clash

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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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Bourdais denies celebrating Le Mans pole prematurely

Thursday's decisive qualifying session, gathering the top eight cars from each category, was interrupted with just under eight minutes remaining on the clock, due to Dries Vanthoor crashing out at the wheel of the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 at Indianapolis corner.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Porsche snatches pole from Cadillac with last-gasp effort

Estre was the last Hypercar runner to cross the chequered flag and clocked a time of 3m24.634s in the #6 factory Porsche Penske 963, overhauling the #2 Cadillac of Alex Lynn and the sister #3 car that had led for the majority of the 30 minute session in the hands…

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Vanthoor made the difference for ‘unexpected' BMW provisional Le Mans pole

Vanthoor led the first qualifying session of the most prestigious World Endurance Championship round with a lap of 3m24.465s, nearly two tenths faster than Cadillac's Sebastien Bourdais.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: BMW stuns to top first qualifying as Kobayashi brings out red flags

Watch: 2024 Le Mans Preview With Allan McNish – Will Porsche Take Their 20th Win?

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BMW not concerned about Le Mans rookies in WEC Hypercar roster

BMW Motorsport boss Andreas Roos believes the credentials of event newcomers Raffaele Marciello, Marco Wittmann and Sheldon van der Linde will negate their lack of experience in the Le Mans 24 Hours on 15-16 June and says the WRT-run programme will have the “perfect combination”.

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