«Great surprise» to land Jota WEC drive after IndyCar exit
The Briton will join Norman Nato and Will Stevens in Jota’s #12 Porsche 963 as the Hertz-backed operation expands to two Hypercar entries. Jenson Button, the 2009 Formula 1 world champion, will join the #38 crew alongside Phil Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen. Speaking on stage at the Autosport International Show on Saturday, Ilott admitted he […]
Daytona 24 Hours performance a «question mark» for Proton’s GTP squad
Christian Ried’s privateer Porsche 963 outfit entered the final three races of the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship last season ahead of full season programmes in both series in 2024, beginning with the IMSA season opener at Daytona later this month. It was announced earlier this week that Bruni and full-season co-driver Neel […]
Ye and Shwartzman to race AF Corse’s Ferrari Hypercar in WEC 2024
AF confirmed on Friday that the pair will join the already-announced Robert Kubica in the car it will field alongside the two full-factory 499Ps this year. The announcement follows the news in December that Ye had joined Ferrari after leaving Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific, where he was a so-called selected driver, and subsequent speculation that […]
Toyota NASCAR stars to run IMSA Pilot Challenge race at Daytona
The trio of Toyota Racing drivers will all be making their debut in the event, which precedes the historic 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway. Wallace has two victories in the NASCAR Cup Series, both while driving for 23XI Racing, which is co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin. […]
F2 runner-up Vesti makes ELMS switch
Vesti is ending a remarkable junior formula career which saw him take the title in the 2019 Formula Regional European Championship and be a consistent frontrunner during his two years in Formula 3. He took six wins on his way to second place in last year’s F2 season, only beaten by one-time victor and consistent […]
Factory Aston driver Sorensen to make SUPER GT debut with D’station
2022 Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Sorensen will share the latest-spec Aston Martin Vantage GT3 with D’station managing director/driver Tomonobu Fujii in the GT300 class of the Japanese series, beginning with the Okayama season opener in April. The Danish driver will combine his newly-announced commitments with an LMGT3 campaign in the World Endurance Championship, […]
Jesse Krohn joins BMW M Team RLL’s GTP squad for 2024 season
Krohn joins Philipp Eng as the team’s full season drivers in the No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 in GTP. The sister car No. 25 prototype will feature the same full-time line-up of Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly. “I’ve never waited for any season as much as I have for the 2024 one,” said […]
The valuable lessons a second-generation star will apply to IMSA in 2024
Performance-wise, I was up there with the top Porsche GT drivers in IMSA every weekend in 2023. The team, AO Racing, was new, having only been formed in the winter of 2022, but did an amazing job to get the car to where it has been because the Balance of Performance hadn’t really been on […]
IndyCar champion Palou joins Ganassi Daytona 24 Hours Cadillac line-up
Palou will be the fourth driver in a squad that features regular IMSA SportsCar Championship season drivers Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande, along with six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon for the Floridian sportscar classic on 27-28 January. Palou has started the race once before with Ganassi, driving its Daytona Prototype Cadillac DPi-V.R in […]