Heart of Racing Aston and Korthoff Mercedes claim poles
The Northeast Grand Prix will feature the entire GT field, but no prototypes at the tight Connecticut road course. The 15-minute qualifying session was frantic with traffic becoming an issue for several drivers. Antonio Garcia in the Corvette C8.R was aggressive from the get-go, and the GTD Pro driver asserted himself with an early time […]
Le Mans results finalised following six-car technical investigation
A bulletin has been issued by the technical delegates from WEC organisers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest confirming the compliance of the six cars from which components were taken at post-race scrutineering after the centenary running of Le Mans on 10-11 June. They were the Hypercar contenders that finished in the top […]
Glickenhaus to skip Fuji, WEC future in doubt
Team founder Jim Glickenhaus has stuck to his vow not to continue in the series this year with his Pipo-engined 007 Le Mans Hypercar without sponsorship. No funding was forthcoming before the freight left by sea this week for the Asian leg of the WEC comprising the Fuji 6 Hours on 10 September and then […]
Peugeot has «all the right ingredients» for WEC success
The French manufacturer scored its first WEC podium with the 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar last time out at Monza, the result for the #93 machine di Resta shared with Mikkel Jensen and Jean-Eric Vergne marking the first time Peugeot had finished on the same lap as the leader. For di Resta, the podium finish was a first […]
Michelin outlines conditions for GT500 return
The French tyre maker, which currently supplies Nissan’s two works-run NISMO and NDDP Racing entries, announced back in May that the current season will be its last in GT500, ending an unbroken run of participation dating back to 2009. It is set to leave Bridgestone, Yokohama and Dunlop (Sumitomo) as the remaining participants in SUPER […]
Nissan’s Tsugio Matsuda finally leaves hospital
The #23 NISMO Nissan Z of Matsuda was involved in a high-speed accident at the 130R corner that brought the third round of the season to a premature halt. Matsuda had been trying to negotiate GT300 traffic at the time of the crash, getting tangled up with the apr Toyota GR86 of Manabu Orido and […]
More details of SUPER GT’s 2024 ‘shakedown’ test emerge
The two-day test on July 25-26 is set to provide fans with the first glimpse of next year’s GT500 cars, most notably the Honda Civic Type R-GT that will replace the NSX-GT after this season. Toyota and Nissan are also set to run the 2024 versions of their Z and GR Supra challengers respectively, introducing […]
Audi receives heavy criticism from teams after factory GT3 exit
It was revealed last week that Audi’s customer racing division will be downsized next year, with the German manufacturer ending the production of R8 LMS GT3 and other racing models within its range. Audi’s works driver pool will also be disbanded, impacting as many as 14 drivers, while teams that are used to financial support […]
Lamborghini won’t expand LMDh plan beyond Iron Lynx in WEC and IMSA
Giorgio Sanna, head of the Lamborghini Squadra Corse motorsport department, has stated that Iron Lynx will remain the manufacturer’s sole representative in both series over the full life-cycle of the new SC63 unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Thursday. Sanna stopped short of describing Iron Lynx, which was announced as Lamborghini’s partner for […]