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 […]
Toyota beats Ferrari to continue winning run
The polesitting crew’s GR010 HYBRID headed the #50 Ferrari 499P of Nicklas Nielsen, Miguel Molina and Antonio Fuoco as Porsche became the first LMDh constructor to score a WEC podium with its #6 963 driven by Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer. Cadillac matched its Sebring 1000 Miles finish of fourth with its Chip […]
JOTA Porsche LMDh set for first shakedown ahead of Spa WEC debut
Porsche will give the hybrid prototype a shakedown on Wednesday at its Weissach test track as part of the handover to JOTA. Factory driver Matt Campbell, part of the Porsche Penske Motorsport line-up in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, is scheduled to drive the first of the four customer 963s released for 2023 to be delivered. […]
Ferrari still has tyre deg lessons to learn ahead of Portimao WEC
The Italian manufacturer remains on a steep learning curve despite undertaking more than six months of testing with the 499P, according to sportscar race and testing manager Giuliano Salvi. Salvi explained that a winter test programme will always leave question marks about tyre management because it is not undertaken in the same conditions that the […]
Nissan wins bonkers wet/dry season opener
The #23 NISMO Nissan Z of Ronnie Quintarelli and Tsugio Matsuda survived multiple safety car periods and stoppages to claim victory at the former Pacific Grand Prix venue, leading the sister #3 NDDP car of Katsumasa Chiyo and Mitsunori Takaboshi. The two Michelin-shod NISMO cars were the favourites heading into the race after locking out […]
Chaotic rain-hit Okayama SUPER GT race halted by red flag
Proceedings were brought to a halt with 54 laps of 82 completed, the #36 TOM’S Toyota GR Supra of Ritomo Miyata leading the way from the #3 NDDP Racing Nissan Z of Mitsunori Takaboshi. It followed a safety car period triggered by a crash involving two GT300 cars, the #9 Pacific Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 of […]
“Huge” first Porsche 963 win thanks to ‘rolling the dice’ – Tandy
Tandy, who shared the winning car with Mathieu Jaminet in the third round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship on the fabled Californian street circuit, admitted that the pace deficit to GTP class rivals Acura, Cadillac and BMW had led the Penske-run team to consider alternate strategies. Tandy had managed to grab second place from sixth […]