Grosjean gets first run in Lamborghini LMDh as testing resumes after crash
Grosjean drove the hybrid prototype that will carry Lamborghini’s hopes in both the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship in the hands of the Iron Lynx team from next year at the Almeria circuit in southern Spain over three days this week. The test at which Andrea Caldarelli also drove was the first […]
What Button can expect on his IMSA debut
Jenson Button has sampled an eclectic mix of racing series in the past few years since his last full-time racing programme in Super GT concluded in 2019. Now 43, the 2009 Formula 1 world champion had a disappointing British GT cameo at Silverstone in 2020 as hidden glitches dogged his McLaren 720S GT3. He then […]
Full-season IMSA drive with Acura «something big» for my career
Deletraz will leave the World Endurance Championship after next month’s Bahrain finale to race in IMSA’s top GTP class in 2024, joining two-time Daytona 24 Hours winner Jordan Taylor in Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti’s second Acura ARX-06. It follows Deletraz’s endurance-only role with WTR/Andretti that saw him finish second in the Daytona classic this year with […]
Albuquerque heads Acura 1-2 in night practice
Albuquerque set the fastest tour on his very last lap of the session in Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport’s Acura ARX-06, to beat the Meyer Shank Racing example of Tom Blomqvist by 0.003s. The 10-hour race will finish in the darkness on Saturday and given IMSA’s yellow flag rules – coupled with a 54-car entry […]
Bourdais again fastest in second practice
The second session in preparation for this weekend’s season finale was slowed by one red flag, which saw the No. 35 TDS Racing ORECA of Giedo van der Garde have an off at Turn 3. There were other incidents, but none were enough to force another stoppage. Bourdais set a blistering pace in the No. 01 […]
Ford reveals driver line-up for factory IMSA GTD Pro effort
The announcement comes almost a year after Ford announced grand plans to return to IMSA with Multimatic with two examples of the new-for-2024 Mustang GT3. Hand and Muller will share one of the two factory Mustangs in GTD Pro next year, reuniting the partnership that took a GTLM win at the Rolex 24 at Daytona […]
Petit Le Mans IMSA: Bourdais leads opening practice session
Sebastien Bourdais jumped to the top of the charts late with a 1:11.674s, leading the Penske duo at the conclusion of the 90-minute session. The No. 6 Porsche of Mathieu Jaminet was just 0.046s adrift of Bourdais with Matt Campbell in the sister No. 7 Porsche 0.233s back of the fast time.Ben Hanley led the […]
Porsche banks on solid testing ahead of Petit Le Mans GTP decider
Porsche enters the race leading the constructors’ championship after back-to-back wins at Road America and Indianapolis, while drivers Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet are just five points off the lead in the drivers’ standings. On a media call with manufacturer representatives, Porsche’s director of factory racing Urs Kuratle confirmed the 963 had run at Road […]
The brothers giving a different perspective to sportscar racing
Michail Antonio’s prediction on the Footballer’s Football Podcast he co-hosts with Newcastle striker Callum Wilson, that his West Ham side would finish above Liverpool in the Premier League table this season, was subject to some mockery online after a recent 3-1 defeat at Anfield. Antonio’s linkup play was key in setting up Jarrod Bowen’s only […]