Lopez’s Toyota return at Le Mans «like I had never left»
Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical boss David Floury revealed that the Argentinian was «up to speed immediately» on his return to the cockpit of the Le Mans Hypercar at last weekend’s Le Mans Test Day for the first time since the 2023 World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain. «By the look of the lap times […]
Toyota concedes Le Mans is Porsche’s to lose after test 1-2
David Floury, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, claimed that the performance of the three-car Porsche Penske Motorsport squad over the six hours of running ahead of the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship means that they would have underperformed if they don’t win. “I think it’s clear: I would think if Porsche doesn’t […]
How to watch the Le Mans 24 Hours: Schedule,
The world’s most prestigious endurance race is back, as drivers will tackle 24 hours of Circuit de la Sarthe for the next round of the WEC campaign. Ferrari arrives as the defending winner having claimed its first Le Mans victory since 1964 at the centenary edition of the race, which later won the 2023 Autosport […]
Estre leads Porsche 1-2 on test day
Kevin Estre led the way in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh with a 3m26.907s set in the second of the two three-hour sessions on Sunday to head the times by just over two tenths from Felipe Nasr in the sister #4 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry. The Brazilian improved the #4’s best lap by Nick Tandy, […]
Kobayashi leads opening test session for Toyota
Kamui Kobayashi topped the times in the first of the two three-hour sessions of the Le Mans Test Day on Sunday with a 3m28.467s lap aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar. That gave him a margin of more than seven tenths over Porsche driver Kevin Estre, who ended up on a 3m29.205s […]
Why Toyota chose Lopez over Miyata to replace Conway at Le Mans
The decision to recall Lopez to the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar for the double-points World Endurance Championship round on 15/16 June was “a very simple one”, according to Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe director Rob Leupen. He explained that it was a straightforward move to bring the Argentinian back after Mike Conway broke […]
Toyota driver Conway ruled out of Le Mans, replaced by Lopez
The Briton, who triumphed at the French enduro in 2021, broke his ribs and collarbone in an incident on Thursday and will be unable to take up his place in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hybrid. Conway, 40, will be replaced in the line-up for Le Mans on 15/16 June alongside Kamui Kobayashi […]
Peugeot receives biggest BoP break for Le Mans in WEC Hypercar class
The revised Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar introduced at the Imola WEC in April has received an 18kg weight break down to 1047kg while retaining the maximum power of 508kW (681bhp) at which it raced last time out at Spa in May. It follows two races at which the heavily reworked LMH, which now […]
Why IMSA’s downtown Detroit GTP debut was divisive among drivers
Thanks to the vision of Roger Penske and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, the event – which was a Formula 1 round from 1982 to 1988 – returned last year as a flagship IndyCar Series round in the shadow of General Motors’ imposing towers of its Renaissance Center that forms its global HQ – for now, […]