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Toyota returnee Nicolas Lapierre ensured the Japanese marque finished WEC Prologue testing at Monza on top with a fast lap early in Sunday afternoon’s final session.

Two-time Le Mans class winner Nicolas Lapierre will return to Toyota's LMP1 outfit two-and-a-half years after being dropped, the Japanese manufacturer has confirmed.

Nicolas Lapierre and Yuji Kunimoto are both set to join Stephane Sarrazin in Toyota’s third Le Mans 24 Hours entry.

Final practice saw Jordan Taylor put the Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac at the top of the times as DragonSpeed’s Oreca recovered from its Thursday shunt with a great lap.

French driver Nicolas Lapierre will continue racing for Signatech-Alpine in the World Endurance Championship's LMP2 class in 2017, it has been announced.

Following on from Motorsport.com's Top 10 LMP1 drivers of 2016, Sam Smith selects 10 standout performers in the FIA World Endurance Championship's LMP2 and GTE classes this year.

DragonSpeed will enter its new Oreca 07 Gibson in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona with a driver lineup of four race debutants, ahead of entering two cars in next year’s European Le Mans Series season.

The #21 Dragonspeed crew of Nicolas Lapierre, Ben Hanley and Henrik Hedman will start the 4 Hours of Estoril from pole position after Lapierre made a late improvement on a damp, but drying track.

The Porsche 919 of reigning champions Mark Webber, Brendon Hartley and Timo Bernhard scored its third FIA World Endurance Championship victory on the trot in the 6 Hours of COTA – a race Audi will feel it should have won.

Audi dominated qualifying for the 6 Hours of COTA, locking out the front row in Austin as Porsche struggled to match its raw pace in warm conditions.

Ricardo Gonzalez, who promoted the inaugural 6 Hours of Mexico FIA World Endurance Championship, says he is still coming to terms with winning the LMP2 class with his own Mexican team.

Nico will defend team's colours in this Belgian round sharing the wheel of the number 74 Audi R8 LMS with Philippe Giauque, Henry Hassid and Franck Perera.

The LMP2 battle of last weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours may have taken a backseat to the more dramatic events of LMP1 and GTE, but Signatech Alpine's triumph deserves to be talked about. Sam Smith looks back.

NIssan actually filled 12 of the top 13 finishing positions to take its fifth class victory from six attempts.

A very successful first season for the much awaited ORECA 05

A total of nine drivers were summoned to the stewards after a pair of accident-strewn races at the Chang International Circuit in Thailand, albeit all escaped without significant penalties.

The Lada WTCC squad has expressed its wish to keep its current trio of Rob Huff, Nicky Catbsurg and Nicola Lapierre for next season.

At the end of a great race, the Oreca 05 Nissan of the Thiriet by TDS Racing won the last round of the season.

Yvan Muller completed the celebrations for Citroen Racing in Shanghai, winning the second race of the day as Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini and reigning champion Jose Maria Lopez completed the podium after an intense battle.

Richard Bradley, Matt Howson and Nicolas Lapierre finished second in the LMP2 class and sixth overall, helping to maintain their Teams’ and Drivers’ Championship leads.

Citroën closes in on WTCC Manufacturers’ Championship glory

Porsche’s Timo Bernhard left it late to topple a renewed challenge from Audi in the second practice session for this weekend’s Six Hours of Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Porsche re-affirmed its superiority in the World Endurance Championship with another dominant display in the first free practice session of the weekend at COTA this afternoon.

Castrol Honda’s Tiago Monteiro claimed his second win of the season, and the third for Honda this year while championship contenders Yvan Muller and Jose Maria Lopez both failed to finish the race after separate incidents.

Citroen’s Jose Maria Lopez deprived Honda of a home victory after taking the lead from Norbert Michelisz into the first corner at Motegi, leading the rest of the way to take his seventh win of the season.

Nicolas Lapierre will replace Dutch driver Jaap van Lagen for the final four rounds of the World Touring Car Championship at Lada Sport, becoming the sixth different driver to compete for the Russian manufacturer this season.

First ever Hong Kong team to win the French endurance classic.

The new ORECA 05 took an impressive pole position for its first participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The ORECA 05 of Asian team KCMG signed the fastest time in both qualifying sessions.

The Hong Kong-based squad is looking ahead to the French endurance classic after being validated by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest to race on the 24H of Le Mans.

Five cars are included in the entry list for the 83rd edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Bentley ace Steven Kane spoke to Sam Smith ahead of setting off for this weekend's Blancpain Endurance Series opener at Monza.

Nicolas Lapierre will race for the KCMG team in the Le Mans 24 Hours and the FIA World Endurace Championship round at Spa, Motorsport.com can reveal.

Nicolas Lapierre was en route to the 2014 WEC title with Toyota when, suddenly, he stopped racing and went missing. Sam Smith investigates the Frenchman's case...

Drivers reflect on their 2014 seasons.

Second-place at Interlagos still cause for celebration for series champions.

Toyota maintain its record on home ground.

The team has cited 'personal reasons' in regards to why Lapierre is not racing.

Fuji serves as the fifth round of the 2014 season.

The reigning Le Mans winners were quickest to the draw in Austin.

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Toyota Racing will attempt to recover the winning habit at its home race, the Six Hours of Fuji.

The team celebrated its third pole position from four races this season.

Toyota has claimed pole for tomorrow's WEC race at the COTA.

Audi took back control of the charts in the Friday practice session.

The two TS040 HYBRIDs were finally allowed to unleash their 1,000PS four-wheel drive powertrain on the track again.

Mike Conway replaces Kazuki Nakajima on the #7 TS040 HYBRID.

Mike Conway will drive the #7 TS040 HYBRID in place of Kazuki Nakajima.