WEC Brazil: BMW pips Ferrari to second Hypercar win of 2026
Vanthoor, Magnussen and Marciello earned BMW’s second Hypercar win in three races after a late fuel-strategy gamble beat Ferrari by 2.2 seconds.
- On Sunday, Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello, and Dries Vanthoor drove the #15 BMW M Hybrid to victory at the World Endurance Championship's Six Hours of São Paulo, finishing 2.2 seconds ahead of the #51 Ferrari 499P.
- Leading much of the race, the #15 BMW lost the net lead when Vanthoor ran wide in the penultimate hour, handing the advantage to James Calado's #51 Ferrari. However, the BMW carried more fuel, enabling a shorter final pit stop that allowed Vanthoor to regain the lead.
- In the LMGT3 class, the #34 Corvette Z06 GT3.R of Peter Dempsey, Charlie Eastwood, and Salih Yoluc took top honors. Toyota, this year's Le Mans winner, struggled, with the #8 Toyota finishing 17th and the #7 Toyota placing 12th.
- The #12 Cadillac V-Series crewed by Will Stevens and Norman Nato claimed third place, while Earl Bamber, Sebastien Bourdais, and Jack Aitken finished fourth in the #38 Cadillac after recovering from a five-second penalty.
- This victory marks BMW's second win in three races, significantly boosting the manufacturer's prospects in the Hypercar title fight following their earlier success at Imola in May.
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BMW returns again on the top step of the podium in the FIA World Endurance Championship winning the 6 Hours of São Paulo at the end of an intense race and fought up to the checkered flag. On the Interlagos circuit the M Hybrid V8 number 15 of the WRT Team, entrusted to Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello and Dries Vanthoor, preceded by just 2"254 Ferrari 499P number 51 by Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi, protagonists o…
BMW secures second hypercar win of 2026 by edging Ferrari at WEC Brazil
BMW seized a dramatic victory over Ferrari in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Six Hours of São Paulo, marking its second Hypercar win of the 2026 season and intensifying the battle at the top of the standings. The trio of Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello, and Dries Vanthoor delivered a resilient performance in the #15 BMW M Hybrid, overcoming late-race adversity and strategic pressure from rivals to claim the top step of the podium. Af…
BMW triumphed at the Six Hours of São Paulo on Sunday on the Interlagos circuit. The German brand ahead of Ferrari and Cadillac.
BMW Beats Ferrari & Cadillac To 6H São Paulo Victory
BMW M Team WRT’s #15 M Hybrid V8 battled its way to victory in today’s FIA WEC 6 Hours of São Paulo. Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello and an unwell Dries Vanthoor, who started fourth on the grid, beat the best that Alpine, Cadillac and Ferrari could throw at them en route to their first win of the season and BMW’s second. It was a race that played out completely differently from the 2025 edition. Last year, Cadillac controlled proceedings fro…
The Danish, together with Dries Vanthoor and Rafaele Marciello, achieve the second victory of the year for BMW in a race eternally threatened by rain
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