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- Peugeot Sport announced Thursday morning that former McLaren Formula 1 driver Stoffel Vandoorne has been promoted into a full-time race seat in the team's No. 94 Peugeot 9X8 in the FIA World Endurance Championship's Hypercar class for next year. Vandoorne will replace Gustavo Menezes, who has already announced his intention to leave the team at the end of the year.

Vandoorne is currently Peugeot Sport's reserve driver. He was recently pressed into action at Fuji Speedway in place of Nico Mueller, who had suffered an injury away from the track.

After leaving Formula 1, Vandoorne has settled into a steady career in prototype racing and Formula E. He originally drove for SMP Racing in their BR Engineering-built LMP1 car, then moved to LMP2 with JOTA Sport. With JOTA Sport, he finished second in LMP2 points in 2021. He also won the 2021-22 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship title for Mercedes-EQ.  

"I set goals last year, like I really want to get top 10s. This year, the goal was top fives, and then once I got a top five I wasn’t as enthused. I was like, ‘I want a top three now.’

"And then I got a top three, and I was like ‘okay, that was it? I’m gonna go for the win.’ I feel like I’m always kind of setting that next goal, but I’m gonna try to still celebrate those moments even though it’s not a win. It’s still progress and baby steps." - Toni Breidinger, on how her goals in racing have developed over the past couple of years.