Mercedes reveals 19-driver factory roster for GT racing in 2024
Although it hasn’t signed a like-for-like replacement for its previous star Raffaele Marciello, who has switched to rival brand BMW, multiple new names will campaign the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in factory capacity across a wide variety of championships this year. Supercars star David Reynolds is the most notable name to step up to the factory roster, […]
Peugeot won’t race its revised 9X8 in WEC season opener
A move that had been widely expected has been confirmed by Peugeot Sport technical director Olivier Jansonnie, who has revealed that the French manufacturer will race in the 2024 WEC curtain-raiser at Qatar in March with a car unchanged from the specification in which it contested last year’s season finale in Bahrain. Jansonnie explained that […]
Why Daytona 24 Hours victory was so “huge” for Porsche and Penske
The German manufacturer has now matched its number of wins at the Floridian sportscar classic to its record tally of 19 Le Mans 24 Hours triumphs. While acknowledging the size of the achievement in the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s biggest event, Kuratle admits that this will bring “huge pressure” for the world’s most prestigious sportscar race […]
Cadillac commits to entering six-hour WEC races with two drivers
Ganassi has revealed that only for the longer races — the Qatar 1812km or 10-hour season-opener next month, the Le Mans 24 Hours and then the Bahrain 8 Hours season finale — does it intend to run a third driver alongside Earl Bamber and Alex Lynn. The news follows comments from the General Motors brand […]
Toyota and Mobil 1 extend partnership across all classes
Mobil 1’s primary assets will now be involved across all three of Toyota’s NASCAR Cup Series teams – Joe Gibbs Racing, 23XI Racing, and Legacy Motor Club – along with continued primary placements within Toyota’s NHRA Drag Racing Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship, ARCA Series, Late Models and more. “Mobil 1 is proud to be synonymous […]
Winward Racing relishes second Daytona 24 victory in four years
The trio of Indy Dontje, Philip Ellis and Russell Ward were part both winning squads, but this latest one featured Daniel Morad, who closed out the contest in the No. 57 Mercedes AMG GT3. It was a commanding performance by the foursome, which were steadily in command, especially throughout the backend of IMSA’s season opening […]
Pin in LMGT3 switch with Iron Dames Lamborghini for 2024 WEC
Pin will join Iron Dames regulars Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy aboard the #85 entry after contesting the full WEC in 2023 with the Iron Lynx-affiliated Prema LMP2 squad now running Lamborghini’s single SC63 LMDh in the Hypercar class. She took a best finish of third, alongside Lambo factory drivers Mirko Bortolotti and Daniil Kvyat, […]
IMSA admits to “officiating error” in premature Daytona 24 Hours checker
The race featured a thrilling dice for victory between the No. 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Felipe Nasr and the No. 31 Cadillac V-Series.R of Tom Blomqvist for Action Express Racing. Confusion reigned when the white flag, signaling the final lap, was shown in error with three minutes of the 24 hours still remaining. […]
Winning both Le Mans, Daytona with Ferrari ‘difficult to even dream’
Pier Guidi and James Calado followed up their historical overall triumph in the centenary edition of Le Mans with a GTD Pro class win at Daytona last weekend, as they took the top spot with Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra in a Ferrari 296 GT3 entered by Risi Competizione. It was the Italian manufacturer’s first […]