Toyota expects Ferrari to remain quickest in Spa WEC despite BoP hit
David Floury, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, believes that its Italian rival will maintain at least some of the the advantage it showed last time out at Imola before tactical errors when it rained allowed the Japanese manufacturer to come through to win. Floury intimated that that the BoP changes for the Spa […]
Friends of Laguna Seca announce Lauri Eberhart as CEO
FLS, a non-profit organization based in Monterey County, appointed Eberhart into the role following her depth of experience in motorsports and facility management. “Lauri brings a wealth of legal, sports and entertainment industry experience and expertise to FLS,” said Ross Merrill, president of FLS. “Her skillset melds perfectly with our existing resources and partnerships as […]
Rossi reveals continued WEC and GT World Challenge plans for 2025
The seven-time MotoGP champion has outlined a plan to continue racing a WRT BMW M4 GT3 in the two series in what will be only his fourth year racing full-time in cars after retiring from two wheels at the end of 2021. “I like racing the GT3 car and for me, these two championships are […]
Mardenborough to make international racing return at Spa 24 Hours
The 32-year-old Briton will contest the blue riband round of the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup on 29/30 June aboard a McLaren 720S GTE Evo run by RJN Motorsport, the team with which he took his first steps in racing after winning Nissan’s gamer-to-racer academy scheme in 2011. Mardenborough, whose story was told in […]
Repaved Laguna Seca “to be at least a couple of seconds faster”
Last year saw a full resurfacing of the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course for the first time since 2006, which also included a new pedestrian bridge on the front straight as part of a $14.9 million project. The project began shortly after last May’s IMSA event and was completed by July, with IndyCar the first major […]
Ferrari takes BoP hit for Spa WEC round
Its 499P Le Mans Hypercar has had 12kg added to its minimum weight and its maximum power reduced by 4kW (5bhp) for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours, round three of the 2024 WEC. The BoP adjustment follows Ferrari’s dominant performance on home ground last month at Imola, which failed to yield race victory after a double […]
Porsche names third LMDh car drivers as full Le Mans entry list revealed
The publication of the list followed last week’s deadline by which teams had to nominate their full line-ups for the French enduro on 15/16 June. The only remaining seats in the 23-strong Hypercar field in the additional factory Penske Porsche 963 LMDh have been filled, as expected, by Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr. They rejoin […]
Drugovich joins Action Express Cadillac line-up for Le Mans 24 Hours
The Brazilian will fill the vacancy at the factory Action Express Racing team for the French enduro on 15-16 June and join Pipo Derani and Jack Aitken, the team’s full-season drivers in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, in the #311 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh. Drugovich has landed a factory drive in the Hypercar class after taking his […]
Gounon to again replace injured Habsburg at Alpine in Spa WEC round
The French manufacturer’s reserve driver will race the #35 Alpine A424 LMDh for a second race in a row as Habsburg continues to recover from the back injuries sustained in testing at the end of March. Habsburg was initially listed in the car alongside Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup Chatin on the publication late last month […]