Proton's WEC Hypercar exit means no Porsche 963s at 2026 Le Mans Porsche is set to have no presence on the 2026 Hypercar grid as Proton confirms withdrawal Autosport · Dec 5, 2025
Red Bull’s F1 juniors: Where are they now? While it’s easy to be cynical about the up-or-out nature of Red Bull’s young driver programme and the scars its abruptness has often left, no other enterprise has done more to promote young talent in motorsport. Motorsport · Feb 8, 2025
Estre, Jani praise revisions to "fairer" Le Mans qualifying format Le Mans 24 Hours pole winners Kevin Estre and Neel Jani have welcomed revisions to Hyperpole qualifying under which Hypercar entries will run on track alone at the French enduro. Motorsport · Jan 23, 2025
Bruni to race JDC-Miller Porsche in IMSA after factory departure Gianmaria Bruni will race a Porsche 963 LMDh in 2025 despite losing his factory deal with the German manufacturer after signing with JDC-Miller MotorSports for the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Motorsport · Jan 7, 2025
Bruni to race JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche in IMSA after factory departure Gianmaria Bruni will race a Porsche 963 LMDh in 2025 despite losing his factory deal with the German manufacturer after signing with JDC-Miller MotorSports for the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Autosport · Jan 7, 2025
Friday favourite: When Audi’s Silverstone special stunned Treluyer Perhaps it should come as little surprise that Benoit Treluyer should name the Audi R18 e-tron Quattro as his favourite car, given he won the Le Mans 24 Hours twice in cars bearing that name. Autosport · Jun 28, 2024
Jota WEC Spa victory "proof" of 963 programme, says Porsche Urs Kuratle, director of the LMDh project at Porsche, explained that the win for British team’s 963 LMDh shared by Will Stevens and Callum Ilott and the performance of the Proton Competition entry driven by Julien Andlauer and Neel Jani provided validation of the decision to produce customer versions of… Autosport · May 12, 2024
Jota's victory in WEC Spa is "proof" of the 963 programme, says Porsche Urs Kuratle, director of the LMDh project at Porsche, explained that the win for British team’s 963 LMDh shared by Will Stevens and Callum Ilott and the performance of the Proton Competition entry driven by Julien Andlauer and Neel Jani provided validation of the decision to produce customer versions of… Motorsport · May 12, 2024
Proton reveals retro-inspired livery for Porsche 963 in WEC Proton will run the red, white and black colours of new sponsor F.A.T. International on its customer LMDh car this year, bringing back an iconic Porsche paint scheme to the top echelon of sportscar racing. Autosport · Feb 16, 2024
Proton Porsche retains Jani, signs Andlauer as WEC Qatar entry list released Le Mans 24 Hours winner Neel Jani and Porsche-contracted driver Julien Andlauer have been named in the car alongside Harry Tincknell on the 37-car entry list for the Qatar 1812Km WEC season-opener on 2 March. Motorsport · Feb 13, 2024
Proton Porsche team completes 963 lineup as WEC Qatar entry list released Le Mans 24 Hours winner Neel Jani and Porsche-contracted driver Julien Andlauer have been named in the car alongside Harry Tincknell on the 37-car entry list for the Qatar 1812Km WEC season-opener on 2 March. Autosport · Feb 13, 2024
Daytona 24h: Derani unleashes track record to capture pole for Cadillac The Brazilian went out in the middle of the session and dropped a staggering lap of 1m32.656s around the 3.56-mile road course to seize the top spot in the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R. Motorsport · Jan 21, 2024
Daytona 24h Roar: Porsche tops GTP and GTD in fourth IMSA session Hanson lapped the 3.56-mile road course in 1m35.216s in his GTP class JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 in perfect track conditions for this one-hour session. Motorsport · Jan 20, 2024
Daytona 24 Hours performance a "question mark" for Proton's GTP squad - Bruni Christian Ried's privateer Porsche 963 outfit entered the final three races of the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship last season ahead of full season programmes in both series in 2024, beginning with the IMSA season opener at Daytona later this month. Motorsport · Jan 12, 2024
Autosport · Jan 11, 2024 Daytona 24 Hours performance a "question mark" for Proton's GTP squad - Bruni Christian Ried's privateer Porsche 963 outfit entered the final three races of the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship last season ahead of full season programmes in both series in 2024, beginning with the IMSA season opener at Daytona later this month.
Motorsport · Jan 9, 2024 Le Mans winner Dumas joins Proton Porsche for Daytona return Dumas, who has been left without a seat following Glickenhaus’ exit from the World Endurance Championship, will share the team’s sole GTP entry with Neel Jani, Gianmaria Burni and Alessio Picariello in the blue-riband round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship on January 27-28.
Motorsport · Nov 30, 2023 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.
Autosport · 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 · Sep 13, 2023 10 things we learned from the 2023 WEC 6 Hours of Fuji The World Endurance Championship's two-month summer break ended with its annual trip to Fuji, where Toyota continued an unbeaten stretch dating back to 2016 with a 1-2 finish. But the Japanese marque didn't have it as easy as the result on paper suggested, as Porsche emerged as GR010 HYBRID's closest…
Autosport · Sep 11, 2023 “Freak” belts issue denied Proton shot at beating Ferrari in Fuji WEC In only its second outing in the WEC’s top Hypercar class with the Porsche 963, Proton proved competitive as the car shared by Jani and team-mates Harry Tincknell and Gianmaria Bruni ran in the top five just shy of the two-hour mark.
Motorsport · Jul 9, 2023 "Underdog" Proton targets finish on WEC Hypercar debut The privateer German squad, a staple of the GTE Am class, only received its Porsche 963 LMDh one week before the fifth round of the WEC following a shakedown at Weissach in the hands of Kevin Estre. It had no opportunity to test the chassis prior to practice commencing on…
Autosport · Jul 9, 2023 "Underdog" Proton targets finish on WEC Hypercar debut - Tincknell The privateer German squad, a staple of the GTE Am class, only received its Porsche 963 LMDh one week before the fifth round of the WEC following a shakedown at Weissach in the hands of Kevin Estre.
Autosport · Jun 28, 2023 Why A1GP alumni want to see motorsport’s World Cup resurrected We’ve been here before, of course. Multiple times in fact. Talks of reviving the A1GP ‘World Cup of Motorsport’ since its demise in 2009 have invariably led to nothing down the years, the closest thing to a resurrection coming in the form of the even more short-lived Formula Acceleration 1…
Autosport · Jun 22, 2023 Audi names Neel Jani as F1 simulator driver The German manufacturer will return to the grand prix fold for the advent of the new engine regulations that notably ditch the expensive and complex Motor Generator Unit–Heat (MGU-H).
Autosport · Jun 11, 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours: Ferrari leads Toyota, disaster for Peugeot at halfway Ferrari’s James Calado led Toyota’s Sebastien Buemi by 4s at the 12-hour mark, as the race enjoyed its most settled phase since the wild opening and jaw-dropping drama of the subsequent hours.