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Buemi had lost hope before comeback drive gave Toyota WEC title

Sebastien Buemi believed Toyota was out of contention for the World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ crown when he began the comeback that yielded the Japanese car maker the title in Bahrain.

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WEC Bahrain: Toyota wins thriller to secure manufacturers' crown, Porsche seals drivers'

Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer wrapped up the World Endurance Championship Hypercar drivers' title in the eight-hour Bahrain season finale, but Toyota snatched the manufacturers' crown from Porsche.

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Porsche not taking conservative approach in WEC finale in Bahrain

Porsche has insisted that it is not going into Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain with a conservative approach as it looks to seal the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.

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Porsche to not change its approach for WEC finale in Bahrain

Porsche has insisted that it is not going into Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain with a conservative approach as it looks to seal the drivers’ and manufacturers’ titles.

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Porsche open to flexible driver line-up approach in six-hour WEC races

Porsche Penske Motorsport could modify its plan to run just two drivers in the regular six-hour World Endurance Championship races next year.

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Lotterer could continue with Porsche despite losing Hypercar drive

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer has not ruled out continuing his relationship with Porsche when he leaves its World Endurance Championship Hypercar squad after this season.

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Toyota and Ferrari given BoP break for WEC Bahrain finale

Ferrari and Toyota have received double Balance of Performance breaks ahead of this weekend’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain as they attempt to overhaul points leader Porsche

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Toyota and Ferrari BoP break for WEC Bahrain finale

The Ferrari 499P and the Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercars will go into the Bahrain 8 Hours lighter and with more power than last time out in the WEC at Fuji last month.

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Porsche drops Lotterer from 2025 WEC line-up

Three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer has been dropped from Porsche’s factory World Endurance Championship squad as part of a revamp of its 2025 LMDh line-up.

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Porsche: Toyota made it “easier” for us to win 2024 WEC titles

Porsche driver Matt Campbell believes Toyota has made it “easier” for the German manufacturer to win the World Endurance Championship this year.

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Porsche: Toyota has made it “easier” for us to win 2024 WEC titles

Porsche driver Matt Campbell believes Toyota has made it “easier” for the German manufacturer to win the World Endurance Championship this year.

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Magazine: Piastri shows his class in Baku

A fantastic Azerbaijan Grand Prix and superb victory for Oscar Piastri leads this week’s Autosport magazine, out today (19 September).If anyone had still been in any doubt that Piastri is the real deal, they must surely have revised their view following last weekend’s race. As Jake Boxall-Legge shows in our…

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Ferrari and Toyota concede WEC drivers' title to Porsche

Ferrari and Toyota have conceded the World Endurance Championship drivers’ title to Porsche with one race left to run after Sunday’s Fuji round.

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Estre: Hirakawa was 'blocking me everywhere' in Fuji despite blue flags

Porsche’s Kevin Estre felt Toyota rival Ryo Hirakawa was “blocking me everywhere” despite being shown blue flags on an outlap in Sunday’s Fuji WEC race.

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Kobayashi takes blame for Porsche clash as Toyota exits WEC drivers' title race

Kamui Kobayashi has accepted blame for the clash with Porsche’s Matt Campbell at the Fuji 6 Hours that effectively removed Toyota from contention in the World Endurance Championship drivers’ title race.

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WEC Fuji: Porsche extends points lead with win, disaster for Toyota

Porsche claimed victory in the penultimate round of the World Endurance Championship at Fuji to close in on the 2024 drivers’ title.

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WEC Fuji: Cadillac outpaces Toyota to claim maiden pole

Alex Lynn claimed Cadillac’s first World Endurance Championship pole position at Fuji when he found nine tenths on his second push lap in the Hyperpole qualifying session.

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Buemi: Austin clash with Estre "looked worse than it was"

Toyota driver Sebastien Buemi believes his late-race clash with Kevin Estre’s Porsche at the Austin World Endurance Championship round “looked worse than it was”.

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WEC COTA: AF Corse Ferrari sneaks past Toyota for win

Ferrari took its first victory in a regular World Endurance Championship race with the customer AF Corse-run 499P driven by Robert Kubica, Yifei Ye and Robert Shwartzman at Austin.

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Ferrari's WEC title hopes "back on track" after Le Mans win

Ferrari believes it is back in the hunt for the 2024 World Endurance Championship after claiming its first win of the season at the Le Mans 24 Hours.

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Porsche drivers claim rivals were sandbagging before Le Mans 24 Hours

Porsche was deemed as the favourite to take victory in the 92nd edition of the French endurance classic, having won two out of three World Endurance Championship rounds in 2024, the #6 factory Porsche squad in Qatar and the #12 Jota Porsche effort at Spa, and also looked rapid in…

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Ferrari survives late drama to score back-to-back wins

Nickas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina took the chequered flag in the #50 Ferrari 499P with a 14s margin over the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, as the #51 Ferrari of Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi rounded…

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Le Mans 24h, H15: Heavy rain neutralises race behind safety car

As the race entered its second half, incessant rainfall meant that the race director kept the safety car out for an extended period.

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Le Mans 24h, H12: Porsche battles against Toyota at the halfway point

After all the rain and safety car drama of the previous couple of hours, the track dried out completely as it ticked past 1am local time on Sunday morning. All eyes were initially on Antonio Fuoco (#50 Ferrari) and Earl Bamber (#2 Cadillac) swapping fourth place in a pulsating battle…

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Estre's "exceptional" pole lap "not 100% representative" of Porsche Le Mans pace

The Porsche Penske factory team barely got one 963 into Hyperpole with an initial eighth time in the first qualifying session for Estre, before the #7 Toyota lost its laps due to causing a red flag, promoting Jota's #12 Porsche into the top eight.

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