Ferrari protest into WEC Spa result rejected
The Ferrari AF Corse team submitted a protest against the the stewards’ decisions declaring that the race would be restarted after the original time the event was scheduled to finish and the provisional results of the race. It was ruled inadmissible under the FIA’s international sporting code because “a stewards decision cannot be the subject […]
Bourdais pips Derani for pole in Cadillac 1-2
Bourdais beat the sister Cadillac Racing entry of Pipo Derani and Philipp Eng’s BMW in the quickfire 15-minute qualifying session, ahead of this weekend’s 2h40m event that is being run for GTP and GTD machinery only. Derani’s #31 Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R had taken pole in each of the trio of preceding races, but its […]
Jota Porsche claims maiden win in crash-delayed thriller
Will Stevens and Callum Ilott secured the first customer car victory of the Hypercar era for Jota in a 1-2 for the Porsche 963 LMDh, finishing 12.363s ahead of the factory #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry shared by Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre. Taking fuel shortly before the 1hr44m red flag, caused when […]
BMW beats Cadillac to quickest time in FP2
Eng, whose BMW is run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, beat Sebastien Bourdais (Cadillac V-Series.R) and the second BMW of Connor De Phillippi in the 90-minute practice session. This weekend’s 2h40m event is being run for GTP and GTD machinery only. After the Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s of Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr swapped the […]
Spa WEC race halted after accident involving Cadillac and BMW in hour five
Bamber was pressuring Neel Jani’s Proton Porsche 963 LMDh for third place with a little under two hours remaining in the race when the pair came upon the battle for fourth in the LMGT3 class on the run to Les Combes. With Jani delayed slightly behind Gelael’s WRT-run BMW M4 GT3 and the D’Station Aston […]
Alpine’s first WEC Hyperpole appearance of 2024 ‘healing’ after Imola troubles
Frenchman Milesi explained that reaching the top 10 shootout in the car’s third competitive outing had helped to lift spirits in the camp ahead of Saturday’s 6-hour race after both Signatech-run machines were involved in a first corner tangle in Italy, while each also had post-race time penalties for drive time infringements. «It’s good for […]
Acura fastest, Aitken shunts Cadillac in FP1
Albuquerque beat BMW’s Philipp Eng and Mathieu Jaminet (Porsche Penske Motorsport 963) in the 90-minute opening practice session for the fourth round of the series. Eng set the pace early in the session in his #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 with a lap of 1m14.453s, before Albuquerque’s #10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 […]
Ferrari stripped of WEC Spa pole, Porsche takes top spot
The car driven by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole position in Friday afternoon’s Hyperpole session by a margin of 0.507s has lost all of its times from qualifying and will now start from the rear of the Hypercar field for Saturday’s 6 Hour race. The #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh will […]
Ferrari’s Calado admits «I screwed up» after missing WEC Spa Hyperpole
The Briton revealed that he made mistakes on his two quick laps aboard the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar in the opening 15-minute qualifying session. That left him outside the top 10 cars that progressed to the final session in which team-mate Antonio Fuoco claimed pole position by half a second in the sister […]