Porsche beats Cadillac after late-race Tandy pass
Tandy (Porsche Penske Motorsport 963) passed Cadillac’s Jack Aitken inside the final dozen minutes of the 2h40m event that was run for GTP and GTD machinery only. The win was Roger Penske’s 100th victory in sportscar competition. Sebastien Bourdais, having whirled the Chip Ganassi-run Cadillac V-Series.R to a new track record in qualifying, led the […]
Lietz «had no idea» last-lap WEC Spa move was for LMGT3 victory
Lietz revealed that he at first «had no idea» about the significance of his pass on team-mate Klaus Bachler into Les Combes, which secured victory for the #91 Manthey EMA Porsche he shared with Yasser Shahin and Morris Schuring, as he had begun the final tour in third place. Franck Perera’s Iron Lynx Lamborghini was […]
Jota’s victory in WEC Spa is «proof» of the 963 programme, says Porsche
Urs Kuratle, director of the LMDh project at Porsche, explained that the win for British team’s 963 LMDh shared by Will Stevens and Callum Ilott and the performance of the Proton Competition entry driven by Julien Andlauer and Neel Jani provided validation of the decision to produce customer versions of car. “This is proof of […]
Ferrari protest into WEC Spa result rejected
The Ferrari AF Corse team submitted a protest against the the stewards’ decisions declaring that the race would be restarted after the original time the event was scheduled to finish and the provisional results of the race. It was ruled inadmissible under the FIA’s international sporting code because “a stewards decision cannot be the subject […]
Bourdais pips Derani for pole in Cadillac 1-2
Bourdais beat the sister Cadillac Racing entry of Pipo Derani and Philipp Eng’s BMW in the quickfire 15-minute qualifying session, ahead of this weekend’s 2h40m event that is being run for GTP and GTD machinery only. Derani’s #31 Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R had taken pole in each of the trio of preceding races, but its […]
Jota Porsche claims maiden win in crash-delayed thriller
Will Stevens and Callum Ilott secured the first customer car victory of the Hypercar era for Jota in a 1-2 for the Porsche 963 LMDh, finishing 12.363s ahead of the factory #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry shared by Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre. Taking fuel shortly before the 1hr44m red flag, caused when […]
BMW beats Cadillac to quickest time in FP2
Eng, whose BMW is run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, beat Sebastien Bourdais (Cadillac V-Series.R) and the second BMW of Connor De Phillippi in the 90-minute practice session. This weekend’s 2h40m event is being run for GTP and GTD machinery only. After the Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s of Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr swapped the […]
Spa WEC race halted after accident involving Cadillac and BMW in hour five
Bamber was pressuring Neel Jani’s Proton Porsche 963 LMDh for third place with a little under two hours remaining in the race when the pair came upon the battle for fourth in the LMGT3 class on the run to Les Combes. With Jani delayed slightly behind Gelael’s WRT-run BMW M4 GT3 and the D’Station Aston […]
Alpine’s first WEC Hyperpole appearance of 2024 ‘healing’ after Imola troubles
Frenchman Milesi explained that reaching the top 10 shootout in the car’s third competitive outing had helped to lift spirits in the camp ahead of Saturday’s 6-hour race after both Signatech-run machines were involved in a first corner tangle in Italy, while each also had post-race time penalties for drive time infringements. «It’s good for […]