DragonSpeed set to contest Endurance Cup as Simpson joins for Daytona
Simpson, a 19-year-old Caymanian who will contest the 2024 IndyCar season with Chip Ganassi Racing, joins a squad in DragonSpeed that have won three previous times in the LMP2 class at Daytona (2019, 2020, 2022). He will drive the team’s #81 Oreca 07-Gibson, 2023 Rolex 24 LMP2 victor James Allen, and 2022 LMP2 winning Bronze […]
Some drivers unimpressed by WEC’s shift to two-class structure
The Automobile Club de l’Ouest announced last year that it will not be able to accommodate LMP2 cars in standard WEC rounds in 2024, restricting the class to the Le Mans 24 Hours and regional championships such as the European Le Mans Series. It means there will be just two categories in WEC next year, […]
Isotta Hypercar completes first test with Duqueine team ahead of 2024 WEC debut
Drivers Jean-Karl Vernay and Alejandro Garcia completed two days of testing aboard the revived Isotta marque’s Tipo 6 Competizione LMH at Estoril. French outfit Duqueine will enter a single car in the 2024 WEC under the Isotta Fraschini Duqueine Team banner after the manufacturer’s split with originally confirmed partner Vector Sport was announced last month. […]
Aston Martin reveals expanded factory driver roster for 2024
Nurburgring 24 Hours winner David Pittard, GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup champion Mattia Drudi and Henrique Chaves, a class winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours, have been added to the Aston Martin Racing roster for 2024. They join stalwart AMR drivers Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim, who have been re-signed on new long-term […]
Ye joins Ferrari as factory driver ahead of expected AF WEC drive
The news follows last week’s announcement that he has left Porsche’s stable, having previously been nominated as a ‘Selected Driver’ by its Asia Pacific motorsport arm. He most recently drove a Porsche 963 LMDh entered by the German marque’s customer team Jota in WEC’s Hypercar class this year, but wasn’t included in the British outfit’s […]
Ford signs former Audi drivers to expanded Mustang GT3 works roster
Following the end of its successful factory-supported GT programme, Audi stalwarts Mies and Vervisch will join previously-announced quartet Mike Rockenfeller, Harry Tincknell, Joey Hand and Dirk Muller on the Blue Oval’s Multimatic-run assault on the IMSA Sportcar Championship’s GTD Pro class. Augmenting the nine-strong Ford factory roster, the marque has also signed DTM race winner […]
WEC drivers saddened by demise of prototype-like GTE cars
Last month’s Bahrain 8 Hours marked the final competitive outing for GTE machinery following the decision by FIA and ACO to drop the corresponding class from WEC and the European Le Mans Series next year. GTE cars have been a staple of WEC since the rebirth of the world sportscar championship in 2012, with a […]
Ex-F1 racer van der Garde announces retirement
The 38-year-old made his announcement in a video posted to Instagram after concluding his P2 campaign in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with TDS Racing. «Today I say goodbye to racing,» said van der Garde, who took a P2 class win in the World Endurance Championship’s Portimao round earlier this year for United Autosport. «A little […]
Newgarden would “love” to add Daytona 24 Hours win to Indy 500 success
Newgarden, who won America’s biggest open-wheel oval race at his 12th attempt, will aim for overall victory at Daytona next month in his first bid for overall class honors – having made his sportscar debut in the LMP2 class in the Floridian sportscar classic in 2023. Driving alongside Dane Cameron, Felipe Nasr and Frederic Makowiecki […]