How Aston Martin has begun preparations for its delayed Hypercar programme
It was in the summer of 2019 when Aston Martin first announced its plan to build a Hypercar to the World Endurance Championship’s LMH rules. The intention was to enter the championship from 2021, but it won’t be until next year before the Valkyrie lines up on the grid at the Circuit de la Sarthe […]
Acura buoyed by weight reduction for IMSA Sebring 12 Hours
HRC USA president David Salters, who is responsible for the ARX-06 program, told Motorsport.com at the season-opening IndyCar Series round at St. Petersburg last weekend that the reduction of 17kg since the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona should give it a better fighting chance on raw pace at Sebring this weekend. The Wayne Taylor Racing […]
The top 10 female racers of all time
My first ideas for the top 10 female race and rally drivers of all time included entries from all over the world, maybe with one or two unsung heroines and some historical pioneers. However, looking at the cold, hard statistics of the best and fastest women of their day gave a different picture. Motorsport has […]
Newgarden won’t race Penske Porsche at Le Mans
Newgarden made clear his ambition to race at the centrepiece round of the WEC before and after his Daytona 24 Hours victory with PPM in January, but the team has revealed that the two spaces in the third 963 LMDh it will field at Le Mans on 15/16 June will be taken by full-season drivers […]
Cadillac has no plans for customer Hypercars in WEC or IMSA
There are no plans to follow the lead set by Porsche in selling cars to independent teams in either series, stated Laura Wontrop Klauser, sportscar racing programme boss at Cadillac parent company General Motors. “It doesn’t make sense to go down that path at this point,” she said. “Customer cars are not happening as of […]
Calling 2024 Aston Martin Vantage an evo an “understatement”
Sorensen feels the changes Aston Martin has made to the Vantage GT3 that was originally introduced in 2018 are so extensive that it effectively feels like a brand-new car and not a mid-cycle refresh. “A lot of people call it the Evo, I will almost say it’s not really [an Evo],” the Dane said. “It looks […]
WEC grid airfreighted back from Qatar to Europe to avoid Imola delay
According to a statement from the WEC organisation, sending cars and equipment by air rather than by sea as originally intended was the only way to ensure that the field would be in place in Europe “on time” for the Imola 6 Hours on 21 April. The decision follows the outbound freight on a ship […]
Ferrari’s Pier Guidi returns to GTWCE for Endurance Cup in 2024
The Ferrari factory driver will contest the five GTWCE enduros in one of the Italian manufacturer’s 296 GT3 run by AF Corse alongside his commitments in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship. It will be the first time his programme has taken in the full long-distance leg of the GTWC since he won […]
World title-winning team founder Hugh Chamberlain dies aged 82
Hugh Chamberlain’s name will remain synonymous with sportscar racing in perpetuity. His plucky and sometimes highly-successful efforts as an underfunded privateer made him a fan favourite, while his admirers also included the organiser of the Le Mans 24 Hours, a race at which he was on the pitwall every year from 1987 to 2008. The […]