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Porsche will make its return to the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship as it prepares to enter the Hypercar category from 2023 with an LMDh entry.

Peugeot Sport and TOTAL have revealed the main technical characteristics of the powertrain for its new Hypercar which it will use to compete in the FIA World Endurance Championship.

With the introduction of the new Hypercar category, developed jointly by the FIA and the ACO, entries for the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship have opened today (Friday December 4) and will close on Thursday January 14, 2021. This date also marks the opening of entries for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Toyota Gazoo Racing’s no7 TS050 HYBRID driven by Mike Conway, Jose Maria Lopez and Kamui Kobayashi have sealed the 2020 LMP1 FIA World Endurance Drivers’ Championship title after beating the sister no8 car to the chequered flag in Bahrain.

Here is what champions & winning crews from the four classes said after the ultimate round of the 2019/20 FIA WEC season, the 8 hours of Bahrain.

After the qualifying session ahead of the 8 hours of Bahrain , the pole position drivers spoke about their qualifying runs in the briefing room.

The no7 Toyota Gazoo Racing TS050-Hybrid will start the 8 Hours of Bahrain, Round 8 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship on pole position. In the 20-minute session Jose Maria Lopez and Mike Conway set an average lap of 1m40.114, 0.751s ahead of the championship leaders Brendon Hartley and Kazuki Nakajima in the no8 Toyota.

The third and final Free Practice session for the 8 Hours of Bahrain saw the no8 Toyota TS050-Hybrid finish at the head of the rest of the field, while Porsche were the quickest of the LMGTE runners, meaning all three manufacturers had headed a practice session in Bahrain.

As the temperature gauge climbed towards 30 degrees centigrade, the no7 Toyota TS050-Hybrid was the fastest car on track in the second Free Practice session of the 8 Hours of Bahrain, Round 8 of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship.

The 8 Hours of Bahrain is the final round of the 2019/20 FIA World Endurance Championship and will be the deciding round to which crews will be crowned FIA World Endurance Driver Champions in LMP1 and LMGTE. Seven of the drivers spoke before the start of track action in Bahrain.