The FIA World Endurance Championship teams will take part in a pre-season Prologue test at Imola ahead of the first round of the season at the same venue, according to a bulletin sent to the competitors on Friday.The rescheduled Prologue will take place on the 14th of April, with the...

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Driver compensation ballast rules have been introduced to both the FIA WEC's Hypercar and LMGT3 classes in time for the 2025 season opener in Qatar on Friday.These new rules, which aim to eliminate the disadvantage some driver crews featuring heavier and/or taller drivers faced, come after the drivers in both...

For the 2025 FIA WEC season, which gets underway later this month in Qatar, the big headline addition to the field is the pair of Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMHs in Hypercar. It’s one of the most hotly-anticipated program debuts of recent times for several reasons, but principally because it’s been...

Lando Norris said he felt like he was hanging onto his car during a Sprint qualifying lap at the high-speed Lusail circuit ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix.Lusail’s fast corners and flat curbs allow drivers to push their cars close to their limits, while also providing a physical test for...

Michelin has drawn up a new roadmap for the development and rollout of its forthcoming range of Hypercar and GTP tires, which were initially slated to debut in 2025 but have been pushed back a year to the start of the 2026 season.RACER spoke with Michelin’s sportscar operations manager Pierre...

Matt Campbell continued Porsche's fast start to the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship in Free Practice 1 at Qatar, lapping the circuit in 1m42.486s aboard the No. 5 Penske-run 963 to lead the session.The Australian, who has moved from Penske's IMSA GTP program to join the WEC's Hypercar ranks this...

Anglo-American GT and LMP outfit United Autosports has made its final driver announcement ahead of the 2024 FIA WEC season, with former British Supersport biker Josh Caygill set to return to GT racing with the team.Caygill, who has been competing in LMP3 competition for the past two years as part...

Miami and China will both host their first Formula 1 Sprint events in 2024 as the opening two rounds of a six-event calendar.China will get the ball rolling in Shanghai on the weekend of April 19-21, followed by Miami on May 3-5. Next up is Austria, which will become the...

The FIA World Endurance Championship will stage it’s opening round from 2024 through to 2029 in the Gulf state of Qatar.At a ceremony in Qatar yesterday, the contract was signed that will see the FIA WEC start its season for a six-year run in what will be, by 2024, a...