The first race in the new Hypercar era of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) will take place in Portugal in April, after the championship’s organizers dropped Sebring from the calendar.
WEC took the decision to drop the planned season-opener of the 1,000 Miles of Sebring due to the ongoing global situation, and changing travel restrictions. The race was due to take place over the weekend of March 19-21, with teams and suppliers set to start shipping freight to Florida soon. With costs and logistics in mind and the majority of teams having a European base WEC opted to shelve the race with plenty of notice.
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The entry list for the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship includes 33 full-season entrants from 12 different countries plus a record number of teams competing in both the LMP2 and LMGTE Am categories.
New-for-2021 Hypercar category sees a total of five entries (Toyota, Glickenhaus and Alpine)
Strongest ever LMP2 entry in WEC history (11 entries)
Ferrari and Porsche represented in the LMGTE Pro category
Two all-female line-ups join the WEC for the first time
Biggest ever LMGTE Am class (13 entries) offers huge diversity
FIA WEC Season 9 signifies the start of an exciting new era for endurance racing with the introduction of the Hypercar category. Toyota has already unveiled its Hypercar challenger for 2021, with Peugeot set to follow suit in 2022 and Porsche and Audi shortly after.
Photo Credit: Bercella
It was reported on Jan. 18 that Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SGC), the American manufacturer of high-performance boutique racing and road cars, has chosen to partner with Bercella s.l.r. (Parma, Italy), an advanced composite materials company, for a carbon fiber monocoque (structural skin) to make up its new racer the SCG 007 for the 2021 Le Mans 24 Hours. With this collaboration, SGC plans to bring back the United States’ victory during the 2021 race, which is being held June 12-13 at the Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France.
The collaboration comes about as a result of new Le Mans Hypercar (LMH) rules that were announced by the FIA in May 2020, which would see a decrease in maximum power output from 585 kilowatts (784 horsepower), to 500 kilowatts (670 horsepower), with a minimum car weight from 1,100 kilograms (2,400 pounds) to 1,030 kilograms (2,270 pounds). Several manufacturers raised concerns about the tight timelines implied
GR010 Hybrid will be derived from the GR Super Sport hypercar being developed for sale 21 January 2021 - 05:01 Phuti Mpyane Toyota’s new Le Mans car has 500kW at the rear wheels and 200kW at the front.
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The Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) team has unveiled its challenger for the Le Mans 2021 season, the GR010 Hybrid.
It is the racing version of Toyota’s upcoming hypercar road car, and the company hopes the new car will allow it to defend its Le Mans and World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles, which it won with the old TS050 Hybrid racer.
The striking new look of the racing prototype reflects the appearance of its inspiration, the GR Super Sport hypercar, which made its public debut with a demonstration run at the 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours and is currently in development.