Jota Porsche fastest in delayed first session
The three-hour session was made optional as a result of the late arrival of the freight in Qatar, which forced the postponement of the test at the Losail International Circuit from Saturday and Sunday to Monday and Tuesday. Norman Nato was quickest of the three Hypercar class entries that took part after getting down to […]
BMW, Ferrari fined and docked GTD Pro, GTD Manufacturers’ points
The punishment for the violations related to performance was handed out solely to the manufacturers, with drivers and teams excluded and leaving the final results of last month’s season-opening race unaltered. Daytona marked the first event under IMSA’s new GTD Balance of Performance (BoP) system, which put it on the manufacturers to declare their own […]
CrowdStrike Racing by APR retaining Sowery for endurance rounds
Sowery, 27, will pilot the team’s No. 04 ORECA 07-Gibson LMP2 prototype alongside full season entrants George Kurtz and Colin Braun for four endurance events, including the upcoming 12 Hours of Sebring March 13-16. The British driver was also part of CrowdStrike’s driver roster for last month’s Daytona 24 Hours race, where they finished second […]
The Ferrari partners that conquered GT racing
Gianmaria Bruni has been a Porsche man since 2017, but it’s the first chapter of his sportscar career at Ferrari that he looks back on to pick a favourite team-mate. In his four years of sharing a car with Toni Vilander, the pair enjoyed great success, and enjoyed numerous collaborations outside their season-long campaigns in […]
Qatar WEC Prologue postponed to Monday following freight delays
The two-day pre-season test will now run on 26-27 February at the Losail International Circuit located north of capital Doha, having originally been scheduled for the weekend of 24-25 February. A total of three test sessions have been scheduled on Monday, beginning at 8:30am local time and going all the way till 10pm at night. […]
WEC Prologue could be postponed amid freight delays
The Losail International Circuit in Doha is due to host the official pre-season test of 2024 on 24-25 February, a week before the opening round of the year on 2 March. However, the two-day test may have to be pushed back as some teams wait for their cars and equipment to arrive via sea route. […]
Vasselon appointed to new role as Toyota prepares for hydrogen Le Mans entry
It was a role already earmarked for the 60-year-old prior to his sudden departure from the top engineering job he had occupied since 2006 in January as part of what was billed as a management change “designed to develop the next generation of company leaders” at the Cologne-based organisation, which masterminds Toyota’s World Endurance Championship […]
Toyota gets double BoP hit for 2024 WEC opener in Qatar
The Japanese manufacturer’s GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will go into the 2024 season weighing 9kg more and with a maximum power reduction of 4kW or 5.3bhp compared with the post-Le Mans 24 Hours leg of the 2023 campaign. A minimum weight for the GR010 has been set at 1089kg and maximum power at 510kW, […]
How Toyota has helped its LMGT3 partner team in WEC transition from Mercedes
The French outfit has won each of the last two GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup titles with Mercedes, as well as claiming victory at the Spa 24 Hours in 2022, but has switched to Toyota-owned Lexus brand for 2024 in a move triggered by the WEC’s move to adopt GT3 cars for the first […]