Toyota scored front row for tomorrow’s Bahrain FIA World Endurance Championship season finale with Brendon Hartley setting the fastest lap in Toyota GR010 Hybrid #8.

16 drivers improved di Resta’s FP1 fastest lap during FP2 with Dries Vanthoor topping the timesheet. Porsche #5 and Ferrari #51 are still second and third.

Both Peugeot 9X8 on top of FP1 timesheet with Paul di Resta quickest in #94 and Jean-Eric Vergne in fourth with sister #93.

After securing all titles in the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Porsche now sets its sights on winning the manufacturers’ and drivers’ championships.

Let’s look at the best case scenarii for Ferrari to win one of the two Hypercars titles still at play next weekend for the 8 Hour of Bahrain.

Toyota Gazoo Racing need a win in Bahrain to guarantee the manufacturer’s title for the sixth successive season. Battle’ll be fierce with Ferrari and Porsche, who are both are in the fight for the drivers’ and manufacturers’ crowns. Alpine, BMW, Cadillac and Peugeot are expected to join the battle for honours.

Both Cadillac Racing and Toyota Gazoo Racing went through frustrations at Fuji despite fighting for the lead.

With a second victory this season, Estre-Lotterer-Vanthoor with Porsche 963 #6 completed a key milestone for the FIA WEC Endurance Drivers’ Championship title.

At Fuji, the Hyperpole field was separated by .688 of a second with Cadillac earning its first pole, two Toyota in first and second row and a first second row for BMW in P3.

An epic contest for the World Championships between Ferrari, Porsche and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing arrives in Japan for the penultimate race of 2024.

.Another poor weekend for Team Peugeot TotalEnergies at Lone Star Le Mans with only one car ending twelve behind privateer teams!

BMW M Team WRT showed strong pace with both BMW M Hybrid V8s battling for a podium position over long stretches. Penalties ultimately didn’t reflect their on-track performance with #15 ending eighth and #20 thirteenth.

Porsche Penske Motorsport’s works cars secured positions six and seven, enough for Estre-Lotterer-Vanthoor to keep their lead in the drivers’ championship but not the manufacturers’ championship, where Porsche ranks now second with two races left on the calendar.

Cadillac Racing announced that its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship program will expand to three Cadillac V-Series.R race cars beginning with the start of the 2025 season welcoming the return of Wayne Taylor Racing along with reigning IMSA GTP champion Action Express Racing.

At Circuit of the Americas, Alpine Endurance Team scored its best-ever result with its first top-five after clinching a P4 in Hyperpole, a significant progress for the two A-arrow brand Hypercars.

At Circuit of the Americas, Toyota maximised the performance of its GR010 HYBRIDs implementing a smart tyre strategy but was denied victory by stewards. Dominant customer Ferrari won.

Two Ferrari 499P in front row of Lone Star Le Mans with #51, driven by Antonio Giovinazzi in pole and AF Corse 499P #83, driven by Robert Kubica.

Giovinazi, Fuoco and Kubrick got their respective Ferrari 499P in top 5 today with both works drivers topping the fastest lap per driver.

Cadillac is currently 7th in the FIA Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturer’s Championship ahead of Lone Star Le Mans (COTA) .

Only four points separate Porsche and Toyota in the FIA Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturer’s Championship ahead of Lone Star Le Mans (COTA).