Toyota claims 1-2 finish in hectic race
The polesitting trio’s #7 GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar beat the sister crew of Sebastien Buemi, Ryo Hirakawa and Brendon Hartley that had started from the back of the grid after the latter’s qualifying crash by 11.637s. It was not enough to cost him the win however, as the Japanese had pulled 16.637s on Hartley in the closing laps. […]
Kobayashi concerned by «crazy dangerous» WEC out-laps on cold tyres at Spa
Poleman Kobayashi, who inherited the top spot after Ferrari’s Antonio Giovinazzi had his best lap deleted for a track limits infringement, made the comments after Brendon Hartley crashed the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID on his first lap out of the pits at Raidillon. Technical director Pascal Vasselon confirmed the crash was «just a classic off […]
WEC Spa qualifying debut for 963 exceeded expectations
Will Stevens logged the seventh fastest time in Friday evening’s Hypercar session on the first appearance for a customer 963 LMDh in the WEC, 2.095s down on the polesitting #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID of Kamui Kobayashi. His time was 0.601s off Kevin Estre in the lead Penske-run works Porsche in sixth, but 0.743s ahead of […]
Porsche reveals special livery for Le Mans 24 Hours
The revised colour scheme for the trio of entries run by the Porsche Penske Motorsport squad in the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 10/11 June celebrates the 75 years of the marque and the 100th anniversary of a race it has won a record 19 times overall. The extra car entered in […]
Toyota takes pole after Ferrari gets track limits penalty
Giovinazzi found two tenths on a second quick lap aboard his Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar to leapfrog AF Corse team-mate Miguel Molina and Kobayashi right at the end of the 15-minute Hypercar session. The Italian’s 2m00.777s was good enough to give Ferrari pole by just three hundredths before the time was scratched out for […]
Toyota beats Cadillac to fastest FP3 time on drying track
Times set early in the one-hour session were around 20 seconds off the dry pace set on Thursday, but improved steadily before a final flurry of quick times saw several different manufacturers take turns atop the leaderboard. It was Kobayashi’s #7 GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar that ended up fastest with a 2m08.702s effort, despite […]
WEC announces five-year contract extension with Spa to 2028
Le Mans Endurance Management, a subsidiary of Le Mans organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest that runs the WEC and ELMS, signed the deal with the Belgian track ahead of this weekend’s third round of the 2023 WEC. Spa has been a mainstay of the world championship since 2012, when the WEC began in its […]
Honda Civic GT500 will closely resemble concept
The Sakura marque caused a stir in January when it took the covers off the car that will form the base of the successor to the NSX-GT at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Honda has chosen the unorthodox route of using a front-wheel drive, four-door road car as its GT500 base model, although current regulations dictate […]
Giovinazzi leads Ferrari 1-2 in second practice
Giovinazzi’s #51 499P Le Mans Hypercar dipped under the benchmark time set in opening practice by Sebastien Buemi’s #8 Toyota GR010 LMH, posting a best lap of 2m01.871s. That proved 1.278s faster than Molina in the second Ferrari, which spent much of the first half of the session in the garage before its 2m03.149s lap. […]