Toyota put extra emphasis on qualifying for Bahrain WEC showdown
Brendon Hartley’s pole aboard the #8 GR010 HYBRID he shares with Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa means the trio now only have to finish third to seal the title even if the sister Le Mans Hypercar driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez wins the eight-hour race on Saturday. Had the extra […]
Ferrari «ready» to support customer Hypercar entry in WEC 2024
Antonello Coletta, the boss of Ferrari’s sportscar programme, stated that the Italian manufacturer is now in a position to expand its WEC hypercar programme beyond its two factory cars. Such an effort would receive technical support from Ferrari, which has repeatedly stated that the 499P is too complicated to run completely independent of the factory. […]
Hartley beats Toyota team-mate Kobayashi to pole
The extra point of the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar Hartley shares with Sebastien Buemi and Ryo Hirakawa is significant in the championship battle between the two crews from the Japanese manufacturer. It means that the the #8 crew only have to finish third to to take the WEC Hypercar title even if […]
Cadillac leads Ferrari in third practice, Toyotas lag behind
Alex Lynn set a time of 1m49.512s in the factory #2 Chip Ganassi Cadillac V-Series.R after 25 minutes of running to head the order ahead of the #50 Ferrari of Miguel Molina. Although Lynn ended the session almost half a second clear of the field, his time was almost three seconds down on the time […]
Ferrari «scratching its head» over Bahrain WEC pace
The winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours with Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi has conceded that the Italian manufacturer’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar is lacking pace in all areas after neither of the two AF Corse-run cars were on the pace in the opening two sessions of free practice. “Really bad, no pace […]
Peugeot plans «big evolution» of Le Mans Hypercar for 2024 WEC
The French manufacturer’s motorsport boss, Jean-Marc Finot, has revealed that the in-house Peugeot Sport team is undertaking what he described as a “big evolution” of the 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar, which made its debut in the World Endurance Championship last summer. He revealed that the overhaul of a design that has so far finished no […]
Toyota remains on top in second practice
Kobayashi set a blistering time of 1m46.851s in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID just 25 minutes into the session, an improvement of more than three seconds over his chart-topping lap in FP1. Brendon Hartley also made a significant jump in the #8 Toyota compared to this afternoon, but the gap between the marque’s two LMH […]
Who will win the final showdown?
Toyota heads into the finale with the advantage, as TOM’S pair Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata take a seven-point lead to Motegi over NDDP Nissan rivals Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi. ARTA Honda pair Nirei Fukuzumi and Hiroki Otsu are also still in the running, albeit facing a daunting 16-point deficit with 21 left on […]
The new Swiss sportscar ace following in his father’s wheeltracks
Life for many is considerably different since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020. That certainly applies to Louis Deletraz, whose career has gone from strength to strength since that much-disrupted season when his sportscar journey truly began. The Swiss will be a full-time Acura GTP driver in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next season after […]