It's the 29th installment of the Inside The Sports Car Paddock interview show and we open with veteran race engineer Jeff Braun on do-it-yourself aerodynamics for grassroots and club racers.Braun's followed by ACO technical director Vincent Beaumesnil with Graham Goodwin on the upcoming FIA WEC Hypercar formula, and we close...

The FIA WEC 2020 ‘Hypercar’ regulations were approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council on Wednesday during a meeting in St Petersburg, Russia.The regulations will be utilized by the FIA World Endurance Championship [including the Le Mans 24 Hours] from 2020 until 2025.Also agreed in Russia was the full...

If IMSA's new-for-2017 Daytona Prototype international P2s are ever going to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, they won't be placed in the same class as WEC's new 2017 P2s.With the ACO – organizers of the Le Mans event – showing no interest in creating a set of...

Facing increased pressure from affected GTE-Pro teams after a wildly unbalanced qualifying session Wednesday night, the ACO now says it could make Balance of Performance adjustments prior to Saturday's race.Ford's brand-new twin-turbo V6 GT model dominated the two-hour nighttime qualifying session as its four cars placed P1-2-4-5, Ferrari's brand-new twin-turbo...

Privateer LMP1 teams are set to be allowed to use a drag reduction system from 2018 as part of plans to close the gap to the factory hybrid cars.Le Mans 24 Hours organizer the ACO announced its plans to make the World Endurance Championship's LMP1 class more attractive to privateer...

The latest round of safety improvements on the Le Mans 24 Hours circuit have been signed off. The upgrades, which are focused on the Porsche Curves, were inspected by the FIA last week.SAFER barriers, most commonly used on U.S. ovals, have been installed on the outside of the first part...

An extension of the new limit on hybrid power for next year's Le Mans 24 Hours to the rest of the World Endurance Championship in 2017 is opposed by ToyotaThe Japanese manufacturer is arguing that the rule limiting hybrid power release to 300kW would hurt its concept more than those...

A new series for GT3 machinery under evaluation for next year would run in support of the Le Mans 24 Hours. The new championship could be announced as early as this weekend's Estoril ELMS finale.The Automobile Club de l'Ouest, organizer of the French endurance classic, is working on plans for...

Five engine builders have tendered for the right to produce the single-make powerplant for the new LMP2 formula that comes into force in 2017.The FIA and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, which have jointly created the new rules, haven't confirmed the number of bidders, except to say that they had...

The future direction of the LMP1 rule book will be mapped out in a meeting of the FIA Endurance Commission on Thursday.The commission will discuss proposals from a number of working groups set up by the FIA and Le Mans 24 Hours organizer the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, which jointly...