Muller likely to return to Peugeot WEC line-up for Bahrain
The Swiss driver’s recovery from the injuries that led to his replacement for this weekend’s Fuji round by reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne is on schedule and Peugeot is currently planning for him to retake his place in the #94 9X8 alongside Loic Duval and Gustavo Menezes at the eight-hour race on 4 November. Olivier Jansonnie, […]
Ferrari leads first practice from Peugeot
Antonio Fuoco set a best time of 1m35.649s at the end of the 90-minute session in the #50 Ferrari 499P LMH, a massive 2.6 seconds up on the sister #51 machine as the track rapidly improved late on. Best of the rest in third was the #94 Peugeot 9X8, followed by the two works Penske […]
Peugeot concedes first WEC win still «very far away»
The claim made ahead of the resumption of the WEC after its summer break at Fuji this weekend came despite a first podium for the French car at the previous round of the championship at Monza. The #93 entry shared by Paul di Resta, Jean-Eric Vergne and Mikkel Jensen took the first top-three finish for […]
Ritomo Miyata’s Fuji WEC call-up ‘really good for my future’
Miyata will share the #57 Kessel Racing Ferrari 488 GTE for his first race experience of the WEC with Takeshi Kimura and Scott Huffaker, replacing an absent Daniel Serra. The Super Formula and SUPER GT racer was recruited after Kimura contacted Toyota to enquire about Miyata’s availability, with the Japanese manufacturer giving its blessing. Despite […]
Apr boss lambasts Koki Saga’s ‘Showa era’ driving
Hiroto Kaneso made the remarks in the wake of the #31 Lexus LC500h’s fifth-place finish in the fifth round of the season, despite the team’s pre-season prediction that Suzuka would be the ideal match for the new hybrid-powered car. Apr has run a three-driver crew comprising Saga and youngsters Kazuto Kotaka and Yuki Nemoto for […]
Nissan fastest as 2024 GT500 cars continue testing
A total of 10 cars have been in action across the two-day test, which concludes on Wednesday, with seven current cars joined by a single development car each from Nissan, Toyota and Honda. The 2024 cars made their first outing together at Okayama in late July, but this time they shared the track with current-generation […]
Toyota’s Miyata to make WEC debut at Fuji in Ferrari GTE car
Miyata, a race winner in both Super Formula and SUPER GT, will partner Takeshi Kimura and Scott Huffaker at the wheel of the CarGuy Racing-branded Kessel Ferrari 488 GTE for Sunday’s six-hour race. The Toyota WEC Challenge driver replaces factory Ferrari racer Daniel Serra, who according to a statement released by CarGuy is unable to […]
Andretti Autosport rebrands entire operation to Andretti Global
The company, which is owned by former racing star Michael Andretti and Dan Towriss, the CEO and president of financial services company Group 1001, is making the move as it bids to join the Formula 1 grid in future in partnership with General Motors. Andretti’s team currently operates in eight motorsports platforms, racing across six […]
Too early to rule out #7 Toyota from WEC title fight
Heading into this weekend’s penultimate round of the WEC season at Fuji, Hirakawa and his team-mates in the #8 GR010 HYBRID, Sebastien Buemi and Brendon Hartley, lead the drivers’ standings on 115 points. The #7 Toyota crew of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Jose Maria Lopez are 23 points down despite their victory last time […]