Ferrari admits it was too conservative at WEC Portimao
Racing and test manager Giuliano Salvi conceded that the Italian manufacturer and the factory AF Corse team could have “pushed a bit more” on the second race outing for the 499P Le Mans Hypercar despite claiming second place with the entry shared by Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina. He explained that the cautious […]
Jarvis “had to think for myself” to seal Portimao WEC LMP2 win without radio
Jarvis, Josh Pierson and Giedo van der Garde beat team-mates Phil Hanson, Freddie Lubin and Ben Hanley by 0.68s in Portugal on Sunday, despite Jarvis needing to rely on pitboard communication from his team during his closing double stint. Van der Garde had been due to see out the race with a triple stint, but […]
Villeneuve «got lucky» with brake failure timing at WEC Portimao
Villeneuve expressed relief that the failure of the front-right disc on the Vanwall-Gibson Vandervell 680 with just over an hour of the race to go happened at Turn 10. «Having that happen at Turn 10 was certainly better than at Turn 1,» Villeneuve told Motorsport.com. «It’s never nice to lose the brakes, but it was […]
Toyota requests WEC procedure changes after FIA sensor failure
Pascal Vasselon, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, argued that it was unfair that the #7 GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar was forced to make an 11-minute pitstop after an FIA torque sensor on the left- rear driveshaft failed early in the Portimao 6 Hours. The sensors measuring the power delivered through each driveshaft are […]
TOM’S reflects on double disaster at Okayama
The #36 Toyota GR Supra shared by Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata was on course for at least second place until their charge was ended by a loose front left-wheel in the closing stages of what proved to be a weather-shortened curtain-raiser. Miyata, who took over from Tsuboi as the track dried out following an […]
NISMO Nissan had «luck» in crazy Okayama opener
The #23 Nissan Z shared by Matsuda and Quintarelli came out on top in a tempestuous race punctuated by three red flags for rain and lightning storms, which was ultimately brought to a premature halt with 62 of 82 laps completed. Read Also: Poleman Quintarelli maintained the net lead as he changed from slick Michelin […]
Taylor explains calamitous pitstop that led to fateful Acura charge
The WTR ARX-06 was the class of the field and leading the race when Filipe Albuquerque pitted to hand over to Taylor. But after an issue with his ear plugs before the start, Albuquerque’s radio lead was protruding from his race suit as he needed to plug it in to speak to the team and […]
Cadillac “a step closer” to Toyota in WEC after Portimao
The Cadillac V-Series.R driven by Earl Bamber, Richard Westbrook and Alex Lynn finished fourth in last month in WEC’s eight hour Sebring season-opener, and repeated this achievement in today’s six-hour race at Portimao, after climbing from eighth on the grid in the 11-entry Hypercar class. The #8 Toyota won the race interrupted by a sole […]
Lexus revels in “epic start to the year” after Long Beach win
The #14 Lexus RC F, run by Vasser Sullivan, led the GTD Pro class from green flag to checkered flag after getting the drop on GTD polesitter Marco Sorensen in the Heart of Racing Aston Martin Vantage. This triumph follows a third place in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona (with Mike Conway) and second […]