Penske Porsche heads final pre-season test session
Makowiecki posted 1m40.404s in the #5 Porsche 963 LMDh just under an hour into the Tuesday afternoon session of the pre-season test ahead of this weekend’s series opener. The time from the factory Penske Porsche Motorsport driver gave him a margin of two tenths over second-placed Alex Lynn in the Ganassi-run Cadillac Racing entry. Lynn […]
Alpine rules out F1 test for Mick Schumacher
Schumacher has joined Alpine to race its A424 Hypercar this year, in a bid to get back to top-line competition after a season on the sidelines as Mercedes F1 reserve. While he is continuing those reserve duties when available in 2024, the partnership with Alpine has prompted suggestions that the German could get some running […]
Porsche leads Peugeot in third session
Frederic Makowiecki posted a lap of 1m41.223s in the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport-entered 963 LMDh with fewer than 30 minutes left on the clock, dislodging the #94 Peugeot 9X8 that had led the way since the early part of the session. The two factory Peugeot cars held the top spots for majority of the three-hour […]
Porsche delays plans to introduce revised 963 LMDh engine
The decision to delay an update centred on a new crankshaft for the 963’s 4.6-litre twin-turbo V8 has been made after discussions with WEC organisers the FIA and the Automobile Club l’Ouest and IMSA in North America, which jointly govern the LMDh category. The FIA and the ACO demanded that the engine had to come […]
Jota Porsche remains quickest in second session
Callum Ilott set the pace aboard the British team’s #12 Porsche 963 LMDh in the night session on Monday with a 1m40.541s laid down in the opening minutes of five hours running on the Losail International Circuit. The two privateer Jota cars hit the ground running in the second of four sessions of the two-day […]
Jota Porsche fastest in delayed first session
The three-hour session was made optional as a result of the late arrival of the freight in Qatar, which forced the postponement of the test at the Losail International Circuit from Saturday and Sunday to Monday and Tuesday. Norman Nato was quickest of the three Hypercar class entries that took part after getting down to […]
BMW, Ferrari fined and docked GTD Pro, GTD Manufacturers’ points
The punishment for the violations related to performance was handed out solely to the manufacturers, with drivers and teams excluded and leaving the final results of last month’s season-opening race unaltered. Daytona marked the first event under IMSA’s new GTD Balance of Performance (BoP) system, which put it on the manufacturers to declare their own […]
CrowdStrike Racing by APR retaining Sowery for endurance rounds
Sowery, 27, will pilot the team’s No. 04 ORECA 07-Gibson LMP2 prototype alongside full season entrants George Kurtz and Colin Braun for four endurance events, including the upcoming 12 Hours of Sebring March 13-16. The British driver was also part of CrowdStrike’s driver roster for last month’s Daytona 24 Hours race, where they finished second […]
The Ferrari partners that conquered GT racing
Gianmaria Bruni has been a Porsche man since 2017, but it’s the first chapter of his sportscar career at Ferrari that he looks back on to pick a favourite team-mate. In his four years of sharing a car with Toni Vilander, the pair enjoyed great success, and enjoyed numerous collaborations outside their season-long campaigns in […]