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WEC Spa: Jota Porsche claims maiden win in crash-delayed thriller

Will Stevens and Callum Ilott secured the first customer car victory of the Hypercar era for Jota in a 1-2 for the Porsche 963 LMDh, finishing 12.363s ahead of the factory #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry shared by Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre.

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IMSA Laguna Seca: BMW beats Cadillac to quickest time in FP2

Eng, whose BMW is run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, beat Sebastien Bourdais (Cadillac V-Series.R) and the second BMW of Connor De Phillippi in the 90-minute practice session.

Motorsport

BTCC Brands Hatch: Turkington wins BMW fight for pole

Turkington, whose previous pole position in the series came back in August 2022 at Snetterton, ended up in a fight with the sister West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport of Adam Morgan, whose only BTCC pole was at Rockingham in 2018 in his Ciceley Mercedes days.

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Spa WEC race extended after red flag for Cadillac and BMW clash

Bamber was pressuring Neel Jani's Proton Porsche 963 LMDh for third place with a little under two hours remaining in the race when the pair came upon the battle for fourth in the LMGT3 class on the run to Les Combes.

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Spa WEC race to resume after major Cadillac and BMW accident

Motorsport

BTCC Brands Hatch: Taylor-Smith and Chilton top practice

Dubliner Taylor-Smith stamped in a late effort in the cooler conditions of the first session to top the times at the wheel of his Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra on a 47.905s.

Autosport

IMSA Laguna Seca: Acura fastest, Aitken shunts Cadillac in FP1

Albuquerque beat BMW’s Philipp Eng and Mathieu Jaminet (Porsche Penske Motorsport 963) in the 90-minute opening practice session for the fourth round of the series.

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2027 BMW i3: Everything We Know

The 3 Series defined modern BMW in the late 20th century. Soon, it will help redefine BMW in the 21st; the next generation is going all-electric.

InsideEVs

Global Plug-In Car Sales Increased 19% In March 2024 To 1.3 Million

In March 2024, global registrations of plug-in electric cars increased by 19% year-over-year, indicating strong demand despite various challenges.

InsideEVs

2024 BMW iX xDrive50 Long-Term Test: Getting Software Right, Mostly

A look at the software experience in BMW's big electric SUV after six months of ownership.

InsideEVs

Tesla Model 3 After 6 Years And 144,000 Miles: Owner Breaks Down All The Costs

The car was bought brand new in 2018 for $54,000 and saved the owner roughly $20,000 in fuel expenses alone.

InsideEVs

WEC Spa: Ferrari beats Porsche to pole, top Toyota in seventh

Fuoco took the top spot by almost exactly half a second at the wheel of the #50 Ferarri 499P Le Mans Hypercar in the 12-minute Hyperpole session for the fastest 10 cars in the first round of qualifying.

Motorsport

WEC Spa: Ferrari beats Porsche to pole, top Toyota in seventh after lengthy delay

Autosport

The GT3 drivers we want to see at Le Mans next

This year's Le Mans 24 Hours is the first for which LMGT3 cars will be eligible. Where in the previous GTE era professional drivers allied to manufacturers other than Aston Martin, Corvette, Ferrari and Porsche were frozen out, this year five new marques have been added to the aforementioned quartet,…

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WEC Spa: Porsche beats Ferrari and Peugeot to lead final practice

The Frenchman logged a 2m04.125s aboard his #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 LMDh in the early minutes and, as he had done in Thursday's second practice, was never headed for the remainder of the hour-long session.

Motor1

This Alpine Sports Car Has a Hydrogen Combustion Turbo Engine

It's only a four-pot but a bigger V-6 is coming.

Motor1

Watch the M4 CS Become the Second-Fastest Production BMW at the Nürburgring

Its lap time is less than two seconds away from the current champion, the M4 CSL.

Motorsport

WEC Spa: Porsche pips Ferrari to lead FP2 as Lexus stand-in heads GT3

On just his third lap of the session, Estre produced a 2m04.162s in his #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh, putting him just 0.121s clear of the works #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar in which Fuoco had topped Thursday's earlier FP1.

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InsideEVs

Mercedes CEO Says EV Transition 'Might Take Longer Than Expected'

Mercedes-Benz will keep making gas-powered cars "well into the 2030s" if buyers want them.

Autosport

WEC Spa: Ferrari leads the way in FP1 as new manufacturers impress

Antonio Fuoco led the way in the 90-minute session with a time that gave him a margin of more than a second over team-mate Antonio Giovinazzi.

Autosport

The unheralded “leader” helping Jota to new heights in the WEC

Twelve months is a long time in motorsport. Plenty has changed since the last time the World Endurance Championship descended on Spa a little over a year ago. There’s a new system for calculating the Balance of Performance, Peugeot now has a vastly revamped 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, Ferrari and…

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This Shop Will Put a PDK in Your Air-Cooled Porsche

Dutch shop KCPerformance does restomods a bit differently. Their founder explains how it got a PDK into an air-cooled 911.

InsideEVs

Europe: Plug-In Car Sales Decreased 8% In March 2024

295,980 new plug-in electric cars were registered in Europe in March. The market share amounted to roughly 21%.

Motorsport

Rossi reveals continued WEC and GT World Challenge plans for 2025

The seven-time MotoGP champion has outlined a plan to continue racing a WRT BMW M4 GT3 in the two series in what will be only his fourth year racing full-time in cars after retiring from two wheels at the end of 2021.

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Rossi reveals continued WEC and GT World Challenge plans

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