BMW won’t accept Ferrari’s «very unfair» penalty for Vanthoor/Kubica crash
Six hours and 35 minutes into the World Endurance Championship’s most prestigious race, the #83 Ferrari 499P driven by Kubica swerved into Vanthoor’s #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 as they lapped the #92 Manthey Pure Rxcing GT3 entry on the approach to Mulsanne corner, which sent the Belgian driver into the wall and caused the […]
Toyota says it had pace for 2024 Le Mans win without various issues
The Japanese manufacturer’s two driver crews pointed to multiple incidents and issues as the reason they failed to reverse last year’s defeat to Ferrari in the French enduro. Jose Maria Lopez, who crossed the line in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar he shared with Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries, 14s behind […]
Porsche drivers claim rivals were sandbagging before Le Mans 24 Hours
Porsche was deemed by many as the favourites to take victory in the 92nd edition of the French endurance classic, having won two of the three previous World Endurance Championship rounds at Qatar and Spa, and also looked rapid in testing and qualifying at La Sarthe. Toyota’s technical director David Floury was even quoted as […]
Ferrari thought repeat Le Mans victory in 2024 was «impossible»
Ferrari’s sportscar racing boss Antonello Coletta made the comment after the factory #50 Ferrari 499P of Nicklas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina won the 92nd running of the French endurance classic, a race in which a number of manufacturers enjoyed stints at the front and nine cars finished on the lead lap. Key figures […]
«Killing tyres» on damp track cost Cadillac chance at Le Mans victory
Although it was down in 17th position three hours into the World Endurance Championship’s most famous race after qualifying second at the hands of Alex Lynn, the #2 V-Series.R achieved a solid race thereafter. Despite very unstable weather conditions, there was little trouble to report for the blue Chip Ganassi-run car besides a nose change […]
Le Mans 2024 LMP2 win the «hardest race I’ve ever done»
The United Autosports driver added a second LMP2 triumph at Le Mans, having previously been victorious in 2017, in the ORECA-Gibson 07 he shared with race rookies, IndyCar driver Nolan Siegel and IMSA SportsCar Championship competitor Bijoy Garg. Their #22 machine was one of six main LMP2 crews that was in contention during the contest, […]
Ferrari survives late drama to score back-to-back wins
Nickas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina took the chequered flag in the #50 Ferrari 499P with a 14s margin over the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez, as the #51 Ferrari of defending champions Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado and Antonio Giovinazzi rounded out the podium. […]
Cadillac, Toyota, Ferrari battle it out for the win
This three-hour period began under the safety car following the earlier crash of the #27 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the prestigious World Endurance Championship round, with two Hypercars being hit by problems despite the reduced speed. First, Nico Muller went off at Indianapolis at the wheel of the #93 Peugeot, seemingly disturbed by a […]
Porsche surges ahead of Toyota as safety car returns
The factory #6 Porsche Penske 963 of Laurens Vanthoor was circulating a few seconds clear of the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID driven by Ryo Hirakawa after 18 hours of racing at Le Mans, with marshals still replacing the barriers at Indianapolis under the caution period. Heart of Racing driver Daniel Mancinelli was being lapped by […]