The 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season opener - Qatar 1812km - was the first WEC race for the BMW M Hybrid V8 and the first ever race for the Lamborghini Z63.

Iron Dames were never in contention ending 8th, Proton Competition Ford Mustang neither ending P9 and Corvette ends 10th after optimism with pole set Saturday.

Manthey PureRxcing #92 Porsche 911 GT3 R dominat’ed and won the first LMGT3 round in Qatar ahead of both Aston Martin Vantage AMR LMGT3 who scored a double podium finish

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.

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