Derani takes pole for Cadillac by 0.009s, then wrecks
Derani lapped his #31 Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R in 1m11.388s around the 1.9-mile temporary circuit. The GTP class is using Michelin’s soft-compound tire at Long Beach for the first time outside of Daytona night running, but times were way off last year’s qualifying session on harder rubber – pole being a 1m09.909s by Filipe Albuquerque’s Acura. […]
Bourdais spins then tops FP2 for Cadillac
Bourdais lapped his #01 Chip Ganassi-run V-Series.R in 1m11.637s around the 1.9-mile temporary circuit in the 90-minute session. Nick Tandy set the earlier pace in the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963, lapping in 1m12.579s, a quarter of a second clear of Connor De Phillippi’s RLL BMW M Hybrid. FP1 pacesetter Pipo Derani began chipping away […]
Streets of Long Beach receive changes ahead of the IMSA, IndyCar doubleheader
The 49th edition of the Grand Prix of Long Beach will see drivers from both series take to the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit that has undergone some slight improvements. Among the notable changes are improvements to the curbing in Turn 5. Significant work was done to allow the longer bolts that are attached to […]
Ferrari remains on top in FP2 as Fuoco beats Porsche
Fuoco carried on where fellow works Ferrari driver Yifei Ye left off in first practice aboard the #83 customer AF Corse-run example, setting a lap of 1m30.957s with over an hour remaining in the session that could not be surpassed. The effort put him 0.342 seconds clear of the championship-leading #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 […]
Cadillac pips BMW in twice red-flagged practice
Derani lapped his Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R in 1m13.477s around the 1.9-mile temporary circuit in the one-hour session. The GTP class is using Michelin’s soft-compound tire at Long Beach for the first time outside of Daytona night running, and an extra set has been made available for Saturday’s 100-minute race. Ricky Taylor made an early […]
Ye fastest to lead Ferrari 1-2 in practice
Ye went fastest half an hour into the first 90-minute session with a 1m31.347s aboard the customer AF Corse-run 499P Le Mans Hypercar to push the best of the works Ferraris with Anthony Fuoco at the wheel down to second position. Fuoco ended up on 31.503s, which gave him a margin of nearly half a […]
Peugeot surprised by severity of WEC Balance of Performance hit
The French manufacturer has admitted surprise at the BoP for its Le Mans Hypercar, now known as the 9X8 2024, which will hit the track 31kg heavier and with 10kW (13bhp) less power than its predecessor did at the Qatar WEC season-opener in March. Read Also: The increase in minimum weight and the decrease in […]
New compound to thwart Porsche’s inspired Long Beach ‘no tires’ call
Porsche Penske Motorsport claimed its first IMSA GTP victory with its 963 with Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet, after a lack of pace in practice and qualifying led it to running the same set of tires for the entire 100-minute, sprint-format race. It meant the car’s mandatory pitstop was much faster than its rivals, giving […]
Vanwall working on 2025 WEC comeback with heavily-revised hypercar
Having not been granted a spot on the 19-car Hypercar grid for the 2024 season amid the arrival of Lamborghini, BMW and Alpine, among others, Vanwall is pressing ahead with plans to make a comeback next year, team boss Colin Kolles told Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Total.com. The German outfit’s Le Mans Hypercar will undergo a […]