The No. 8 Toyota TS050 HYBRID of Sebastien Buemi leads the Le Mans 24 Hours after an hour of racing. Buemi was second for much of the hour, but made a bold move around the outside of Indianapolis following the first pit stops on his teammate Mike Conway in the...

Newly crowned Formula V8 3.5 champion Tom Dillmann will return to the World Endurance Championship at this month's Bahrain finale.The Frenchman, who took LMP2 class honors with the Signatech Alpine squad at last season's Shanghai round, will drive for the Extreme Speed Motorsports squad in the Ligier-Nissan JSP2 taken over...

Former Manor Formula 1 driver Roberto Merhi will rejoin his 2015 team bosses for an assault on the World Endurance Championship this year.Merhi (LEFT) has completed the line-up in the second ORECA-Nissan 05 LMP2 to be run by Manor Motorsport, which John Booth and Graeme Lowdon have revived following their...

Manor Motorsport's new ORECA LMP2 coupe has been given a successful shakedown on Paul Ricard's training circuit.The ORECA-Nissan 05 was given its maiden run by Richard Bradley on Thursday morning ahead of the car's participation in the official World Endurance Championship pre-season test at Ricard on Friday and Saturday.Manor sporting...

Ex-British Formula 3 Championship frontrunner Matt Rao has joined the Manor LMP2 team's assault on the World Endurance Championship this year.The 21-year-old, who finished a close second in British F3 in 2014, will race the additional entry of a second ORECA-Nissan 05 coupe that Manor Motorsport announced last week."Matt has...

James Jakes will switch from IndyCar racing to rejoin Manor for an attack on the World Endurance Championship this season. The 28-year-old Briton, who raced for Manor Motorsport in Formula 3 and GP3 in 2007 and 2010, respectively, will line up with fellow Manor alumni Will Stevens and Tor Graves...

Former Manor Formula 1 driver Will Stevens will follow John Booth and Graeme Lowdon into the World Endurance Championship this year.Stevens missed out on an F1 seat with Manor Racing in 2016, as the team elected to enlist Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto. The British driver will switch to sportscars...

Manor Motorsport sporting director Graeme Lowdon said the Le Mans 24 Hours had long been a passion after his team launched a World Endurance Championship campaign for 2016.Lowdon revealed he "had always been a fan" of Le Mans following confirmation that Manor will field an ORECA-Nissan 05 in the LMP2...

Will Stevens has admitted he has not even thought about a Plan B, should his aim to remain on the Formula 1 grid with Manor next season fall through.For now, Stevens is pinning all his hopes on retaining his seat with the squad with whom he spent 2015, albeit in...

Will Stevens believes Bob Bell's experience in Formula 1 will prove invaluable to Manor and his own burgeoning career.Bell (ABOVE) joined Manor at the start of the month as a technical consultant, and will be a key figure in the time ahead as the team strives to make improvements on...