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 […]
Isotta Fraschini Hypercar set for track debut as WEC preparations continue
Isotta’s Tipo 6 LMH Competizione will be given a shakedown at the Vallelunga circuit close to Rome over two days on 11-12 April. Driving duties will be handled by Maurizio Mediani, who is a test driver for the Michelotto Engineering organisation that has led the design and development of the Tipo 6. The 54-year-old Italian, […]
The Peugeot axis that claimed Group C’s final world title
The Sports Car World Championship wasn’t in the best of health by 1992 following the withdrawals of Jaguar and Mercedes. And Group C as a world championship platform duly ceased to exist after a Magny-Cours finale that attracted a pitiful eight-car entry. It was left to Peugeot to fight off Toyota for the honour of […]
Goodyear secures tyre supplier deal for WEC LMGT3 class
The American-headquartered company has won the FIA tender to provide rubber for the category that replaces GTE in 2024. The three-year deal announced on Thursday, after a virtual vote by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council, follows on from Goodyear becoming the exclusive supplier in the LMP2 class of both the WEC and the sister […]
Nissan «not confident» Z has retained any 2022 advantage
Last season, Nissan scored its first GT500 title since the 2015 season as the all-new Z proved the class of the field, with Team Impul pair Bertrand Baguette and Kazuki Hiramine beating the NISMO-run NDDP Racing squad to the championship. For 2023, an aerodynamics freeze is in place for the GT500 class ahead of the […]
Corvette “should be right at front” in Long Beach GTD Pro fight
Taylor, who won the IMSA support race at the Grand Prix of Long Beach three straight years while driving for Wayne Taylor Racing in the Prototype division, took pole in GTD Pro last year, despite it being the C8.R’s first street race in the category. Previously, the Corvettes had been in the now-defunct GT Le […]
The Le Mans minnows that caused legendary upsets
Endurance racing is teeming with stories of teams that overcame long odds to achieve landmark results — both in class and in the outright classification. And while the Le Mans 24 Hours hasn’t witnessed a GT car triumph over prototypes in the modern era — as in the 2003 Daytona 24 Hours or 2015 Petit […]