Daytona 24h win ‘doesn’t hurt’ my Le Mans target
Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Newgarden triumphed alongside Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr in America’s biggest sportscar race last weekend in only his second start in PPM’s 963 LMDh prototype. He will now go back to his day job, to focus on trying to win a third IndyCar Series title for Roger Penske’s team, […]
Valentino Rossi’s team-mates revealed for BMW WEC and GTWCE campaigns
The seven-time MotoGP world champion will share a Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 in both series this year with factory driver Martin, continuing a partnership that began in 2023 in the GTWCE. Martin and Rossi, who will be the silver-rated driver in the line-up, will drive in the WEC’s new LMGT3 class together with bronze […]
The original Le Mans master that wowed Redman
Jacky Ickx is a Le Mans legend and Ferrari Formula 1 hero but to have British sportscar lionheart Brian Redman acknowledge him as his favourite team-mate means a lot. Read Also: The story of their partnership began when they teamed up for the Kyalami 9 Hours at the end of 1967, winning by the handsome […]
Bourdais added to Ganassi Cadillac roster for WEC Qatar
After Richard Westbrook’s departure to join the JDC-Miller Motorsport Porsche team in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, it was revealed in January that returning duo Alex Lynn and Earl Bamber would have a different driving partner aboard their V-Series.R LMDh on a race-by-race basis. Confirmation followed that Lynn and Bamber would contest the regular six-hour races […]
Sparco and Ford Performance join forces, beginning with Mustang GT3 factory race programme
Sparco, a global leader in motorsports wear and equipment, and Ford Performance, the high-performance division of Ford Motor Company, are excited to announce a formal relationship beginning with the North American Mustang GT3 factory race program taking place in the IMSA-sanctioned GTD Pro category. In an «Official Supplier» role, Sparco will provide technical racewear and […]
Porsche had enough fuel to go full distance in curtailed Daytona 24 Hours
An officiating error by IMSA led to the chequered flag being shown one lap early, but the mistake almost certainly had no bearing on the result as Felipe Nasr, Matt Campbell, Dane Cameron and Josef Newgarden took victory for Porsche Penske Motorsport even though the car was short-fuelled at its final pitstop. Raul Prados, lead […]
Mercedes reveals 19-driver factory roster for GT racing in 2024
Although it hasn’t signed a like-for-like replacement for its previous star Raffaele Marciello, who has switched to rival brand BMW, multiple new names will campaign the Mercedes-AMG GT3 in factory capacity across a wide variety of championships this year. Supercars star David Reynolds is the most notable name to step up to the factory roster, […]
Peugeot won’t race its revised 9X8 in WEC season opener
A move that had been widely expected has been confirmed by Peugeot Sport technical director Olivier Jansonnie, who has revealed that the French manufacturer will race in the 2024 WEC curtain-raiser at Qatar in March with a car unchanged from the specification in which it contested last year’s season finale in Bahrain. Jansonnie explained that […]
Why Daytona 24 Hours victory was so “huge” for Porsche and Penske
The German manufacturer has now matched its number of wins at the Floridian sportscar classic to its record tally of 19 Le Mans 24 Hours triumphs. While acknowledging the size of the achievement in the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s biggest event, Kuratle admits that this will bring “huge pressure” for the world’s most prestigious sportscar race […]