Why a multiple sportscar champion credits Kubica as an «amazing teacher»
Deletraz has been team-mates with ex-Formula 1 driver Kubica since 2021, when he moved full-time into endurance racing after making select GT World Challenge Europe outings and finishing fourth in a Le Mans one-off with Rebellion in 2020. Together, the Swiss and the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix winner claimed the 2021 European Le Mans Series […]
Toyota’s next-generation GT3 racer set for 2026 WEC debut
The Japanese manufacturer took the covers off the forerunner of what will be its first entry into the GT3 marketplace in almost a decade at last year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, with ambitions of taking it to the World Endurance Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours. Since then, the car is known to have started track […]
How an engineer survives Le Mans
As an engineer, the lure of working at Le Mans can be the most exciting phase of a sportscar career. The whole experience, from the scrutineering that takes place in the town’s centre square with all the teams forming up one by one to have photographs taken, to being on the pitstraight with the cars […]
Could ‘unfair politics’ at Le Mans benefit Toyota in the long run?
One minute and 22 seconds. That was all that separated Toyota from a sixth consecutive victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours. And what shouldn’t be forgotten is what a historically slim margin that is in the context of the French enduro that was celebrating its centenary running. Since World War II, there have only […]
Jenson Button plans full-time racing return in 2024
Buoyed by his efforts behind the wheel of NASCAR’s Garage 56 Le Mans 24 Hours Chevrolet Camaro, and a part-time road and street course schedule in NASCAR Cup with Rick Ware Racing’s Ford Mustang, Button revealed that he’s now ready to commit to a full-time programme next year – for the first time since his […]
Honda Civic GT500 set for July public test debut
One 2024 car from each of the three GT500 manufacturers, Honda, Toyota and Nissan, is expected to take part in the two-day test on July 25-26. Although not yet officially announced by the GTA, it is expected the test will be open to fans and media. Honda unveiled the Civic Type R-GT Concept at the […]
SUPER GT promises pitstop rule changes in time for next race
The saga surrounding which team won the red-flagged race, curtailed by a huge crash involving NISMO Nissan driver Tsugio Matsuda on lap 59 of 77, rumbled on for a week until the release of the official results last Monday. Toyota squad Racing Project Bandoh and drivers Yuji Kunimoto and Sena Sakaguchi were finally confirmed as […]
The inevitable WEC change that will still be lamented
It was inevitable really. The welcome accumulation of manufacturers in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship means sportscar racing is in a state of rude health. And the onset of the LMGT3 class is expected to bring greater variety than the outgoing GTE class, which bode farewell to Le Mans last weekend. But […]
Dillmann parts ways with Vanwall after latest Le Mans DNF
The announcement was made in the wake of last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, which ended in disappointment for Dillmann as the Vanwall Vandervell Le Mans Hypercar’s Gibson engine suffered a terminal failure in the morning hours. Dillmann was sharing the car with Esteban Guerrieri and Tristan Vautier, a last-minute replacement for 1997 Formula 1 […]