WEC return a «critical piece of the puzzle» for COTA
Vice preside of motorsports Reid Atherton made the comments after it was announced on the Friday ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours that the Austin track would take over the WEC’s US round from Sebring following the conclusion of its three-year contract. The 1 September event will form part of an expanded eight-round calendar […]
Wadoux to make IMSA debut for AF Corse at Watkins Glen
Wadoux will share the #88 AF Corse ORECA LMP2 with her current team-mate in the World Endurance Championship, Luis Perez Companc, and Ferrari Hypercar driver Nicklas Nielsen for the six-hour race on 25 June. The car is making its first IMSA appearance since the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona, where Nielsen shared duties with Julien […]
Toyota hints new WEC junior Miyata could succeed Kobayashi
Japanese youngster Miyata, a race winner in both Super Formula and SUPER GT, was named as the latest member of Toyota’s WEC Challenge programme in the lead-up to last weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours, and was embedded within the team for the French classic. The 23-year-old will also join the Cologne-based outfit for the next […]
Why a SUPER GT veteran loves Japan’s new GT3 alternative
If you’re a team looking to campaign GT3 machinery on some of Japan’s finest racetracks, lately you have been rather spoiled for choice. Of course, there is SUPER GT, with FIA GT3 cars making up the bulk of the lower GT300 class and providing reliably excellent action against the homespun ‘JAF’ (GTA-GT300) cars. Then there […]
Marco Andretti “looking at” Acura IMSA GTP chance with WTRAndretti
Wayne Taylor Racing joined forces with his father Michael’s Andretti Autosport team this year to bolster its technical strength to run the complex Oreca-chassised, HPD-powered ARX-06 hybrid machine. Following the most recent round at Laguna Seca, WTR confirmed it will run a second entry in the series for 2024, and that it had re-signed Filipe Albuquerque […]
Did Le Mans Balance of Performance change create an end that justified the means?
Ferrari wins on its factory prototype comeback. And narrowly so at the end of an intriguing and sometimes thrilling battle with Toyota. All five major car manufacturers involved in Hypercar led at some point or other. The centenary edition of the Le Mans 24 Hours definitely got a race befitting of such a significant moment […]
Jota Porsche squad “kings of the world” for an hour at Le Mans
The British team, which has three LMP2 wins at La Sarthe under its belt, led the centenary running of Le Mans at one stage with its new 963, which had only made its World Endurance Championship debut in the previous race at Spa. That was until Yifei Ye, who shared the Hertz-sponsored #38 car with […]
Knaus proud of NASCAR Le Mans Garage 56 “passion project”
Knaus, who is Hendrick Motorsports’ vice-president of competition, oversaw the program to bring a modified Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 to the centenary Le Mans event, to honor NASCAR’s 75th season. He said the effort required to get the stock car to the start of the race was a huge achievement, regardless of it finishing […]
Extent of Le Mans LMP2 winner Scherer’s injuries revealed
Scherer teamed up with Albert Costa and Kuba Smiechowski to score Polish squad Inter Europol’s first World Endurance Championship victory last weekend, but had to race through the pain barrier after his left foot was run over by Nicky Catsburg’s GTE Am Corvette during his first pitstop handing over to Smiechowski. After Inter Europol adapted […]