AF Corse goes yellow for third Ferrari Hypercar entry
The #83 Ferrari 499P has been primarily painted in Giallo yellow, the colour of the Italian manufacturer’s home city of Modena, with red stripes around the cockpit and the sides of the car completing the livery of the car. It follows the factory Ferrari team, which is run in conjunction with AF Corse, also incorporating […]
The 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full
Hypercar — 23 cars 2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Alex Palou 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Sebastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Scott Dixon 4 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Mathieu Jaminet TBA TBA 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Matt Campbell Michael Christensen Frederic Makowiecki 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche […]
Palou to make Le Mans debut as third driver of Cadillac’s WEC entry
Palou will move across from Ganassi’s IndyCar Series squad for the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship on 15/16 June to drive the #2 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh alongside car regulars Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn. The news was announced by Cadillac immediately after the publication of the full 62-car Le Mans entry list, which […]
Le Mans 24 Hours entry list published, 23 Hypercars for 2024
Cadillac will for a second year in a row take in the double-points WEC round on 15/16 June with both of its V-Series.R LMDhs from the IMSA SportsCar Championship run respectively by the Action Express and Ganassi teams, while Porsche Penske Motorsport will again cross the Atlantic with one of its North American 963 LMDhs. […]
Ferrari unveils revised Hypercar livery for 2024 WEC campaign
This year’s red-and-yellow colour scheme of the 499Ps fielded in the Hypercar class by the AF Corse team once again celebrates the success of the previous factory Ferrari prototype, the 312PB of 1972 and 1973. The livery incorporates a new shade of Ferrari racing red inspired by the F2007 Formula 1 car in which Kimi […]
AF Corse reveals Vista liveries for Ferrari 296 LMGT3s in WEC
Launched in Vista Jet’s Milan hangar, located at Linate Airport, the company founded by entrepreneur and driver Thomas Flohr, the main sponsor of the Piacenza-based team, revealed the 296 GT3s in silver and red colours that will take part in the LMGT3 Class. In the #54 there will be Flohr himself, Francesco Castellacci and Davide […]
How Laguna Seca charmed an IMSA rookie
It was love at first sight for Alex Lynn when he pitched up at Laguna Seca back in the spring of 2022 as part of his maiden and so far only full season in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. “Most drivers know immediately, on your first laps, if you are going to click with a circuit,” […]
Proton reveals retro-inspired livery for Porsche 963 in WEC
Proton will run the red, white and black colours of new sponsor F.A.T. International on its customer LMDh car this year, bringing back an iconic Porsche paint scheme to the top echelon of sportscar racing. The livery entered the racing folklore in the 1980s and 90s when it used to adorn one of Joest Porsche’s […]
Lopez didn’t look for another Hypercar drive after losing Toyota WEC seat
The Argentine has switched to the new LMGT3 class to race for sister brand Lexus after spending six full seasons in the WEC’s top class, taking victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2021 and back-to-back WEC titles in 2019-20 and 2021, the final season of LMP1 and the first for Hypercar. Lopez is […]