Ferrari’s WEC title hopes «back on track» after Le Mans win
Ferrari believes it is back in the hunt for the 2024 World Endurance Championship after claiming its first win of the season at the Le Mans 24 Hours. This had left the #50 crew a distant fifth in the drivers’ standings, 34 points off the championship-leading Porsche trio of Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre […]
The «unorthodox» approach taken by Manthey in Le Mans LMGT3-winning strategy
«Unorthodox» strategic calls made by the Manthey EMA Porsche team proved crucial in setting up its Le Mans 24 Hours LMGT3 class victory, driver Yasser Shahin has explained. The Australian’s win in the double points round of the World Endurance Championship, together with team-mates Richard Lietz and Morris Schuring, puts his #91 Porsche 911 GT3 […]
Peugeot defends new car after ‘never being in the game’ at Le Mans
Peugeot defended the new version of its 9X8 LMH car after it was “never really in the game” in the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours. Stoffel Vandoorne, Paul di Resta and Loic Duval finished 11th in the best of the two 9X8s, two laps down on the winning Ferrari, with the sister car crewed by […]
BMW won’t accept Ferrari’s «very unfair» penalty for Vanthoor/Kubica crash
Six hours and 35 minutes into the World Endurance Championship’s most prestigious race, the #83 Ferrari 499P driven by Kubica swerved into Vanthoor’s #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 as they lapped the #92 Manthey Pure Rxcing GT3 entry on the approach to Mulsanne corner, which sent the Belgian driver into the wall and caused the […]
Toyota says it had pace for 2024 Le Mans win without various issues
The Japanese manufacturer’s two driver crews pointed to multiple incidents and issues as the reason they failed to reverse last year’s defeat to Ferrari in the French enduro. Jose Maria Lopez, who crossed the line in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar he shared with Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries, 14s behind […]
Porsche drivers claim rivals were sandbagging before Le Mans 24 Hours
Porsche was deemed by many as the favourites to take victory in the 92nd edition of the French endurance classic, having won two of the three previous World Endurance Championship rounds at Qatar and Spa, and also looked rapid in testing and qualifying at La Sarthe. Toyota’s technical director David Floury was even quoted as […]
Ferrari thought repeat Le Mans victory in 2024 was «impossible»
Ferrari’s sportscar racing boss Antonello Coletta made the comment after the factory #50 Ferrari 499P of Nicklas Nielsen, Antonio Fuoco and Miguel Molina won the 92nd running of the French endurance classic, a race in which a number of manufacturers enjoyed stints at the front and nine cars finished on the lead lap. Key figures […]
«Killing tyres» on damp track cost Cadillac chance at Le Mans victory
Although it was down in 17th position three hours into the World Endurance Championship’s most famous race after qualifying second at the hands of Alex Lynn, the #2 V-Series.R achieved a solid race thereafter. Despite very unstable weather conditions, there was little trouble to report for the blue Chip Ganassi-run car besides a nose change […]
Le Mans 2024 LMP2 win the «hardest race I’ve ever done»
The United Autosports driver added a second LMP2 triumph at Le Mans, having previously been victorious in 2017, in the ORECA-Gibson 07 he shared with race rookies, IndyCar driver Nolan Siegel and IMSA SportsCar Championship competitor Bijoy Garg. Their #22 machine was one of six main LMP2 crews that was in contention during the contest, […]