Sportscars News

Peugeot has announced it will enter the FIA World Endurance Championship’s new Hypercar class from 2022. The WEC is set for a new regulation overhaul for its top class tier in time for the 2020-21 season as a replacement for the current LMP1 prototypes.

Rebellion Racing scooped its first-ever LMP1 pole position in qualifying for the 4 Hours of Shanghai on Saturday as Toyota struggled to fourth and fifth place on the grid.

Sebastien Buemi believes Toyota Gazoo Racing will be “completely out of the fight” at this weekend’s 4 Hours of Shanghai as the FIA World Endurance Championship’s handicap system continues to bite.

2009 Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will leave Japan’s Super GT Championship at the end of the 2019 season. Button, the reigning Super GT Champion, announced he will step away from Japan’s premier level of sportscar racing following this weekend’s season finale at Motegi.

Alfa Romeo Formula 1 test driver Tatiana Calderon will make her Porsche Supercup debut this weekend in support of the Mexican Grand Prix at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez.

Toyota Gazoo Racing locked out the front row of the grid for Sunday's 6 Hours of Fuji as Brendon Hartley and Kazuki Nakajima teamed up to score pole position in the #8 car.

The FIA World Motor Sport Council has confirmed the LMP2 class will remain part of the World Endurance Championship until 2022, gaining a one-year extension, as part of the introduction of the Prototype and Hypercar premier class.

Nyck de Vries will sample an LMP1 car for the first time in December after receiving a run-out with reigning FIA World Endurance Championship winner Toyota in the Bahrain rookie test.

Kazuki Nakajima kept Toyota Gazoo Racing at the head of the timesheets in second practice for the FIA WEC 6 Hours of Fuji on Friday afternoon, finishing over a second clear of the non-hybrid LMP1 runners.

Sebastien Buemi set the early pace for Toyota Gazoo Racing in opening practice for the 6 Hours of Fuji on Friday as the Japanese manufacturer came quickly out of the blocks to start its home race weekend.

Toyota Gazoo Racing locked out the front row of the grid for the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship season at Silverstone on Saturday as Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi teamed up to secure pole position.

Pastor Maldonado has quit Jota’s LMP2 line-up in the week leading up to the new FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Rebellion Racing has confirmed an expanded two-car entry to the FIA World Endurance Championship season-opener at Silverstone on September 1.

McLaren is close to making a decision on a potential entry to the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class in 2021.

Alice Powell will make her debut in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship later this month with Heinricher Racing, partnering Katherine Legge in the #57 Acura NSX GT3 Evo.

The Ginetta-backed Team LNT has confirmed its driver line-up for its return to the FIA World Endurance Championship at the 4 Hours of Silverstone on September 1.

Aston Martin Racing has confirmed a shake-up of its GTE-Am line-up in the FIA World Endurance Championship for the 2019/20 season, replacing two of its three drivers.

AF Corse has confirmed that Miguel Molina will replace Sam Bird in the #71 Ferrari 488 GTE Evo for the upcoming FIA World Endurance Championship season.

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps has secured a four-year extension to its World Endurance Championship deal, while the 2020 race has been pushed forward by one week to late April to avoid clashing with Formula E.

Jose Maria Lopez headed up a one-two finish for Toyota in the opening session of the FIA World Endurance Championship's pre-season 'Prologue' test in Barcelona on Tuesday, leading defending world champion Sebastien Buemi.

The World Endurance Championship organisers have announced the new Equivalence of Technology (EoT) for the LMP1 class in 2019-2020.

Rebellion Racing has dropped to a one-car entry in the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMP1 class for the 2019-20 season opener at Silverstone on September 1.

SMP Racing has announced it will not participate in the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship season and has withdrawn its pair of LMP1 cars.

Brendon Hartley feels he has landed on his feet since his exit from Formula 1 at the end of last season, calling his current balance across programmes an “ideal situation”.