Qatar 1812 was a difficult race for both Toyota and Ferrari finishing respectively 6th and 7th at best. Alpine ends with successful 8th.

Kévin Estre, André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor crossed the finish line first at the wheel of the #6 Porsche 963. The Porsche 963 triumph is complete with #5 sister third and customer team Hertz Team Jota second.

At mid-race, both Vista AF Corse Ferrari 296 GT3 are P1 and P3 with Manthey PureRxcing Porsche 911 GT3 R second. Rossi, Martin and Al Harty are fourth progressing regularly in the LMGT3 ranking.

André Lotterer in #5 Porsche 963 is leading at mid-race ahead of #93 Peugeot 9X8 with Jean-Eric Vergne at the time. Two Porsche 963 are following. Cadillac #2 is fifth.

Chevrolet’s new Corvette Z06 GT3.R secured its first pole position with Tom Van Rompuy and Porsche’s Manthey customer team first row for the new LMGT3 class with Alex Malykhin in the #92 Porsche 911 GT3 R

Matt Campbell took the first Porsche Penske Motorsport pole position in FIA WEC with the #5 Porsche 963, 0.413 sec. faster than Nick De Vries with Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7.

Alex Lynn with the #2 Cadillac Racing V-Series.R ran fastest during practice 3 which puts the Cadillac in P2 of combined practices. Aston Martin topped the LMGT3 class.

Estre (Porsche 963), Vergne (Peugeot 9X8), Button (Porsche 963) and Lynn (Cadillac V-Series.R) are the top 4 of Thursday practices. Both Ferrari top LMGT3 class.

On Monday and Tuesday, the two BMW M Hybrid V8s and the pair of BMW M4 GT3s each completed around 500 test laps during the Prologue at the Lusail International Circuit (QAT) as the team provided the best possible preparation.

The brand-new Lamborghini SC63 racecar made its competitive debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship Prologue this week at Lusail International Circuit as the series went underway for its traditional collective test session.

For Ferrari AF Corse, the Prologue was essential to start gathering valuable information on this new track for the championship, but there is still much work to do during free practice.

With tyre comparisons and analysis of different settings the primary focus, single lap times were not a priority. Nevertheless, following this first experience of the latest Hypercar Balance of Performance, the team expects a challenging week ahead.

Alpine Endurance Team gathered crucial data on their Hypercar despite an engine issue in the morning on the #35 car. Les Bleus finished the Prologue with a total of more than 2,530 kilometres

A Porsche 963 topped the time list in each of the four sessions. In total, the seven racing cars from Weissach covered 8,820 kilometres and set a strong pace even over long distances.

Promising Prologue for Cadillac Racing as the No. 2 Cadillac V-Series.R recorded the second-best lap time (1 minute, 40.458 seconds) and was the only Hypercar entry to place in the top five based on lap time in each of the three sessions.

Second part of Ben Barker's interview at Losail International Circuit: the tests, the team and the ambitions.

Announced as a Ford sports car factory driver in December 2023, Ben Barker will race the #77 Proton Competition Ford Mustang GT3 in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. We met Ben at Losail prior to the WEC Prologue.

Latest pictures from Porsche at the Prologue of the FIA World Endurance Championshiop WEC in Doha (Qatar)

Is the new 2024 pre-Qatar BoP going to bring LMDh based cars at same level as LMH cars in the Hypercars championships? In LMGT3, the BoP setting is also complex.

Both BMW and Ferrari have been sanctioned for performance in excess during the Rolex 24 At Daytona, losing all their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and Michelin Endurance Cup manufacturers points in the GTD PRO and GTD classes.