Alpine completes first full test with new LMDh challenger
The new Alpine A424 was put to its paces for three consecutive days at Paul Ricard this week, following an initial roll-out on 2 August and a shakedown at Le Castellet Airport on Monday. WEC stalwart Nicolas Lapierre completed the first runs in the car on Monday and Tuesday before handing over the driving duties […]
Tadasuke Makino to sit out Suzuka qualifying
Makino was airlifted to hospital after being caught up in the multi-car incident that caused last Sunday’s Motegi Super Formula round to be red-flagged on the opening lap. The Honda driver escaped serious injury and was released the next day, but his participation in this weekend’s Suzuka 450km was plunged into doubt. Now Team Kunimitsu […]
Sacha Fenestraz reveals talks about Nissan role
Fenestraz raced full-time in SUPER GT from 2020-22 as a Toyota factory driver before joining the Nissan Formula E squad on a two-year deal. Schedule clashes made a dual campaign with Nissan for 2023 unfeasible, but the possibility of Fenestraz driving for the Japanese marque in SUPER GT in future remains on the table. Speaking […]
Winless Honda pinning SUPER GT hopes on Sugo, Autopolis
The Sakura marque has failed to register a win in the opening four races of the season for the first time since 2017, with GT500 rivals Nissan and Toyota having split honours evenly between them in the first half of the 2023 campaign. Nissan’s #3 car, the NDDP Racing Z of Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori […]
Suzuka 450km SUPER GT – schedule, how to watch, entry list
A total of 40 cars, 15 in GT500 and 25 in GT300, are entered for Sunday’s 77-lap race, slated to begin slightly later than usual at 2.45pm local time (GMT +9). With four races down, it’s Nissan and NDDP Racing pair Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi that lead the standings after a wet-weather masterclass last […]
Toyota GT300 team Max Racing withdraws from SUPER GT
The team revealed its decision to end its participation in Japan’s top sportscar series on Wednesday, ahead of this weekend’s Suzuka 450km. Max Racing was due to skip the fifth round of the season after its Tsuchiya Engineering-run Toyota GR Supra GT300 sustained damage during the Fuji race earlier this month, when it caught fire […]
United Autosports signs Keating, Quinn for 2024 IMSA LMP2 season
The swelling of manufacturer involvement in the WEC’s Hypercar class means there is no room for LMP2 next season, prompting category stalwart United to enter IMSA on a full-time basis. The 2020 Le Mans 24 Hours LMP2 class-winning team has made select North American outings in recent years alongside programmes in the WEC and European […]
Jordan Taylor explains decision to leave Corvette
Last week, it was announced that Taylor will return to the team run by his father Wayne at the wheel of a second Acura ARX-06 LMDh in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year, partnering up with Louis Deletraz. It brings an end to not only a four-season spell at Corvette, but more than a decade […]
Newgarden joins Porsche’s IMSA line-up for Petit Le Mans
Newgarden will share the #7 Porsche 963 LMDh car with Matt Campbell and Felipe Nasr in the IMSA season-finale at Road Atlanta on October 14. It follows Newgarden’s maiden IMSA outing in this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, where he drove an Oreca 07 entered by Tower Motorsport to fifth in class alongside fellow IndyCar […]