The World Endurance Championship (WEC) celebrated its 100th race on Sunday at Shizuoka Prefecture’s Fuji Speedway, with Alpine's No. 35 car taking the win ahead of the No. 93 Peugeot and the No. 6 Porsche.
The milestone race comes amid a global motorsports boom fueled by Netflix’s “Formula 1: Drive to Survive” series and Brad Pitt’s “F1” Hollywood flick, and WEC finds itself enjoying a similar surge in popularity among fans and manufacturers.
Having debuted in 2012 with a top class that featured only Toyota and Audi among the world’s auto giants, the series now boasts a stable of top manufacturers and is preparing to welcome even more big names to the elite hypercar division in the coming years, including Hyundai next year and McLaren and Ford in 2027.
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