Toyota sees “two-class” split emerging between LMDh and LMH at Le Mans Floury points to what he sees as a clear disparity between LMDh and LMH prototypes at Le Mans Motorsport · Jun 11
Ferrari to stay in WEC only if it can build entire car in-house under new regs Ferrari's head of endurance racing Antonello Coletta talks about the team's WEC future and the influx of LMDh car in the top class Motorsport · May 29
Peugeot set to homologate new car for 2027 WEC CEO Alain Favey confirmed that the French brand plans to renew its commitment to the Hypercar class for the next three years by developing a car that will build on the strengths of the current LMH, with the aim of consistently competing at the top Motorsport · Apr 19
Porsche outlines conditions for staying in IMSA The German manufacturer's future in IMSA's top category has been clouded since pulling the plug on its Hypercar effort in the FIA World Endurance Championship Motorsport · Apr 7
Peugeot leaning towards upgrades, rather than all-new car, in WEC Peugeot shifts focus to potential 9X8 evolutions as new rules could open the door for extra joker upgrades Motorsport · Dec 21, 2025
Ferrari commits to WEC Hypercar class until end of 2029 season Ferrari has brought its contract with the World Endurance Championship in line with the current Hypercar rules, which are in place until the end of 2029 Motorsport · Nov 11, 2025
Ferrari extends WEC contract to move in line with Hypercar cycle The current Hypercar rules are in place until the end of 2029 Autosport · Nov 11, 2025
LMH, LMDh rules extended to 2032 in WEC The lifecycle of the current generation of Le Mans Hypercar and LMDh prototypes has been extended until 2032 in the World Endurance Championship. Autosport · Jun 13, 2025
Peugeot eyes new Le Mans Hypercar as part of long-term WEC focus Peugeot has aspirations to build a new Le Mans Hypercar as part of a long-term commitment to the World Endurance Championship. Autosport · Jun 6, 2025
WEC set for another Hypercar rules extension until 2032 The existing Hypercar World Endurance Championship rule book appears set for a further extension that could allow the current generation of cars to race until the end of 2032. Autosport · Apr 24, 2025
Why Ford believes now is the right time to return to sportscar racing's top flight Ford is returning in an attempt to reprise its overall successes at the Le Mans 24 Hours of the 1960s, the famous quadruple of 1966 to 1969. It really should be regarded as big news, but the question has to be why it has taken so long? Autosport · Mar 6, 2025
How Aston Martin has begun preparations for its delayed Hypercar programme It was in the summer of 2019 when Aston Martin first announced its plan to build a Hypercar to the World Endurance Championship’s LMH rules. Autosport · Mar 13, 2024
Bamber: 'Would've been too easy' if new marques beat Toyota in 2023 Toyota held its own against an onslaught of new LMDh and LMH car makers in the WEC in 2023, winning six of the seven races and sweeping both drivers' and manufacturers' titles. Motorsport · Nov 30, 2023
Bamber: 'Would've been too easy' if new marques beat Toyota in 2023 WEC Toyota held its own against an onslaught of new LMDh and LMH car makers in the WEC in 2023, winning six of the seven races and sweeping both drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles. Autosport · Nov 30, 2023
Autosport · Nov 11, 2023 Shwartzman has "zero doubt" he is ready for WEC Hypercar move after Ferrari test Shwartzman got to sample Ferrari’s Le Mans 24 Hours-winning LMH car at the official WEC rookie test in Bahrain last Sunday, just over a month after scoring his first victory in the GT World Challenge Europe series in Barcelona.
Autosport · Nov 5, 2023 Shwartzman fastest for Ferrari as Rossi gets mileage in Bahrain WEC rookie test Taking over the #51 Ferrari 499P for the second part of the three-hour session, Shwartzman set an impressive time of 1m48.559s in his first day of running in an LMH car.
Autosport · Oct 4, 2023 Aston Martin to return to Le Mans 24 Hours in 2025 with Valkyrie LMH The winner of Le Mans in 1959 has firmed up the plans outlined by Autosport last month to revive the Valkyrie LMH project mothballed early in 2020 for twin assaults on the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship.
Autosport · Sep 12, 2023 Aston Martin close to reviving Valkyrie LMH project for 2025 WEC, IMSA The Valkyrie LMH programme is set to be reactivated after more than three years on the back-burner as Aston and US-based team Heart of Racing ramp up a relationship that already straddles the GT arenas in IMSA and WEC.
Motor1 · Sep 12, 2023 Bugatti Bolide Without Body Panels Is Peak Automotive Nudity The W16 track monster has a new carbon fiber monocoque that meets LMH and LMDh requirements.
Motorsport · Sep 9, 2023 Vanwall reliability "much better" after early WEC season dramas The ByKolles-run squad returned to the WEC this year with the non-hybrid Vandervell 680 LMH, the successor to the troubled CLM P1/01 LMP1 car that failed to finish Le Mans 24 Hours in six successive attempts.
Motorsport · Jun 14, 2023 Did classic Le Mans battle justify contentious Toyota BoP hit? Ferrari wins on its factory prototype comeback. And narrowly so at the end of an intriguing and sometimes thrilling battle with Toyota. All five major car manufacturers involved in Hypercar led at some point or other. The centenary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours definitely got a race befitting…
Autosport · Jun 14, 2023 Did Le Mans Balance of Performance change create an end that justified the means? Ferrari wins on its factory prototype comeback. And narrowly so at the end of an intriguing and sometimes thrilling battle with Toyota. All five major car manufacturers involved in Hypercar lead at some point or other. The centenary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours definitely got a race befitting…
Motorsport · Jun 8, 2023 What are LMH and LMDh? The top Le Mans 24 Hours series explained The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours sees the LMH and LM
Motorsport · May 5, 2023 Planned debut for Isotta Hypercar postponed to Bahrain WEC round The revived Italian car maker is now looking to the Bahrain series finale of the 2023 WEC in November to race its Tipo 6 LMH Competizione for the first time ahead of a full programme in 2024 with partner team Vector Sport.
Autosport · Apr 7, 2023 Isotta Fraschini Hypercar set for track debut as WEC preparations continue Isotta’s Tipo 6 LMH Competizione will be given a shakedown at the Vallelunga circuit close to Rome over two days on 11-12 April.