Former IndyCar driver James Jakes has been replaced by 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 winner Matt Howson at Manor for this weekend's Nurburgring World Endurance Championship round. Howson will drive alongside Tor Graves and Antonio Pizzonia in the No.44 Manor ORECA-Nissan 05 LMP2 entry.Manor sporting director Graeme Lowdon was...

Ex-Formula 1 driver Antonio Pizzonia is set to return to the World Endurance Championship with the Manor LMP2 team later this month.The former Jaguar and Williams racer, who was a WEC P2 class winner with the Delta-ADR squad in 2013, has been listed on the entry for the German event...

Ex-Formula 1 racer Roberto Merhi will take the seat at the Manor LMP2 team vacated by Will Stevens for this month's Le Mans 24 Hours.The Spaniard is contesting the World Endurance Championship in the Manor ORECA that doesn't have an entry for Le Mans and will now replace Stevens in...

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...

Former Formula 1 driver Karun Chandhok is returning to LMP2 team Murphy Prototypes in a deal that includes the Le Mans 24 Hours and the European Le Mans Series opener.The Indian driver, who raced the team's ORECA-Nissan 03 at Le Mans last year, has agreed terms for Silverstone and Le...

Former Marussia Formula 1 Friday tester Rodolfo Gonzalez will take his first steps in sports car racing this year with the Murphy Prototypes LMP2 squad.The Venezuelan, who took part in nine Friday free practice sessions with Marussia last year, will drive the Anglo-Irish Murphy team's ORECA-Nissan 03 (ABOVE) at the...