Le Mans News

Paul di Resta will make his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June after completing United Autosports' two-car LMP2 line-up for the 2018 race.

Juan Pablo Montoya has secured his Le Mans 24 Hours debut with United Autosports to give the Colombian his first sight of claiming the Triple Crown in motorsport.

The FIA World Endurance Championship will return to Interlagos from the 2019-20 season series organisers have confirmed.

Ex-Formula 1 driver Pastor Maldonado will make his return to motorsport with the DragonSpeed LMP2 squad for the 2018/2019 World Endurance Championship superseason. 

Robert Kubica is still weighing up an offer to race with Manor in the FIA World Endurance Championship through 2018 alongside his reserve driver commitments with Williams in Formula 1, but will decide after an upcoming test for the team.

The FIA World Endurance Championship has confirmed a 35-car entry list for next month's pre-season 'Prologue' test at Paul Ricard in France ahead of the new 'super season' campaign.

Two-time defending IMSA champion Christina Nielson will contest the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Porsche GTE with Italian squad Ebimotors.

Formula V8 3.5 champion Pietro Fittipaldi will make his World Endurance Championship debut in 2018 with two outings for LMP1 squad DragonSpeed.

1992 Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell is worried Fernando Alonso’s dual motorsport commitments in 2018 could come at a cost to his F1 hopes with McLaren. 

Nico Hulkenberg says he admires Fernando Alonso “looking for fresh challenges” with his dual Formula 1 and World Endurance Championship campaign in 2018 but warns of the difficulties ahead.

Fernando Alonso has hinted that he could continue racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship once his Formula 1 career is over thanks to its less intense schedule as he gears up to make his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this year.

The Super GT series has opted to push its planned race weekend at Autopolis back by one week in order to prevent a clash with the FIA World Endurance Championship at Fuji following a move to accommodate Formula 1 star Fernando Alonso.

Ex-Caterham Formula 1 team boss Manfredi Ravetto has joined the ByKolles LMP1 squad as team principal for the upcoming 2018/19 World Endurance Championship ‘super season’.

FIA World Endurance Championship CEO Gerard Neveu has defended the decision to change the date for October's 6 Hours of Fuji race to ensure Formula 1 star Fernando Alonso can enter despite facing backlash from a number of sports car drivers.

Rebellion Racing has named Andre Lotterer, Neel Jani and Bruno Senna as the driver line-up of its #1 Rebellion R-13 as it returns to the LMP1 class for the 2018-19 World Endurance Championship.

McLaren has described Fernando Alonso’s commitment to Toyota and the World Endurance Championship as minimal and emphasised he’s a Formula 1 driver being loaned to endurance racing despite the date switch of the 6 hours of Fuji being solely to cater for the Spaniard.

The FIA World Endurance Championship will feature an expanded 36-car grid for the 2018/19 'super season' after a rise in numbers for three of the series' four classes, including a boom for the top LMP1 tier.

Manor has announced Oliver Rowland as the first driver to race for its LMP1 entry in the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship ‘super season’.

Fernando Alonso has compared his early experiences with the Toyota TS050 LMP1 car to a rocket ship under acceleration after testing with the Japanese manufacturer at Aragon in preparation for the FIA World Endurance Championship ‘super season’.

Toyota has revealed its updated TS050 LMP1 car ahead of the new FIA World Endurance Championship 'super season' as it bids to capture its maiden victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June.

Ex-Formula 1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella will return to the FIA World Endurance Championship for the 2018/19 'super season' after signing a deal with Spirit of Race in the GTE-Am class.

Andre Lotterer believes Le Mans is the only race privateer teams in the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMP1 class stand a chance of winning through the upcoming 'super season', as he expects Toyota to "just be cruising" at the other circuits.

Sports car racing veteran Renger van der Zande will make his FIA World Endurance Championship debut this year after being named in DragonSpeed's line-up ahead of its step up to the LMP1 class.

FIA World Endurance Championship CEO Gerard Neveu says it is an “immense pleasure” to welcome Formula 1 star Fernando Alonso to the series for the new season.