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Gary Watkins: Are the tentacles of the WEC BoP dumbing down the racing?

No Balance of Performance, no golden age of sportscar racing. Period. Like it or not, the BoP is one of the building blocks of the success of top-flight prototype racing around the world.

Autosport · Mar 13, 2025

Why TOCA Junior has struggled to get off the ground

Last week was full of surprising developments. Whether it was the unbelievable scenes in the White House or Williams leaving Bahrain Formula 1 pre-season testing with the fastest lap time (who had that on their Bingo card?), there were plenty of shocks. However, the news that the new TOCA Junior…

Autosport · Mar 5, 2025

How Ferrari dominated Qatar WEC’s opener

Each of the Ferrari 499Ps that flashed past the chequered flag almost line astern in positions one to three at the Qatar World Endurance Championship curtain-raiser would have been a worthy winner. They were separated by less than three seconds after 10 hours of racing and any one of them…

Autosport · Mar 2, 2025

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WEC introduces ballast system to compensate for driver weight

The World Endurance Championship has introduced a new system designed to reduce the advantage of lighter drivers in the series.

Autosport · Feb 26, 2025

Colombian Authorities May Have Discovered The Country's Largest Mass Grave In a Medellín Landfill

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, urban battles raged between leftist militias and state security forces, who worked in tandem with right-wing paramilitary death squads

Latin Times · Feb 22, 2025

The BTCC will be eager for Turkington to return after news of 2025 departure

This is, it seems, a Marcus Rashford moment. The most celebrated home-grown member of the most historic of teams finds himself out of the squad. From one pinnacle of UK sport, it’s the same in another.

Autosport · Feb 14, 2025

Gelael and Leung move to McLaren to contest WEC with United Autosports in 2025

World Endurance Championship class race winners Sean Gelael and Darren Leung are moving from BMW to McLaren for a second LMGT3 campaign together in 2025.

Autosport · Jan 3, 2025

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Morgan makes switch from BMW to Hyundai

British Touring Car Championship veteran Adam Morgan has joined Excelr8 Motorsport for his 14th season in the series in 2025.

Autosport · Dec 11, 2024

How a victim of mistaken identity has forged a renaissance in sportscars

When a Brit called Matt Bell turned up in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series in 2023 there was inevitably some confusion. A presumption was made that it was the same Matt Bell who was racing a P3 in the ELMS-supporting Le Mans Cup having been a…

Autosport · Nov 27, 2024

Lamborghini withdraws from WEC Hypercar and LMGT3

Lamborghini has withdrawn from the World Endurance Championship, ending its participation in both the Hypercar and LMGT3 classes.

Autosport · Nov 22, 2024

WEC's Iron Dames to return to Porsche for 2025 after year with Lamborghini

The all-female Iron Dames World Endurance Championship LMGT3 entry will switch from Lamborghini to Porsche for next season with the title-winning Manthey team.

Autosport · Nov 21, 2024

WEC's Iron Dames to make Porsche return for 2025 after year with Lamborghini

The all-female Iron Dames World Endurance Championship LMGT3 entry will switch from Lamborghini to Porsche for next season with the title-winning Manthey team.

Motorsport · Nov 21, 2024

Button stays with Jota for factory Cadillac switch in 2025 WEC

Jenson Button will remain with the British Jota squad in the World Endurance Championship on its graduation to the factory ranks with Cadillac next season.

Autosport · Nov 14, 2024

Hill stays as WSR eyes expansion to four or five

Newly crowned British Touring Car champion Jake Hill will remain at the West Surrey Racing BMW team for 2025, when the squad could expand to as many as five cars.Hill, whose clinching of the BTCC crown at the Brands Hatch finale last month represented his first championship title of any…

Autosport · Nov 6, 2024

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Autosport · Nov 2, 2024

Porsche to not change its approach for WEC finale in Bahrain

Porsche has insisted that it is not going into Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain with a conservative approach as it looks to seal the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.

Autosport · Oct 31, 2024

BTCC drops hybrid to mandate 100% sustainable fuel from 2025

The British Touring Car Championship has dropped hybrid and introduced 100% sustainable fuel for the 2025 season.

Autosport · Oct 30, 2024

Phil Hanson joins AF Corse for FIA WEC season 2025

Briton Phil Hanson will race the ‘customer’ Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar run by AF Corse in next year’s World Endurance Championship.

Autosport · Oct 17, 2024

Bourdais returns to WEC in Bahrain finale with Cadillac

Sebastien Bourdais will join the factory Cadillac team for the final round of the 2024 World Endurance Championship in Bahrain early next month.

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Autosport · Oct 16, 2024

The talent spotters that moulded Piastri into an F1 winner

"Oscar's brain is a supercomputer," says Oscar Piastri's early mentor, James Sera, who helped the McLaren driver navigate his early career in his native Australia. It is an unusual response when asked about the McLaren Formula 1 driver's most crucial characteristics.

Autosport · Oct 9, 2024

Silverstone aims to host WEC again after 2025 ELMS round

Silverstone has outlined an ambition to again host the World Endurance Championship after a return of the European Le Mans Series to the venue in 2025 was announced last week.

Autosport · Oct 6, 2024

BTCC Brands Hatch: Hill wins as Ingram and Sutton collide

The seas parted for Jake Hill to take victory in the first race of the British Touring Car Championship finale at Brands Hatch and put him in the box seat for the title.

Autosport · Oct 2, 2024

Sharp wins GB3 title as Collards secure British GT crown

Rodin Motorsport’s Louis Sharp clinched the 2024 GB3 Championship in last weekend’s deciding race at Brands Hatch. The British-born New Zealander, who is one of four finalists for this year’s Silverstone Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, followed in the footsteps of Luke Browning by winning both the British Formula 4…

Autosport · Sep 27, 2024

How a traditional British GT tenet is again proving the difference maker

British GT has always been a series for the ‘gentleman driver’ – the non-professional competitor in a driver line-up who often funds the race seat. While their professional counterparts are all usually separated by no more than a few tenths, the quality of the amateur can vary significantly, so they…

Motorsport · Sep 26, 2024

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.

Autosport · Sep 20, 2024

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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