Ex-Williams F1 driver Pastor Maldonado will miss out on a second season in LMP2 in the FIA WEC after failing to fulfill the commercial terms of his contract with Jota Sport.Maldonado will be replaced in the number 38 Jota Sport ORECA 07 Gibson for the coming FIA WEC season by...

It's the 16th installment of the Inside the Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun explaining the function of third springs in modern racing suspensions before he shares tales of crazy chassis setup changes that wielded unexpected results. Aston Martin Racing’s Alex...

Fernando Alonso got his debut World Endurance Championship campaign off to the best possible start in the first free practice session of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps weekend, by topping the times in the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050 HYBRID with a 1m58.392s.It was an impressive time by the...

Sport newsToyota Gazoo Racing head into the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship Super Season on a high note after putting over 1000 laps under the Michelin tyres of the two TS050 hybrids at The Prologue, the official WEC pre season test. The no SMP Racing lead chase of Toyota in...

2014 FIA WEC Drivers' Champion and newly appointed Toyota Gazoo Racing reserve driver Anthony Davidson will return to the WEC after the Le Mans 24 Hours this year with American team DragonSpeed.Davidson has a wealth of experience racing LMP machinery, dating back to his run as a Peugeot factory driver...

Former Williams and Lotus Formula 1 driver Pastor Maldonado will make his sports car racing debut this year, in the 2018/19 FIA WEC Super Season with American-flagged team DragonSpeed.The Venezualen will pilot the team's LMP2 class ORECA 07 Gibson in what the team has told RACER is a "full-season deal."...

Robert Kubica has quit the ByKolles Racing team just days away from the FIA WEC opener at Silverstone, in which he was due to make his championship debut with the team in the LMP1 class driving its Nissan-powered ENSO CLM P1/01.After testing with the team at the WEC's post-season rookie...

Max Verstappen will find himself in a slightly strange position in 2017. For the first time in his career in the top echelon of motor racing, he will no longer be the youngest driver. Nor, it seems, will he be the sport's favorite punching bag. That honor will instead fall...

Kevin Magnussen is keen to stay with the Renault Formula 1 team for 2017 and sees no reason to look elsewhere.Renault is treading water this season after the French firm's late reacquisition of Lotus compromised its 2016 campaign, and it is now focusing its efforts mainly on '17 preparation.Magnussen backed...

Pastor Maldonado declared the Verizon IndyCar Series "very interesting" on a visit to Iowa Speedway but remains focused on getting back into Formula 1 in 2017 for now.The Venezuelan was a guest of KVSH Racing, though both parties played down any suggestion of talks over a drive."It's a big difference...