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Porsche concedes second WEC customer team unlikely in 2025

Porsche is not expecting a second team to join Proton Competition in running its 963 LMDh in the World Endurance Championship next year.

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Porsche customer Proton eyeing second car in WEC and IMSA

Proton Competition is eyeing an expansion of its World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship assaults with the Porsche 963 LMDh as the German manufacturer makes more customer cars available.

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Toyota back on top in FP2 after qualifying disaster

Sebastien Buemi went quickest in the two-hour FP2 night session on Wednesday in the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar with a time half a second up on his nearest rival.

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Ford "a long ways away" from WEC podium contention with torque sensor setbacks

Ryan Hardwick and Giorgio Roda, the bronze-graded drivers in the Proton Competition team that runs the Mustang in the WEC, both identified inexperience with the driveshaft-mounted sensors that enable power outputs to be regulated and help to uphold the Balance of Performance as the main element hampering Ford's efforts.

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Ford "a long way" from WEC podium contention with torque sensor setbacks

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Daytona 24h: Palou keeps Cadillac out front in second IMSA practice

In a No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R prepared by Chip Ganassi Racing, Palou put in a stellar stint and throttled to a flying lap of 1m35.589s around Daytona International Speedway’s 3.56-mile road course. The reigning and two-time IndyCar Series champion secured the top time on the 40th of the entry’s 48…

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Proton welcomes Mustang Sampling for 2024 IMSA Porsche 963

The partnership will feature the signature black and gold colors – and the #5 adorned on previous Cadillac prototypes – on the livery of Proton Competition’s Porsche 963 that competes in the GTP category.

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Full World Endurance Championship 2024 entry list

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WEC delays plans to expand full-season grid to 40 cars

Series organisers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest outlined their idea to maintain the size of the entry at 2023 levels over the course of last weekend’s Bahrain WEC season finale, while insisting that they are still working on an expansion.

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WEC Bahrain: Cadillac leads Ferrari in third practice, Toyotas lag behind

Alex Lynn set a time of 1m49.512s in the factory #2 Chip Ganassi Cadillac V-Series.R after 25 minutes of running to head the order ahead of the #50 Ferrari of Miguel Molina.

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Jani relishing Petit Le Mans return after decade-long absence

The Swiss driver will contest the Road Atlanta classic at the wheel of Proton Competition’s Porsche 963 LMDh alongside his regular World Endurance Championship team-mates, Harry Tincknell and Gianmaria Bruni.

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WEC Fuji: Toyota flexes its muscles in second practice

The Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercars ended up 1-2 in the times during Friday afternoon's Free Practice 2, Sebastien Buemi in the #8 car ending up over a second clear of the Japanese manufacturer’s closest challenger.

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10 things we learned from the 2023 WEC 6 Hours of Monza

After a costly non-score at the Le Mans 24 Hours, the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi recorded its third win of the season on Ferrari’s home turf.

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"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…

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"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.

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Bruni, Tincknell join Proton's IMSA attack with Porsche LMDh

Former WEC GTE Pro sparring partners Bruni and Tincknell will give Proton Competition's US-based Porsche 963 its debut at Road America on 6 August, just four weeks after they drive the sister car in the WEC’s Hypercar class for the first time at Monza at the beginning of July.

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Bruni, Tincknell join Proton's IMSA GTP attack with Porsche LMDh

Former WEC GTE Pro sparring partners Bruni and Tincknell will give Proton Competition's US-based Porsche 963 its debut at Road America on 6 August just four weeks after they drive the sister car in the WEC’s Hypercar class for the first time at Monza at the beginning of July

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Keating hails "special" Sebring win in first WEC race for Corvette

The #33 Corvette C8.R shared by Keating, Nicky Catsburg and Nico Varrone dominated the GTE Am class in Friday's Sebring 1000 Miles, finishing two laps clear of the second-placed Proton Competition Porsche.

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Crash forces Proton Porsche squad out of Sebring WEC opener

The #88 Porsche 911 RSR-19 entered in GTE Am sustained chassis damage when Ryan Hardwick clashed with the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh during FP2 on Wednesday afternoon and it cannot be repaired at the track.

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The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full

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The 2023 WEC season entry list in full

Check out the full entry list for the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season, complete with all the drivers that have been announced so far.

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The full 2023 WEC entry list has been revealed

A total of 13 cars will contest this year’s World Endurance Championship in the Hypercar class.

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