Why Matsushita is bullish for Suzuka
Four down, four to go: there’s still everything to play for after an action-packed first half of the season that has seen honours divided equally between Toyota and Nissan, whose respective top crews sit at the top of the championship standings. Hoping to make up ground on the leaders this weekend at Suzuka is Real […]
Jenson Button to race IMSA GTP Porsche 963 at Petit Le Mans
It means the 2009 Formula 1 world champion will team up once more, this time at IMSA’s season-closing Road Atlanta endurance event, with his Garage 56 NASCAR Le Mans project team-mate Mike Rockenfeller, against whom he raced in NASCAR Cup at Indianapolis last weekend. The 43-year-old, Los Angeles-domiciled Briton said he was «very excited» to […]
Charles Leclerc targets Le Mans 24 Hours assault with brother
The Ferrari driver’s interest in the endurance classic was piqued this year, when he attended the event to see the Prancing Horse’s Hypercar squad triumph. And having said during his appearance there that he was open to the idea of competing at the Circuit de la Sarthe in the future, he has now opened up […]
Deletraz, Jordan Taylor land second IMSA WTR Acura seats
It marks a homecoming for Jordan Taylor, who left his father Wayne’s team to drive for Corvette Racing in the GT classes since 2020. In that time, he has won two GTLM championships and a class victory at the 2021 Daytona 24 Hours. With WTR, Taylor claimed two overall Prototype championships (in 2013 and ’17) […]
Corvette names 2024 drivers as Taylor returns to WTR
Sharing driving duties across the two Pratt Miller Motorsports-run Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs in the GTD Pro class next year will be Nicky Catsburg, Antonio Garcia, Tommy Milner and Alexander Sims, with exact combinations still to be announced. Catsburg and Sims will embark on their first full IMSA seasons as Corvette drivers, while Milner will return […]
Cadillac promotes Jack Aitken to full-time 2024 drive
Former Williams Formula 1 reserve Aitken will step up from his current endurance driver role to partner Pipo Derani for the entire 2024 campaign at the wheel of AXR’s Whelen Engineering-branded #31 Cadillac V-Series.R. He takes the place of Alexander Sims, who is moving back to Corvette Racing after joining AXR for the start of […]
How American racing’s greatest rivalry has gone global in the WEC
Sport is built on rivalries. Think of Liverpool versus Manchester United. Federer versus Nadal. Senna versus Prost. In motorsport, it’s harder to pick out defining rivalries between teams given the constantly changing competitive landscape. But not so in the US, where the tussle for supremacy between two of IndyCar’s most successful operations has taken on […]
Lamborghini reveals details of WEC, IMSA LMDh challenger’s first full test
The Lamborghini SC63 LMDh began the test on Thursday when it was photographed in action by Motorsport.com and continued testing into Friday with Andrea Caldarelli, Mirko Bortolotti and Daniil Kvyat carrying out driving duties. It was the second test for a car that will begin racing in 2024: the SC63 was given a shakedown at […]
Both Tsuchiya Supras to skip Suzuka after fires
An entry list for the fifth round of the season released on Monday features the regular cast of 15 GT500 cars and 25 GT300s, with both the #25 Hoppy Team Tsuchiya and #244 Max Racing entries missing. It follows both cars being hit by fires at Fuji, the latter of which proved particularly devastating as […]