Sportscars News

Kamui Kobayashi says he was “quite disappointed” not to break his own track record during qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Thursday night despite securing pole position for Toyota.

Toyota has confirmed it will continue to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship upon the introduction of the new Hypercar-based top class in the 2020-21 season.

Aston Martin president and group CEO Andy Palmer says the future direction of the Hypercar class at Le Mans looked “50-50” as recently as two weeks ago before agreements were struck ahead of their announcement.

Aston Martin Racing has announced it will enter the new Hypercar category set to debut at the 2020-2021 World Endurance Championship with its Valkyrie supercar.

The new Hypercar regulations set to be introduced from the 2020-2021 World Endurance Championship have been confirmed with hybrid power made optional.

The World Endurance Championship will see 33 entries join the 2019-2020 season having released the provisional full season entry list at the ACO presentation ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Toyota Gazoo Racing swept to a front-row lock-out for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as Kamui Kobayashi claimed his second pole position at the Circuit de la Sarthe in qualifying on Thursday night.

Toyota took control of qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as it locked out the top two positions in the second session on Thursday evening, led once again by Kamui Kobayashi.

Tracy Krohn will miss this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans on medical advice following his hefty practice crash at the Circuit de la Sarthe on Wednesday.

Dempsey-Proton Racing will build up a spare chassis ahead of Qualifying 2 for the 24 Hours of Le Mans later today after a crash during practice on Wednesday put its #99 Porsche 911 RSR at risk of missing the race.

Jean-Eric Vergne has vented his frustration over the ongoing struggles facing the top class of sports car racing, saying he would “prefer 100 times” to be racing in LMP2 than the premier LMP1 category.

Fernando Alonso has the chance to break an 80-year-old record at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend – but the Spaniard’s focus chiefly lays with clinching a maiden FIA World Endurance Championship crown.

Full 2019 Le Mans 24 Hours practice results Kamui Kobayashi has rescued top spot for Toyota Gazoo Racing with a late lap in the sole Le Mans 24 Hours practice to bump out Stoffel Vandoorne’

Toyota Gazoo Racing technical director Pascal Vasselon is anticipating a “very strong challenge” from SMP Racing for pole position in qualifying for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

G-Drive Racing is not seeking any “revenge” heading into this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans after being stripped of LMP2 class victory in 2018, according to Jean-Eric Vergne.

Rebellion Racing has unveiled two dramatic 'art car' liveries for its pair of R13 Gibsons ahead of this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The Automobile Club de l'Ouest has confirmed that a hydrogen-powered prototype car will complete special demonstration lap of the Circuit de la Sarthe ahead of next weekend's 24 Hours of Le Mans.

McLaren will wait for the FIA World Endurance Championship’s future regulations to be finalised before taking a final decision on a possible entry to the series – but only once Formula 1’s planned direction has also been outlined.

Current DragonSpeed drivers Pastor Maldonado, Anthony Davidson and Roberto Gonzalez will link up with JOTA for the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship season as part of an all-new line-up for the British squad.

Porsche has unveiled a tweaked livery design for two of its entries to this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans to celebrate its early FIA World Endurance Championship title victory.

Toyota Gazoo Racing has signed Thomas Laurent as its test and reserve driver for the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship.

Ginetta has confirmed is planning a return to the FIA World Endurance Championship LMP1 class for the 2019/2020 season with a heavily-updated version of its G60-LT-P1 cars.

BMW has confirmed it will leave the FIA World Endurance Championship following next month's 24 Hours of Le Mans, ending its involvement after just a single season.

Princess Charlene of Monaco has been named as the official starter for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.