Daniil Kvyat joins Lamborghini LMDh programme for 2024
The former Toro Rosso/AlphaTauri and Red Bull racer has become a Lamborghini Squadra Corse factory driver for this season and will undertake testing duties of the new Lambo LMDh developed in conjunction with Ligier Automotive later in the year. The Russian-born driver, who is competing under an Italian race licence, becomes the fourth driver to […]
Okayama SUPER GT – schedule, how to watch, entry list
A total of 42 cars, 15 in GT500 and 27 in GT300, are slated to do battle in Sunday’s 300km opener, the first of eight races on the 2023 SUPER GT schedule. While there may be an aero freeze in the top GT500 class ahead of the introduction of all-new machines, the development war between […]
A legend’s top Ferrari Le Mans racers
Ferrari 166 MM The 166 MM gave Ferrari victory on its Le Mans 24 Hours debut Photo by: Eric Gilbert Year: 1949Drivers: Luigi Chinetti/Lord SelsdonResult: 1st Ferrari won Le Mans at its first attempt with the 166 MM. The only other marque to do this in the race’s history has been McLaren in 1995. Perhaps […]
Toyota expects closer WEC fight at Portimao with Ferrari its «biggest threat»
Buemi believes Toyota’s two-lap winning margin at the Sebring 1000 Miles was an unrepresentative result and that the six-hour race at Portimao will offer a better picture of how competitive its rivals in the Hypercar class will be in 2023. “It looked a lot because in the end we won by two laps,” said Buemi, […]
Why the Yogibo Honda is here to stay in SUPER GT this time
It was hard to miss the bright baby blue Yogibo NSX GT3 in its first year of competition in 2021. With former Direxiv boss Haga helming the effort, the squad made an impact with its imaginative promotional efforts with Yogibo’s line of cushions and bean bags. The on-track results however were rather less impressive. Ryo […]
“Argy-bargy is necessary” to win Long Beach IMSA race
The third round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season sees eight cars competing in the GTP class – two Cadillac V-Series.Rs of Chip Ganassi Racing and AXR, two Acura ARX-06s of Wayne Taylor Racing and Meyer Shank Racing, two Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s and two BMW M Hybrid V8s run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan. And […]
Isotta Fraschini Le Mans Hypercar completes first day of running
The initial sessions of a two-day shakedown at Vallelunga for the revived Italian manufacturer’s Tipo 6 LMH Competizione were labelled a success by Isotta motorsport boss Claudio Berro. “We had no significant problems, but it was a normal first test for a new car,” Berro told Motorsport.com. “There were long stops to look at things […]
Calderon returns to endurance racing with ELMS LMP2 drive
The silver-rated Colombian driver will partner Rob Hodes and Ian Rodriguez aboard Virage’s Pro-am Oreca 07 for the six-round series, which kicks off this month in Barcelona. Former Alfa Romeo Formula 1 development driver Calderon had gone into the off-season with no firm plans for the 2023 campaign after she was forced to call time […]
Corvette drivers optimistic Portimao will suit C8.R
The 2.891-mile Algarve International Circuit, which will host the second round of the World Endurance Championship this weekend with a Six Hour race, comprises 15 turns and undulations that include a 16 percent drop down sweeping turns. Nico Varrone, Ben Keating and Nicky Catsburg, who together won the GTE Am class in the WEC season-opener […]