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Bourdais added to Ganassi Cadillac roster for WEC Qatar

After Richard Westbrook's departure to join the JDC-Miller Motorsport Porsche team in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, it was revealed in January that returning duo Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber would have a different driving partner aboard their V-Series.R LMDh on a race-by-race basis.

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Cadillac commits to entering six-hour WEC races with two drivers

Ganassi has revealed that only for the longer races — the Qatar 1812km or 10-hour season-opener next month, the Le Mans 24 Hours and then the Bahrain 8 Hours season finale — does it intend to run a third driver alongside Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn.

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Cadillac commits to entering six-hour WEC races with two drivers

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Pier Guidi: Winning Le Mans and Daytona with Ferrari "difficult to dream" about

Pier Guidi and James Calado followed up their overall triumph in the centenary edition of Le Mans with a GTD Pro class win at Daytona last weekend, as they took the top spot with Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra in a Ferrari 296 GT3 entered by Risi Competizione.

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Pier Guidi: Winning both Le Mans, Daytona with Ferrari 'difficult to even dream'

Pier Guidi and James Calado followed up their historical overall triumph in the centenary edition of Le Mans with a GTD Pro class win at Daytona last weekend, as they took the top spot with Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra in a Ferrari 296 GT3 entered by Risi Competizione.

Motorsport

Penske targets Le Mans win after first Daytona 24 victory in 55 years

His Porsche 963, crewed by Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell, Josef Newgarden and Felipe Nasr, scored a narrow victory over Cadillac – recording Porsche’s 19th overall win in the Daytona enduro.

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Friday favourite: The “no compromise” track where a Le Mans winner notched up a century

It’s been over a decade since Christophe Bouchut last raced at his favourite circuit. And while the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hours winner says the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course first opened in 1962 is “not the biggest, not the most beautiful circuit,” he reckons the track’s combination of corners,…

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BMW to focus on reliability early on in WEC Hypercar – van der Linde

The Bavarian manufacturer returns to the WEC for the first time since its single-season assault on the GTE Pro class with the M8 with MTEK in 2018-19, as partner team WRT fields a two-pronged effort in Hypercar with the M Hybrid V8 and M4 in LMGT3. The Dallara-based LMDh contender…

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BMW's focus on reliability in early stages of WEC Hypercar entry - van der Linde

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The Rock Crawling Porsche 911's Suspension Was Originally Developed For the 919 Le Mans Car

The 911 Carrera 4S that broke the altitude record in December has an unlikely source to thank for its unique suspension architecture.

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Honda: Le Mans entry not the 'priority' amid F1 2026 preparations

At the end of last year, the Japanese manufacturer brought the Honda Performance Development (HPD) arm under its global motorsport portfolio, renaming the division as Honda Racing Corporation US.

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Magazine: F1 2024's tech battleground

Normally, our ‘Revealed’ F1 issues begin by looking at the new rules for the season ahead and what impact they could have on the campaign to come. But, with such incredible stability in 2024, this week we take a different approach. Clearly, with Red Bull so dominant in 2023, many…

Autosport

Porsche hopes 963 engine redesign is approved for Le Mans

The German manufacturer has revealed that it is working on a new crankshaft for the 4.6-litre, twin-turbo LMDh engine developed out of the normally-aspirated units used in the RS Spyder LMP2 and the 918 Spyder plug-in hybrid road car.

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Ilott won't rule out IndyCar return in future after WEC switch

Speaking at the Autosport International Show on Saturday, Ilott revealed that he had expected to stay in IndyCar with Juncos Hollinger until "circumstances changed" and he found himself searching for a new drive. The Briton landed on his feet, in a deal he called "a great surprise", to drive Jota's #12 Porsche…

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How Ferrari's British star reached Le Mans-winning heights

Le Mans 24 Hours winner. That’s the tag that’s now nailed firmly ahead of the name James Calado, and has been since Ferrari’s victory in the centenary running of the French enduro last summer. Only it should really be, as the man himself points out, three-time Le Mans winner.

Autosport

Friday favourite: The “gentleman” Le Mans winner who put team-mates at ease

Drivers have different criteria they prioritise when it comes to choosing a favourite team-mate. For some, longevity is a crucial factor, as with time the relationship evolves naturally, while others relate most to drivers that they learned from.

Autosport

The star cars you can see at Autosport International

Porsche rules the roost when it comes to Le Mans success. Ferrari’s famous 2023 victory took the Italian marque’s tally in the French classic to 10, but Porsche has a record 19 wins. The 963, which took the German firm back to the top rung of the endurance racing ladder…

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Autosport Podcast: WEC season review with Anthony Davidson and Gary Watkins

While Ferrari managed to make history in winning the centenary running of Le Mans, it was a season of learnings up and down the grid as Toyota won its fifth straight drivers' and manufacturers' championships.

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Some drivers unimpressed by WEC's shift to two-class structure

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest announced last year that it will not be able to accommodate LMP2 cars in standard WEC rounds in 2024, restricting the class to the Le Mans 24 Hours and regional championships such as the European Le Mans Series.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #49 Nicky Catsburg

If there was a sportscar driver you wanted in your car for a 24-hour race this year, it was Nicky Catsburg. Victories at the Nurburgring (outright), Le Mans (GTE Am) and Spa (Pro-Am), each in different cars, underlined that the versatile Dutchman is operating at the top of his game.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #22 Kamui Kobayashi

Kamui Kobayashi again missed out on the big prizes in the WEC; neither the title nor a Le Mans win came his way in 2023. But he and team-mates Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez were the ‘winningest’ of the two Toyota line-ups, outscoring the champions 4-2. It should also…

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #7 Antonio Fuoco

There were times when Fuoco’s pace aboard Ferrari’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar was nothing short of astounding in the WEC.

Autosport

Aston Martin reveals expanded factory driver roster for 2024

Nurburgring 24 Hours winner David Pittard, GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup champion Mattia Drudi and Henrique Chaves, a class winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours, have been added to the Aston Martin Racing roster for 2024.

Autosport

WEC drivers "sad" to see the demise of prototype-like GTE cars

Last month's Bahrain 8 Hours marked the final competitive outing for GTE machinery following the decision by FIA and ACO to drop the corresponding class from WEC and the European Le Mans Series next year.

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