Toyota in «tough situation» ahead of Le Mans
The driver of the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID made the comment after the Japanese manufacturer could do no better than third across the two sessions of Sunday’s official test for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship next weekend. Kobayashi talked without reference to the Balance of Performance changes made in the WEC’S […]
How Bandoh, Yokohama ended seven-year SUPER GT win drought
Bandoh pair Yuji Kunimoto and Sena Sakaguchi finished second on the road when Sunday’s race was abandoned after a horrifying crash involving Nissan driver Tsugio Matsuda on lap 59 of 77, but were promoted to what many felt was a rightful win after a penalty for the NDDP Racing Nissan. Read Also: From second on […]
Le Mans test day: Ferrari ends running fastest
Antonio Giovinazzi ended the six hours of testing ahead of next weekend’s double-points round of the World Endurance Championship with the best time of the day aboard the quickest of the two Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercars. The Italian’s 3m29.504s set early in the afternoon session edged out the best of the Porsche 963 LMDhs, […]
Ferrari paces Peugeot in morning session, Toyota crashes
Antonio Fuoco claimed the top spot in the three-hour morning session of the Test Day with a 3m30.686s aboard his 499P Le Mans Hypercar, which put him six tenths up on Gustavo Menezes in the best of the Peugeot 9X8 LMHs. Menezes posted a 3m31.346s, which gave him a margin of just over a tenth […]
Winning Nissan penalised after mass Suzuka protest
Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi were initially declared the winners of the 450km race after it was cut short for a huge crash involving the sister NISMO car of Tsugio Matsuda and the JLOC Lamborghini Huracan of Kosuke Matsuura. That was by virtue of the fact the NDDP crew had not completed its second mandatory […]
NDDP Nissan declared winner after big crash
The #3 Nissan Z of Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi was ahead on the road at the time of Matsuda’s huge crash on lap 59 of 77 by virtue of not yet having completed its second refuelling stop. Chiyo and Takaboshi were initially announced as the provisional winners some time after it was confirmed that […]
Huge crash brings race to early end
The #23 NISMO Nissan Z of Matsuda and the #87 JLOC Lamborghini Huracan GT3 of Matsuura were caught up in a frightening accident at 130R that brought out the red flags on lap 59 of 77. Both Matsuda and Matsuura were reported to be conscious and ok, with Matsuda being transferred to hospital, although no […]
Le Mans BoP change could open door to sandbagging
The new BoP guidelines thrashed out by the FIA, the ACO and the manufacturers competing in the WEC’s Hypercar class this year allowed for only minimal changes over the first four races of the 2023 campaign, up to and including Le Mans on 10/11 June, as part of a drive to eliminate manipulation of the […]
Kondo Nissan stripped of Suzuka SUPER GT pole
Kohei Hirate had set the fastest time in Saturday’s Q2 pole shootout to take pole in the #24 Nissan Z he shares with Daiki Sasaki. However, after qualifying it was announced that the Kondo squad has had its times deleted and has been sent to the back of the grid for a violation relating to […]