Subaru outlines improvements on updated 2023 BRZ
The Japanese marque conducted a season launch and shakedown at Fuji Speedway on Tuesday, showing off the second-generation BRZ in a subtly-revised livery for the car’s third season. Drivers Takuto Iguchi and Hideki Yamauchi were on hand to put the car through its paces as they aim to regain the title following their narrow defeat […]
How BMW fed legendary heritage into its latest M-Sport attack
The German manufacturer, which has competed in almost all forms of motorsport from World Rallying to Formula One, makes a long-awaited return to the top flight of sports prototype racing this year in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The season-opening 24-Hours of Daytona marked the first time a works-led BMW endurance machine has hit the track […]
Porsche, Cadillac have «slight advantage» for Sebring WEC
Toyota will enter the third year of WEC’s Hypercar era with an updated version of the GR010 Hybrid that won the last two titles, but will have to do without tyre warmers as part of a change in regulations for 2023. Both Porsche and Cadillac have extensive data about how cold Michelin tyres perform on […]
Le Mans auto-invites decided after Asian Le Mans Series finale
DKR drivers Charlie Eastwood, Ayhancan Guven and Salih Yoluc took victory in Sunday’s second of two races held at the Yas Marina Circuit and claimed the title after profiting from problems for their rivals in the latter stages. Eastwood had been running third with 15 minutes of the four hours remaining but moved into the […]
SUPER GT releases 42-car entry list for 2023 season
A grid of 42 cars marks a reduction of one car compared to last season, although there was only one race, May’s Fuji 450km, in which all 43 cars initially entered for the 2022 campaign actually took part. As has been the case in recent years, Toyota has the most cars entered in the GT500 […]
Villeneuve faces «tough job» in WEC, admits Vanwall Hypercar boss
Villeneuve was announced last month as one of the three drivers for the ByKolles-run Vanwall outfit’s return to the WEC with the new Vandervell 680 Le Mans Hypercar, alongside Tom Dillmann and Esteban Guerrieri. It marks the latest chapter in a nomadic post-F1 career for the 51-year-old Canadian driver, who made his last grand prix […]
Cadillac will «work around» lack of European testing «handicap» for WEC entry
Laura Wontrop Klauser, sportscar programme manager at Cadillac parent company General Motors, conceded that the absence of European test miles for the Chip Ganassi Racing squad that will field a single V-LMDh in the WEC “could be called a handicap”. But Klauser stressed that she doesn’t believe “it is something that is going to completely put us […]
Fujinami breaks silence after losing Nissan SUPER GT drive
The 27-year-old, a two-time GT300 class champion for Kondo Racing alongside Joao Paulo de Oliveira, posted a brief statement on his Twitter account hours after NISMO announced that his seat would be taken by Teppei Natori this year. While details of the incident remain unclear, multiple sources have indicated to Motorsport.com that it relates to […]
Porsche confident of sorting Daytona problems for Sebring WEC, IMSA
Jonathan Diuguid, boss of the PPM squad, said there is «definitely confidence» that it can go into the double-header Sebring weekend when it will race a pair of 963s in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with a reliable car. He explained that Porsche and Penske have been working […]