French sports car manufacturer Alpine has purchased a minority stake in its current Hypercar service provider Signatech, RACER has learned.This move gives Signatech long-term financial stability while allowing it to continue to operate independently going forward. It is a clear statement of intent from Alpine, which wishes to remain in...

Alpine Elf Team took a superb second victory of the FIA World Endurance Championship season at Monza, ensuring that Andre Negrao, Matthieu Vaxiviere and Nicolas Lapierre maintain their lead in the Hypercar drivers' championship heading into the flyaway races to end the season.In what was easily the most competitive and...

We’re two hours from the halfway mark now, and the race continues to be disrupted by clumsy errors and incidents. Normally a period where drivers dig in for the night and the times tumble, the use of the safety car and slow zones has seemed constant.During this hour the No....

The 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship has revealed a 33-car season entry for the full six-race season.The new top class, Hypercar, encompassing the new LMH cars from Toyota (pictured above) and Glickenhaus and a grandfathered Rebellion LMP1 car to be fielded by Signatech Alpine numbers five cars for its inaugural...

The start of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship opener is just weeks away, but the countdown to the 2020/21 season – the first for the new Le Mans Hypercar Prototype regulations – has also begun.Toyota and Aston Martin are the two big players in the midst of tireless work...

The 2019 running of the Le Mans 24 Hours certainly wasn’t without action. After a rather lackluster race last year, at the start of the ‘Super Season’, the ‘Super Finale’ delivered, in every class, with drama, right until the finish.In the end, it was Toyota Gazoo Racing that won overall,...

With Toyota holding station up front now (No. 7 leading the No. 8) -- pushing, but with caution -- it’s been up to the other classes to continue to provide entertainment and they have delivered.LMP2 is still being led by Signatech Alpine (pictured above), but there has been plenty of...

Signatech Alpine boss Philippe Sinault says the French marque is considering a move up to the FIA World Endurance Championship’s top class when the next regulation cycle kicks in after next season.Speaking from the interview stage at Le Mans scrutineering on Monday, Sinault noted: "Sales of the new Alpine are...

Organizers of the Le Mans 24 Hours the Automobile Club de L'Ouest (ACO) sprung a surprise today by confirming just 42 of the 60 entries for the 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours. The ACO had announced last November that 50 entries would be confirmed today as part of a new...

It's been three and a half months since the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans, but we now finally know who goes into the record books as the winner of the LMP2 class, following an FIA ruling on the appeal against the disqualification of the on-track winners.The Signatech Alpine A470-Gibson...