FIA WEC 2025 provisional list part 1: Hypercar
The FIA World Endurance Championship has published a provisional entry list for the 2025 season featuring new additions with Mercedes-AMG and Aston Martin joining.
#6 Porsche 963 versus #2 Porsche 919.
Estre-Lotterer-Vanthoor clinched the FIA World Endurance Driver Championship with #6 Porsche 963, seven years after Porsche won its third consecutive FIA World Championship with the Porsche 919.
Seven titles for the Porsche 963
The Porsche 963 won seven of eight possible titles together with the works team Porsche Penske Motorsport; 6 in IMSA and 1 in FIA WEC.
Ferrari at Bahrain: penalty but no advantage
Ferrari 499P #51 initially finished second the 8 Hours of Bahrain but was handed a 4:55 minutes for exceeding its allocation of 26 tires across qualifying and the race. Ferrari’s official statement acknowledge the mistake and implies the #51 car didn’t gain any advantage.
Toyota sneaks manufacturers' title from Porsche
The 8 Hours of Bahrain will be remembered as an eventfull race with Toyota sneaking the manufacturer title from Porsche, the Porsche #6 trio clinching the driver title and 3 newcomers as manufacturers ending in the top 5.
Toyota locks front row in Hyperpole at Bahrain
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.
Four manufacturers represented in top 4 Thursday
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.
Peugeot tops FP1 at Bahrain
Both Peugeot 9X8 on top of FP1 timesheet with Paul di Resta quickest in #94 and Jean-Eric Vergne in fourth with sister #93.
Porsche at Bahrain to grabs two remaining titles
After securing all titles in the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Porsche now sets its sights on winning the manufacturers’ and drivers’ championships.
Ferrari slim chances for a WEC title
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.
Title showdown beckons for Toyoya Gazoo Racing
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.
Cadillac confirms 2025 IMSA drivers
Cadillac Racing confirms 6 drivers who will contest all nine rounds of the IMSA GTP schedule in Cadillac V-Series.Rs and 5 endurance race drivers with 2 WEC Toyota Gazoo Racing official drivers.
Porsche Penske Motorsport 2025 lineups
Porsche Penske Motorsport switches up its IMSA and WEC driver squad for the 2025 season, with a base line of two drivers per car as well as the integration of Andlauer in WEC.
Cadillac and Toyota the defeated at Fuji
Both Cadillac Racing and Toyota Gazoo Racing went through frustrations at Fuji despite fighting for the lead.
Estre-Lotterer-Vanthoor on road for title
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.
Cadillac earns first WEC pole position at Fuji
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.
Ferrari, Porsche and Toyota in Japan for win
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
.Another poor weekend for Team Peugeot TotalEnergies at Lone Star Le Mans with only one car ending twelve behind privateer teams!
BMW M Hybrid V8 battling for podium first hours
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.
Estre-Lotterer-Vanthoor keep lead, not Porsche
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.
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