Fifty teams and 200 drivers -- a combination of professional racing drivers and sim racers -- rose to the Virtual 24 Hours of Le Mans challenge. The sim version, run in place of the originally scheduled endurance classic, which has been postponed until September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

Sport newsFerrari have a healthy 47 points lead in the GT manufacturers world championship and Ferrari will be looking to score maximum points to secure both titles.We caught up with James Calado in the paddock as the teams prepare for the 6 Hours of Shanghai on Sunday 5 November. Q:...

Sport newsThe 2017 FIA World Endurance Championship has seen the introduction of the new mid-engined Porsche 911 RSR, taking on the established entries from Aston Martin, Ferrari and Ford. 2015 World Endurance GT Cup Champion Richard Lietz has teamed up with Frederic Makowiecki and are currently lying in second place...

Toyota was in line to score the biggest upset at Le Mans since rival brand Mazda became the first Japanese manufacturer to win the great 24 Hour race in 1991 – until an even bigger upset occurred in the final minutes. Fifty years after finishing 1-2-3, Ford makes a triumphant...

The FIA confirmed plans to elevate the GTE class in its World Endurance Championship to full championship-earning status for drivers and manufacturers. The increase in stature for the Drivers' and Manufacturers' championships will now match the incentives previously reserved for the top-tier LMP1 category.At present, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Ford and...

McLaren is edging closer to a decision to return to the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time in nearly 20 years.The British sportscar manufacturer, which won the race outright with its BMW-engined F1 GTR in 1995, has revealed its desire to produce a GTE version of the 650S...

RACER.com's extensive coverage of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is presented by Circuit of The Americas. Visit circuitoftheamericas.com/wectudorToyota continued to control the Le Mans 24 Hours, while the chasing Audis and Porsche kept themselves in the hunt by staying on the lead lap.Stephane Sarrazin edged the #7 TS040 HYBRID's...

Tristan Gommendy came from behind to seal victory in the opening round of the European Le Mans Series at Silverstone with TDS Racing team-mates Pierre Thiriet and Ludovic Badey.The four-hour race turned into a 20-minute sprint when the safety car was deployed in the final hour.Michel Frey led in the...

Former Aston Martin junior driver Daniel McKenzie will race in this year's European Le Mans Series for the JMW Ferrari team.McKenzie is moving up from the Blancpain Endurance Series, in which he raced for the Beechdean AMR squad last year, to drive JMW Motorsport's GTE class Ferrari 458 Italia in...

New driver categorization rules for the pro-am GTE class in the European Le Mans Series look set to be followed in the World Endurance Championship.It was announced today that each entry in the ELMS GTE class, as well as the GTC division for GT3 machinery, must include at least one...