Vettel impressed Porsche in 963 test but no Le Mans decision yet
Vettel completed almost two grand prix distances over four stints in Porsche Penske Motorsport’s 963 hypercar in testing at Aragon in Spain, logging 118 laps in its major pre-Le Mans, 36-hour endurance test. Porsche’s director of factory racing, Urs Kuratle, remarked that Vettel “mastered it extremely well”. “Sebastian certainly doesn’t have to prove that he […]
Vasser Sullivan fielding two GTD entries for Long Beach
With the GTD Pro category not competing at the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary street circuit, Vasser Sullivan opted to adjust its driver lineup for the pair of Lexus RC F GT3 machines. Jack Hawksworth, fresh off a win at the Twelve Hours of Sebring and a win last year in Long Beach in GTD Pro, will […]
Team manager dies in paddock incident in Barcelona
Amid preparations for the opening round of the season, Gerhard Freundorfer was involved in a fatal incident with one of the Proton Huber trucks in the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya paddock on Tuesday. Although the circuit medical staff were quickly able to attend to Freundorfer, he succumbed to the injuries and was declared dead. No further […]
Alpine WEC driver Habsburg suffers fractures in testing crash
Habsburg was among a number of Alpine drivers testing the Alpine A424 LMDh car at Aragon on 27 March when he suffered a crash at Turn 7, prompting a visit to a nearby hospital for check-ups. After returning to his home country of Austria the following day, he underwent further scans that revealed the full […]
Cadillac confirms two-driver Hypercar line-up as Imola WEC entry list announced
Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn will drive the Ganassi-run #2 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh as a duo in this month’s Imola 6 Hours, round two of the 2024 WEC. Final confirmation of an arrangement that bucks the trend of running three drivers in all races in Hypercar, as well as in LMP1 before it, came on […]
How McLaren has geared up for its return to the global sportscar stage
McLaren entered the sportscar racing folklore in 1995 when it claimed an against-the-odds victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours with the F1 GTR. Running a car based on the road-going F1, which itself developed a cult following over the next two decades, the factory-supported Kokusai Kaihatsu squad capitalised on heavy rain at Circuit de […]
Cadillac disqualified from WEC opener in Qatar for technical breach
The #2 Chip Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R shared by Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Sebastien Bourdais has lost its fifth-place result at the Losail International Circuit after post-race checks revealed that the bodywork of the car didn’t comply with the homologated model. In a report published on Friday, it was noted that «the result from the […]
Vettel still unsure about 2024 Le Mans debut after Porsche test
Vettel covered 581km at the wheel of Porsche Penske Motorsport’s WEC challenger at Motorland Aragon earlier this week. The four-time Formula 1 world champion had previously taken part in a simulator day as well as an inaugural run at the German marque’s Weissach track. Despite playing down future opportunities before the test, claiming «at the […]
WEC set to introduce minimum two-car manufacturer Hypercar rule
The new rule is under evaluation as part of a planned expansion of the WEC grid to a minimum of 40 cars from the current 37-strong field for 2025, Motorsport.com has learned. It would remove the ability of a factory team to run a single car as Cadillac Racing has done since last season, Iron […]