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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

I've often wondered how the following years might have been different had Schumi not won. Would Kimi have continued in F1 long term and switched to Ferrari had he won in 2003? Would Michael have retired when he did? What about Juan Pablo?

Motorsport "what ifs" are fascinating.

Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

Petit Le Mans race report: www.motorsportweek.com/2025/10/12/c...

Will have further in-depth analysis on @onlyendurance.com soon. Great race!

Cadillac’s Bamber, Aitken and Vesti win Petit Le Mans

Cadillac’s Earl Bamber, Jack Aitken and Frederik Vesti have won Petit Le Mans, the IMSA season closer, in a dramatic,

www.motorsportweek.com

Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

Imagine if Laurens Vanthoor switched to BMW. We could have a car with two Vanthoors and two van der Lindes.

Or, a van der Linde and a Vanthoor in two cars. In the same race. 🤯

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

Half way report from Petit Le Mans: www.motorsportweek.com/2025/10/11/p...

Porsche’s Laurens Vanthoor leads as Petit Le Mans enters second half

Laurens Vanthoor leads Petit Le Mans at the half way mark, with the Porsche driver almost at the 200 lap

www.motorsportweek.com

Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

If I don't VPN I get reasonably regular ads. The VPN solves that for me.

Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

When I cast this to my TV it lags and buffers horribly :(

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

Frustrated by ads on the IMSA YouTube broadcast?

Easy to fix. Simply VPN to Andorra. Problem solved! (Seriously.)

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

Yep exactly. And if Proton do enter two 963 into WEC (big if, but...), there'll be two Porsches in Hypercar anyway.

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

Yeah I don't believe that. There'll be space on the grid and it would end a run of Porsche racing in every single race in WEC history in the GT classes. Plus, Porsche are introducing an Evo update. Surely WEC will want that on the grid.

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

Excellent work.

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 1d

There's a story in that last sentence and I'd like to hear it...

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Only Endurance @onlyendurance.com · 2d

Proton Competition wouldn't comment on their absence from the 2026 IMSA GTP entry list... 👀

👉 www.onlyendurance.com/proton-compe...

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Only Endurance @onlyendurance.com · 3d

The 2026 Toyota GR010 Hypercar goes hard 🔥

Check out our gallery of shots and videos 👉 www.onlyendurance.com/gallery-toyo...

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 3d

Evo's headline may well be wrong here.

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 3d

I very much think this is what's happened.

I'm not terribly surprised either. Can't imagine Porsche would want to miss Le Mans next year given it has a car capable of competing for the overall win.

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 3d

GRELLO! www.onlyendurance.com/grello-manth...

Grello in IMSA 2026: Manthey to contest Endurance Cup

Grello? In IMSA? Have our dreams come true?

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Only Endurance @onlyendurance.com · 4d

You'll likely have heard about Porsche's withdrawal from WEC next year. However, right now, there are more questions than answers about what this might mean for the future...

Read our thoughts 👉 www.onlyendurance.com/porsche-wec-...

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 4d

Aggressive.

Endurance-Info @endurance-info.bsky.social · 4d

La Toyota GR010 Hybrid version 2026 en piste au Paul Ricard

#WEC #LeMans24

www.endurance-info.com/auto/article...

La version 2026 de la Toyota GR010 Hybrid en piste au Paul Ricard

Endurance-Info couvre les championnats majeurs d’Endurance à travers le monde depuis 2006. Devenue une référence dans le milieu, Endurance-Info ne cesse d’être au coeur des acteurs de la discipline po...

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 5d

With the state of the auto industry and the packed grid it was always going to happen at some point. Didn't expect Porsche to be the first to fall though.

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 5d

Yeah Porsche have not been happy with the BoP methodology in WEC this year. It probably isn't the reason - the main reason for quitting is almost certainly money and declining EV sales forcing a strategy switch - but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a contributing factor.

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 5d

What a massive shame for WEC. Will have some thoughts up on @onlyendurance.com soon. But here's our article on it for now: www.onlyendurance.com/porsche-term...

Porsche terminate factory WEC Hypercar programme

Porsche have confirmed their exit from Hypercar, but reaffirm commitment to IMSA GTP class with Porsche Penske Motorsport

www.onlyendurance.com

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 11d

If I was writing a headline for this, it would absolutely be "Alex Dunne crashes out of McLaren driver programme".

RaceFans @racefans.net · 11d

NEW: Alex Dunne, who has made two appearances in Formula 1 practice sessions for McLaren, has left the team "with immediate effect."

Dunne leaves McLaren's young driver programme

Alex Dunne, who has made two appearances in Formula 1 practice sessions for McLaren, has left the team "with immediate effect."

www.racefans.net

Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 12d

Need the Greens and the Lib Dems to come good and fight off the racists. I think that's our only hope now if we don't want Farage as PM.

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 12d

On the open sea!

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Phil Oakley @peoakley.onlyendurance.com · 15d

Typical that the @fiawecofficial.bsky.social race was a total banger and I'm away with no ability to watch it. Oh well. I'll watch it later this week and maybe write about it as well.

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