Honda SUPER GT boss lavishes praise on GT500 rookies
Both top-class debutant Kimura in the #100 Team Kunimitsu Honda and Ota in the #64 Nakajima Racing NSX-GT were singled out for praise by Saiki in his post-race press conference following the penultimate round of the season. Kimura was drafted in to join the Kunimitsu squad alongside Tadasuke Makino for Autopolis and the season finale […]
Forte Racing still reeling from “amazing” maiden GTD win at Petit Le Mans
The #78 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2, driven by Misha Goikhberg, Patrick Liddy and endurance team-mate Loris Spinelli endured a trio of drive-through penalties throughout the 10-hour contest, including two with roughly two hours remaining. Spinelli was charged with changing lanes during a restart procedure and was handed the first penalty. The second came after a […]
WEC manufacturers set to reject Hypercar BoP revamp
A meeting was called by WEC rule makers the FIA and the Automobile Club in Paris late last month at which changes to the current system for 2024 were discussed. It is understood that the majority of manufacturers favoured maintaining the status quo and want to retain the current system introduced for this season, although […]
TOM’S #37 Toyota was «back to normal» at Autopolis
Alongside team-mate Giuliano Alesi, Sasahara headed into the penultimate round of the season 15th and last in the GT500 standings with just nine points to their credit in the opening six races of 2023. But Sasahara kicked off the Autopolis weekend with the fastest time in practice on Saturday morning, which he followed up with […]
Shank relishes Petit Le Mans comeback victory in last IMSA race… for now
Penalties were handed out like candy on Halloween and MSR were not excluded from Race Control’s justice. Additionally, at one point, the #60 Acura ARX-06 was two laps down following contact with another competitor that required an extended pit stop to replace a toe link. The combination of Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun and Helio Castroneves […]
Glickenhaus will not return to WEC in 2024 with Le Mans Hypercar
Team founder Jim Glickenhaus has revealed to Motorsport.com that he does not intend to file an entry or entries for next year’s championship ahead of the closing date on 20 November. The news follows the team’s decision to again skip the Asian leg of the WEC made up of Fuji in September and Bahrain in […]
Indy 500 champ Newgarden would “love to” race at Le Mans in future
Newgarden co-drove in the 10-hour sportscar classic, which ended the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship on Saturday, with Felipe Nasr and Matt Campbell in a Porsche Penske Motorsport 963. They finished fourth in the LMDh machine, which also races in the World Endurance Championship with the factory Penske squad. When asked if he’d like to race […]
United Autosports confirms Ben Hanley for 2024 IMSA effort
Fresh off taking an LMP2 class victory at Petit Le Mans with CrowdStrike Racing by APR, he will contest his fifth season in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with a full-time commitment with United Autosports. The 38-year-old Briton spent three races with the team during this past year in the FIA World Endurance Championship, scoring a […]
How Porsche runs its 963 customer car programme in the WEC
Porsche returned to the top echelon of sportscar racing this year for the first time since its wildly successful 919 Hybrid programme came to a conclusion in 2017. And on this occasion, Porsche’s presence goes beyond just a factory team, with a number of privateers running the 963 LMDh in the World Endurance Championship and […]