Campbell takes pole in Porsche 1-2
Fresh off Porsche Penske Motorsport’s victory at the Long Beach Grand Prix, the 963 took its first GTP pole position since returning to top-level prototype competition. Campbell lapped the famed 2.238-mile Californian road course under a cloudless sky in 1m14.774s. His #7 963 set the initial benchmark with a lap of 1m14.950s, 0.057s ahead of […]
Porsche heads Cadillac and Acura in FP2
Campbell led the way around the classic 2.238-mile track on the beautiful Monterey peninsula in the one hour, 45-minute practice session, but was chased hard by GTP class rivals Cadillac and Acura. Campbell lapped the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 in 1m15.903s and then 1m15.493s – making it an early Porsche 1-2 with Nick Tandy’s […]
Campbell puts Porsche on top in FP1
Colin Braun and Ricky Taylor in the two Acura ARX-06s were the first of the GTP cars to lay down quick laps, Braun initially setting 1m17.019s in the Meyer Shank Racing entry around the classic 2.238-mile track on the beautiful Monterey peninsula. Connor DePhillippi in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 and Alexander Sims in […]
No plans yet for “complicated” customer Acura GTP cars
Acura currently fields two works teams in the IMSA SportsCar Championship – Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport and Meyer Shank Racing – and they benefit from having factory Honda Performance Development engineers embedded in their single-car programs. The GTP class cars feature a common electrical hybrid system that has proved problematic to incorporate due […]
Cadillac targets expanding factory WEC effort to two cars in 2024
A WEC campaign in 2024 of an expanded two Ganassi-run Cadillac Racing entries is the «correct engineering way to do it», according to Mark Stielow, director of motorsport competition engineering at parent company General Motors. Stielow outlined an ambition for GM to try to win what he called the «golden crown»; NASCAR’s Daytona 500 and the […]
WEC tyre warmers ban lifted for Le Mans 24 Hours
The decision made by the FIA and race organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, which jointly formulate the rules for the WEC, covers only the double-points round of the series on 10-11 June. It has resulted from an “in-depth evaluation of tyre usage data together with the WEC’s exclusive tyre suppliers, Michelin and Goodyear”, according […]
Delage name returns to Le Mans in IDEC Sport partnership
IDEC’s ORECA-Gibson 07 LMP2 entered for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship will bear allegiance to Delage, which was revived in 2019 and already has a prototype of a street legal supersportscar car known as the D12 up and running. The deal comes 73 years after the French manufacturer made the last of […]
Mercedes «very optimistic» about joining WEC’s GT3 class in 2024
The Mercedes-AMG GT3 will be eligible to compete in the WEC for the first time in 2024 following the series’ decision to axe its GTE formula in favour of SRO’s more affordable GT3 alternative. However, the WEC organisation will prioritise manufacturers that are already present in the championship’s Hypercar class when accepting entries, meaning the […]
Subaru has “back against the wall” after Fuji woes
The brand-new BRZ has endured a rough start to the 2023 season, Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi finishing a distant 22nd in a wet and wild opening race at Okayama and then coming home 11th in last week’s Golden Week classic at Fuji. It marks the first time the R&D Sport-run squad has failed to […]