Ferrari gets BoP hit for Monza WEC round after Le Mans win
The Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar will run 5kg heavier and with maximum power reduced by 12kW (16bhp) from the levels at which it won the double-points round of the WEC last month with Antonio Giovinazzi, Alessandro Pier Guidi and James Calado. Toyota, which finished second and 1m21s in arrears of Ferrari at Le Mans, […]
BMW takes first win since 2018
They completed a third victory for the German team after its 2016 and ’20 wins with BMW and Porsche respectively in the double-points round of the GT World Challenge Europe by 11.1s over the second-placed Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes shared by Raffaele Marciello, Jules Gounon and Timur Boguslavskiy. The winning BMW M4 GT4, which started […]
Huber Motorsport Porsche tops Superpole
Huber Motorsport driver Cairoli topped the times in Friday afternoon’s Superpole session for the fastest 20 cars in the opening qualifying session on Thursday. The Italian posted a 2m16.880s on his first flying lap aboard the #20 Porsche 911 GT3-R to edge out AF Corse Ferrari driver Alessio Rovera by just over a tenth. Cairoli […]
IMSA confirms Porsche penalty and BMW victory at Watkins Glen
BMW drivers Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly can now celebrate their first Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) victory, despite crossing the finish line second to the #6 Porsche 963. In post-race technical inspection, the Porsche was found to have a chassis skid plate measuring thinner than the legal minimum. It was moved to the rear […]
D’station Racing hopeful of securing 2024 WEC LMGT3 slot
D’station has been on the WEC grid in the GTE Am class since 2021, running an Aston Martin Vantage GTE in partnership with TF Sport. Gentleman driver Satoshi Hoshino has shared driving duties with D’station team manager Tomonobu Fujii throughout that period, with the pair being joined by a revolving cast of silver-rated drivers. So […]
Corvette joins forces with TF Sport for 2024 WEC GT3 campaign
Tom Ferrier’s squad plans to run two examples of the new-for-2024 Z06 GT3.R, which replaces the C8.R that won at the Le Mans 24 earlier this month with the Pratt & Miller-run works Corvette Racing outfit. Drivers for the programme have yet to be announced, but it is likely that Corvette factory drivers will be […]
Glickenhaus line-up finalised in revised Monza WEC entry list
The Frenchman joined the US entrant for this month’s Le Mans 24 Hours WEC round to drive the additional Glickenhaus 007 Le Mans Hypercar entered for the French enduro. He has moved over to the team’s solo full-season WEC entry to drive alongside Romain Dumas and Olivier Pla for the Monza 6 Hours on 9 […]
How Lexus almost lost milestone GTD clean sweep at Watkins Glen
The #14 Vasser Sullivan-run RC F of Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat had led for over 100 laps of the six-hour race when it received a drive-through penalty for pitlane speeding after its final stop. Hawksworth, who had just taken over from his team-mate, rejoined in second place and chased down the leading Corvette of Antonio […]
WRT completes first test with BMW Hypercar for WEC 2024 programme
The Belgian squad, which will compete in the WEC as BMW M Team WRT, completed its first circuit test with the car at Aragon last week, following a roll-out at the end of May. WRT’s first M Hybrid V8 was driven at the Spanish circuit by BMW factory drivers Jesse Krohn, Sheldon van der Linde […]