IMSA GTP rivals confused by “erratic” Porsche 963 pace
Porsche Penske Motorsport almost snatched an unlikely victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring, until its cars crashed out along with the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura inside the last 20 minutes of the Florida sportscar classic while scrapping over the lead. Before that event, PPM’s WEC team had finished a distant second best at Sebring […]
Can Honda give the NSX-GT a winning SUPER GT farewell?
Back in January, Honda revealed a glimpse of the future as it took the covers off its Civic Type R GT500 concept machine at the Tokyo Auto Salon. That car won’t race until 2024, so for the upcoming season Honda finds itself in the odd position of racing a car in SUPER GT’s top category […]
All the big talking points of 2023
Over the past two seasons, Motorsport.tv has been privileged to bring you live coverage of every qualifying session and every race of Japan’s premier sportscar racing series, which boasts the fastest GT cars in the world in the top GT500 class, as well as the ultra-diverse and closely-fought GT300 category. Ahead of the 2023 season, […]
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 […]