Porsche and Cadillac LMDh get weight breaks for Bahrain WEC finale
Their respective LMDh prototypes have had their minimum weights reduced by seven kilogrammes for the Bahrain 8 Hours on 4 November under the Hypercar class Balance of Performance. A change has been made to the so-called ‘platform BoP’, which means the move is an attempt to create a level playing field between the two manufacturers […]
Muller to make Peugeot return in Bahrain WEC after injury absence
The 31-year-old will take his usual place in Peugeot’s #94 9X8 line-up alongside Gustavo Menezes and Loic Duval in the 8-hour fixture at the Bahrain International Circuit on Saturday, having missed September’s Fuji event after injuring his left collarbone. The exact nature and cause of Muller’s injury was never revealed, with the Swiss driver only […]
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 […]