The FIA World Endurance Championship will adopt Formula 1's Halo driver protection device at the onset of the 2019 season.RACER has learned the WEC's LMP1 and LMP2 prototype teams, and its factory-supported GTE-Pro entries will be required to submit Halo designs to the FIA safety commission for approval by the...

Juan Pablo Montoya could be a busy man during IMSA's Le Mans break if the Acura Team Penske driver comes to terms with United Autosports for an LMP2 drive at the French endurance event. In his new full-time role with the Penske's Daytona Prototype international outfit, the two-time Indy 500...

IMSA says it is unable to acccommodate the request by FIA World Endurance Championship CEO Gerard Neveu to move its race date for Petit Le Mans, following the WEC's shift of its Fuji round onto the same weekend as the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship's season-finale.The Fuji race was moved forward a...

While most major racing is now finished for 2017, the FIA Formula E Championship is just ramping up for the start of its fourth season, which opens next weekend with a doubleheader on the streets of Hong Kong, China.Since its inaugural season in 2014 the series has grown significantly, with...

China-based motorsports specialist TRS and Manor Endurance Racing will jointly enter the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship "Super Season" in the LMP1 class.The Anglo-Chinese team – which started racing in LMP2 in 2015 – has confirmed the purchase of a single Ginetta LMP1 chassis. A later announcement is expected on...

The Formula E Championship remains up for grabs heading into this weekend's double-header finale on the streets of Montreal, all the more because Sebastien Buemi – who dominated the bulk of the 2016-'17 season for the Renault e.dams team, winning six of the first eight races – was forced to...

In the wake of today's news that Porsche is set to withdraw from LMP1 racing in the FIA WEC after this season, Toyota Gazoo Racing – the sole-remaining LMP1 Hybrid manufacturer for next season – has yet to respond with an outline of its plans for 2018 onward.There was a...

Following another disappointing 24 Hours of Le Mans for his company's works LMP1 prototype team, Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation, issued the following comment about the race. It is reproduced here, in full:"Sorry we weren't able to let you drive all out."Normally, it would be proper to start...

American sports car racing fans get their chance to see the most advanced racecars on the planet go head to head at COTA, Sept. 15-16. That's when the space-age, 1,000hp-plus, hybrid LMP1 prototypes from Porsche and Toyota battle it out in the FIA World Endurance Championship's fifth visit to Texas.Lone...

This is the 24th installment in RACER's ongoing 25th anniversary celebration during which we share the 25 most important issues from our first quarter century.Related StoriesRACER's popular Technology Issue theme debuted with a stunning cover, featuring a thermal image of a Ganassi Racing Dallara DW12-Honda Indy car shot by Michael...