Deletraz «totally deserved» full-time 2024 Acura drive in IMSA, says Albuquerque
Deletraz will pair up with team returnee Jordan Taylor next season, as WTR with Andretti scales up to two Acura ARX-06 LMDh cars in IMSA’s GTP class, after racing alongside Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor at the four IMSA endurance rounds this year. The Swiss notably qualified on pole at Road Atlanta for the season-ending Petit […]
Ganassi puts IndyCar rookie Simpson through testing gauntlet
The challenging schedule for the 19-year-old Barbadian-born Caymanian has been put together by CGR’s managing director Mike Hull. It begins with an IndyCar evaluation on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (27-28 October), followed by an FIA World Endurance Championship rookie test at Bahrain International Circuit (5 November), a previous generation Formula 2 car at Circuit […]
Proton explains Ford WEC switch after long-tie up with Porsche
Proton’s history with Porsche dates back to the very launch of the team in 1996 by Gerold Ried and it has remained a loyal partner of the German marque since then. This year, it expanding on the partnership by fielding one example each of the 963 LMDh in WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship on […]
Button happy with “stressful, chaotic, hectic” IMSA GTP debut
Button made his series debut in a Porsche 963 as the extra driver in JDC-Miller MotorSports’ line up at Road Atlanta, and finished fifth alongside Mike Rockenfeller – his Garage 56 Le Mans team-mate – and youngster Tijmen van der Helm. The 2009 F1 world champion says he has “options” to race in IMSA next season […]
SUPER GT needs circuit-specific GT300 BoP, says de Oliveira
The Autopolis race saw the top four positions in both qualifying and the race monopolised by so-called JAF GT300 cars (officially GTA-GT300), as Saitama Toyopet Toyota GR Supra pair Hiroki Yoshida and Kohta Kawaai scored their second win in succession to all but clinch this year’s title. Best of the FIA GT3-spec cars was the […]
Hanson to race Porsche 963 in IMSA enduros for JDC-Miller squad
The 24-year-old Briton will contest all five 2024 IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup events, starting with the Daytona 24 Hours in January. Hanson has already impressed in endurance racing, becoming the first driver to win the FIA World Endurance Championship’s LMP2 title, European Le Mans Series crown and score P2 class victory at the Le Mans […]
Mercedes accepts slim chances of joining LMGT3 class in 2024 WEC
Stefan Wendl, head of customer racing at Mercedes-AMG, admitted that the German manufacturer’s attempts to secure entries for what is expected to be an oversubscribed class “so far look not so promising”. But he stressed that that work is still on-going to lay the groundwork for a two-car entry of Mercedes-AMG GT3s run by one […]
Ferrari to run Wadoux, Shwartzman in WEC rookie test
The two Ferrari works drivers were among several notable names to feature on an 18-car entry list for the test, set to take place on November 5 after the WEC finale at the same track, released on Tuesday. For Wadoux, who has raced an AF Corse Ferrari in the GTE Am class in this year’s […]
ASP announces plans for two-car WEC LMGT3 effort with Lexus
The team made the announcement on Tuesday ahead of the start of a two-day test with the Lexus RC F GT3 it hopes to campaign next season, assuming it is granted entry slots. Toyota’s luxury brand Lexus has been linked to a presence in the new LMGT3 class with the existing RC F for some […]