Toyota not “getting over excited” over WEC Imola triumph
David Floury, technical director at Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, made the claim after Kamui Kobayashi, Nyck de Vries and Mike Conway took victory in the Imola 6 Hours after Ferrari made two key strategic errors. «I don’t think we should be over-excited because it was a race decided on a tyre call, not on pure pace,» […]
Ferrari admits to two strategic errors after losing Imola WEC race
The Italian manufacturer revealed in the aftermath of round two of the 2024 WEC that it had misinterpreted the weather forecast it received and that there was also a breakdown in the chain of command within the team at the crucial point of the six hours when rain arrived. The reason why Ferrari pitted for wet […]
Toyota holds off Porsche to win rain-hit thriller
Mike Conway, Nyck de Vries and Kamui Kobayashi won by 7.081s in their #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar over the #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 LMDh of Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre, both crews taking advantage of a timely switch to wets when the previously dominant Ferraris attempted without success to […]
Porsche and Toyota believe Ferrari «out of reach» for WEC Imola race
The two manufacturers that will line up behind the Ferrari top-three block-out on the grid believe the Italian marque will maintain its qualifying advantage in the six-hour race. “We are trying to be optimistic but, on pure pace, we are not there with Ferrari,” said Porsche driver Kevin Estre, who took fourth position aboard the […]
No tires strategy “only way” to win Long Beach
After starting third, Bourdais spent most of the early portion of the IMSA’s 100-minute classic in the runner-up spot pursuing pole-sitter Pipo Derani in the Action Express Racing-prepped No. 31 Cadillac. The pivotal moment of the race came when Derani pitted on lap 26, handing off to co-driver Jack Aitken as the team put on […]
Cadillac scores 1-2 in action-packed sprint race
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Bourdais and van der Zande took a ‘no tires’ pit strategy to get ahead of the sister Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R of Pipo Derani and Jack Aitken to score a 1-2 finish for the marque around the 1.968-mile temporary circuit. From pole position, despite crashing in the closing moments of qualifying, Derani […]
Fuoco explains secret behind «special» WEC Imola pole lap
The Italian explained how completing two warmup laps in the decisive Hyperpole session in his factory #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar allowed him to set two laps good enough to earn his first pole position since last year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. He improved on his 1m29.735s lap time with a 1m29.466s that put […]
Peugeot ‘scratching their heads’ after poor Imola WEC qualifying in new-look 9X8
Jean-Eric Vergne insisted that he and the Peugeot Sport team left nothing on the table on the way to 15th position in the opening qualifying session, five places off the cut-off for the Hyperpole final. He added that only a small improvement would have been possible without the red flag two minutes before the end […]
BMW’s Vanthoor frustrated by «harsh red flag» call in Imola WEC qualifying
The Belgian was pushing for a place in the Hyperpole session ultimately topped by Antonio Fuoco in a Ferrari top three sweep when he rotated the WRT-run M Hybrid V8 on the exit of the fast Piratella left-hander. Read Also: Having avoided contact with the wall and got going again, Vanthoor felt the session was […]