Ferrari eyes joker upgrades to Le Mans-winning 499P
Ferrari is eyeing a performance upgrade of its Le Mans 24 Hours-winning 499P that could come on stream before the end of this year’s World Endurance Championship. Ferdinando Cannizzo, technical director of Ferrari’s sportscar operations, stated before and after it retained its Le Mans crown last weekend that the Italian manufacturer is looking to exploit […]
How AF Corse sacrificed potential LMP2 Le Mans victory to ensure Pro-Am spoils
Throughout the build-up to the Le Mans 24 Hours there was discussion about whether a Pro-Am LMP2 entry could win the class outright – and AF Corse nearly managed just that. The Pro-Am crews must feature a bronze-graded amateur driver, while the regular LMP2 entries only need to run a silver alongside two golds or […]
Taylor vows Acura can ‘gain back the points we lost’ in IMSA title chase
Ricky Taylor believes Acura remains in the IMSA SportsCar Championship title hunt after he and team-mate Filipe Albuquerque ended their win drought last time out on the streets of Detroit. As a result of their victory, Taylor and Albuquerque’s Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 has risen to sixth in points, 239 off the […]
Rules extension boosts McLaren’s outright Le Mans ambitions
McLaren’s ambitions to repeat its 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours victory remain on track and have been given a boost by the extension of the current prototype regulations until 2029. Zak Brown, boss of McLaren Racing, has stated that an entry into either the Hypercar or GTP classes of the respective World Endurance Championship and […]
Drugovich hopes Le Mans debut “opens some doors” as future remains unclear
Aston Martin Formula 1 reserve Felipe Drugovich hopes that his Le Mans 24 Hours debut will “open some doors”, as he debates remaining in sportscar racing or returning to single-seaters. Drugovich made his first appearance in the French endurance classic last weekend as he joined Action Express Racing at the wheel of a factory Cadillac […]
The Le Mans Hypercar strength Cadillac’s LMDh couldn’t fight against
2024 marked the second year of the merged Le Mans Hypercar and LMDh regulations into the WEC’s Hypercar category, ruled by a Balance of Performance, but LMDh cars are yet to grab their first win at the Le Mans 24 Hours after an extremely competitive race this year. Together with veteran Richard Westbrook, Earl Bamber […]
Ferrari’s WEC title hopes “back on track” after Le Mans win
Ferrari believes it is back in the hunt for the 2024 World Endurance Championship after claiming its first win of the season at the Le Mans 24 Hours. This had left the #50 crew a distant fifth in the drivers’ standings, 34 points off the championship-leading Porsche trio of Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre […]
The “unorthodox” approach taken by Manthey in Le Mans LMGT3-winning strategy
“Unorthodox” strategic calls made by the Manthey EMA Porsche team proved crucial in setting up its Le Mans 24 Hours LMGT3 class victory, driver Yasser Shahin has explained. The Australian’s win in the double points round of the World Endurance Championship, together with team-mates Richard Lietz and Morris Schuring, puts his #91 Porsche 911 GT3 […]
Peugeot defends new car after ‘never being in the game’ at Le Mans
Peugeot defended the new version of its 9X8 LMH car after it was “never really in the game” in the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours. Stoffel Vandoorne, Paul di Resta and Loic Duval finished 11th in the best of the two 9X8s, two laps down on the winning Ferrari, with the sister car crewed by […]