The power behind Honda’s American dreams
In the rolling hills north of Los Angeles, next door to a movie lot, Honda’s American motorsport division HPD has produced some of the most potent engines in US motorsport; powerplants that have claimed 18 IndyCar championships and 15 Indianapolis 500 wins, along with a surfeit of sportscar titles and a trio of overall Daytona […]
Can Toyota’s ‘must-win’ combo go all the way after Fuji win?
After qualifying for last week’s Golden Week classic, there would have been short odds on a Honda victory, with NSX-GT crews starting first and third. Without a power steering issue for the #8 ARTA car, it might have been three Bridgestone Honda squads starting ahead of the #36 TOM’S Toyota GR Supra, which was sixth-fastest […]
Naoki Yamamoto admits he was “lacklustre” at Fuji
From pole position, Yamamoto and Makino finished a distant second in the Golden Week race, ending up some 28 seconds down on the #36 TOM’S Toyota GR Supra of Sho Tsuboi and Ritomo Miyata. Read Also: Makino was at the wheel of the Kunimitsu car for the opening two stints of the 450km race, completing […]
Planned debut for Isotta Hypercar postponed to Bahrain WEC round
The revived Italian car maker is now looking to the Bahrain series finale of the 2023 WEC in November to race its Tipo 6 LMH Competizione for the first time ahead of a full programme in 2024 with partner team Vector Sport. Isotta motorsport boss Claudio Berro explained that the focus through the summer would […]
Ex-F1 racer Stevens joins Tower Motorsports for Watkins Glen
Stevens will join the reigning LMP2 champion team to share the #8 Oreca with team owner John Farano and Kyffin Simpson, competing in his third endurance race with the team this season. Stevens, who raced for Caterham and Marussia in Formula 1, has proven a star in sportscars, scoring six wins in the World Endurance […]
Gutierrez joins Glickenhaus for Le Mans as full entry list revealed
The Mexican, who made 59 grand prix starts for Sauber and Haas in F1, has been brought into the Glickenhaus Racing line-up together with Nathanael Berthon to drive its additional Le Mans Hypercar entered for the French enduro on 10/11 June. They were confirmed on Friday alongside Franck Mailleux in the #709 Glickenhaus-Pipo 007 with […]
Impul Nissan’s Fuji performance “unacceptable”
Baguette made the comments after he and Kazuki Hiramine finished a distant ninth in their Nissan Z GT500, one minute and 20 seconds down on the winning TOM’S Toyota in a 450km race that ran completely free of full-course yellows or safety car periods. The Belgian driver took the wheel for the opening stint from […]
How Fuji 450km unravelled for Honda's 'superteam'
The #16 ARTA car that had qualified third and ran second in the early stages in the hands of Nirei Fukuzumi was penalised for a second race in a row for an infraction at its first pitstop, with a drive-through demoting Fukuzumi and Hiroki Otsu to 10th place.Then, with just two laps to run, the […]
Montoya to drive RWR entry in three IMSA races
Montoya, a two-time Indy 500 champion with race victories in Formula 1 and the NASCAR Cup Series, is one of of the most versatile drivers in racing. A native of Bogota, Colombia, Montoya is also no stranger to sports car racing. He is a three-time overall winner of the Rolex 24 at Daytona, and earned […]