Ganassi’s Simpson participates in WEC Rookie Test in Bahrain
The 19-year-old Barbadian-born Caymanian will make the jump to the IndyCar Series for 2024, driving one of the five entries for CGR. As part of the process to maximize his preparation, a month-long testing gauntlet that was put forth by CGR Managing Director Mike Hull, which also includes driving a previous generation F2 car, World […]
Iron Dames «emotional» after historic all-female WEC win in Bahrain
Sharing the #85 Porsche 911 RSR-19 in the GTE Am division, Gatting, Bovy and Frey survived late pressure from the D’station Aston Martin Vantage GT3 of Tomonobu Fujii, Casper Stevenson and Liam Talbot to take the chequered flag with a winning margin of 5.548s. The result made them the first all-female crew to score a […]
Nissan to continue 2024 development with Yokohama
All three GT500 manufacturers are set to be in action at the Miyagi Prefecture track on Tuesday and Wednesday with a single test car each. As well as the Nissan Z, the Toyota GR Supra will run on Yokohamas, while the Honda Civic Type R-GT will be equipped with Dunlop rubber for the first time. […]
Why Sho Tsuboi’s second TOM’S SUPER GT title feels different
Tsuboi and Miyata became the first GT500 crew to win three races in a season since Nissan pair Satoshi Motoyama and Benoit Treluyer back in 2011 on Sunday, as they survived a late rain shower to deliver flagship Toyota squad TOM’S its sixth drivers’ title. Their victory came after NDDP Nissan driver Mitsunori Takaboshi spun […]
IMSA GTP learnings helping Chevrolet, Honda with IndyCar’s hybrid unit
The two manufacturers are represented by sister brands Cadillac and Acura, respectively, in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, where they just completed the maiden season of a hybrid-infused GTP class over nine races in 2023. In the buildup, the series allowed each manufacturer to create its own powerplant, with rules in place such as a total […]
Toyota hits out at «unprofessional» driving after Bahrain WEC start crash
Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez went into Saturday’s decider with a 16-point deficit in the championship standings, but any hope they had of beating the sister Toyota to the title was wrecked when Bamber locked up and hit the right-rear section of the #7 GR010 Hybrid at Turn 1. The contact dropped Conway […]
Shwartzman fastest for Ferrari as Rossi gets mileage in Bahrain WEC rookie test
Taking over the #51 Ferrari 499P for the second part of the three-hour session, Shwartzman set an impressive time of 1m48.559s on his first day of running in an LMH car. The 24-year-old’s lap was fractionally faster than the time with which Will Stevens set the pace this morning in the Jota Porsche, which meant […]
Winning #8 Toyota threatened by «critical» clutch issue in Bahrain WEC finale
The Japanese manufacturer has revealed that problems with the clutch were the reason why the race-winning #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar lost a handful of seconds at each pitstop to the second-placed sister car over the closing stages of the eight-hour race. Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon stated that the […]
Nissan’s Takaboshi regrets not pitting after losing Motegi win
Takaboshi and his team-mate Katsumasa Chiyo commanded the majority of the 63-lap race, with Chiyo leading the opening stint from pole and Takaboshi stretching a 12-second lead over the field after taking over the #3 NDDP Racing Z on lap 25. While victory for Takaboshi and Chiyo wouldn’t have been enough to win the title […]