Ahead of the FIA WEC weekend in Imola, reports emerged that a new rule mandating two cars for each Hypercar manufacturer from the 2025 season onwards was under consideration.
The No. 7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Mike Conway, Nyck de Vries and Kamui Kobayashi scored an impressive victory in Sunday's 6 Hours of Imola, fighting through rain showers in the final third of the race, creating an enthralling strategic battle between Toyota, Porsche and Ferrari.
The first practice session for the FIA World Endurance Championship at Imola featured Ferrari at the top of the timing screens but with the privateer No. 83 499P on top, a tenth and a half up on the No. 50 from the factory team.
Following Yifei Ye's hot lap in the privateer 499P top Free Practice 1 earlier today, Antonio Fuoco continued Ferrari's fast start to the weekend on home soil with a 1m30.957s in the No. 50 factory car during FP2 for the FIA WEC at Imola.
The first-ever FIA WEC race at Imola Sunday brings with it plenty of intrigue and a huge amount of local interest. A bumper crowd is expected trackside, with tens of thousands of fans set to pack the grandstands for the second round of the 2024 season.