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 […]
Pilet joins Vector Sport for Le Mans 24 Hours
The Frenchman, the GT Le Mans IMSA SportsCar Championship class title winner in 2015 with the German manufacturer, will share Vector’s LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07 with Stephane Richelmi and Ryan Cullen in what will be his 16th start at the French enduro. Gabriel Aubry, who was part of Vector’s WEC P2 line-up last year, was originally […]
What is the motorsport triple crown and who has claimed the feat?
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Lamborghini not concerned over Le Mans reliability despite rain-interrupted test
The track was wet for the majority of the three days of testing at Portimao for the single long-distance test scheduled by Lamborghini and its Iron Lynx factory squad ahead of the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 15-16 June, team principal Andrea Piccini has revealed. But the ability of the new-for-2024 Lambo […]
Vettel impressed Porsche in 963 test but no Le Mans decision yet
Vettel completed almost two grand prix distances over four stints in Porsche Penske Motorsport’s 963 hypercar in testing at Aragon in Spain, logging 118 laps in its major pre-Le Mans, 36-hour endurance test. Porsche’s director of factory racing, Urs Kuratle, remarked that Vettel “mastered it extremely well”. “Sebastian certainly doesn’t have to prove that he […]
Vettel still unsure about 2024 Le Mans debut after Porsche test
Vettel covered 581km at the wheel of Porsche Penske Motorsport’s WEC challenger at Motorland Aragon earlier this week. The four-time Formula 1 world champion had previously taken part in a simulator day as well as an inaugural run at the German marque’s Weissach track. Despite playing down future opportunities before the test, claiming «at the […]
Vettel logs 581km in “definitely fun” Aragon Porsche 963 test
Vettel, the 53-time Formula 1 race winner, had previously driven PPM’s simulator in Flacht in Germany before a brief run at Porsche’s fabled Weissach test track on 21 March. In fair weather conditions at Aragon in Spain today, the 36-year-old completed 118 laps over four stints behind the wheel. «Of course, I also keep an […]
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel to test Porsche’s Le Mans hypercar
Vettel will take the wheel of the 963, which Porsche runs in collaboration with American powerhouse Penske, at a 36-hour test at MotorLand Aragon in Spain. The 36-year-old German has already turned his first laps of the prototype at Porsche’s Weissach base following extensive simulator running. “I’m looking forward to testing the Porsche 963. I […]