WTR Acura became «bowling ball» in Sebring lead clash
As the final 30 minutes of the race approached, Albuquerque was battling for victory in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06, with his sights firmly set on passing the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 of Mathieu Jaminet for the lead. The two cars came to blows exiting Turn 1 after Jaminet moved […]
Cadillac wins after late-race GTP pile-up
Apart from a pitlane speeding penalty, the #10 Acura of Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque and Louis Deletraz had a seemingly comfortable race until a series of late restarts embroiled them in a battle with the #6 Porsche of Mathieu Jaminet, Nick Tandy and Dane Cameron. Albuquerque and Jaminet were battling for the win in the […]
WTR Acura leads, heartache for Ganassi Cadillac
GTP The race’s fifth full-course caution was caused by the #24 BMW M Hybrid V8 of Augusto Farfus grinding to a halt, then proceeding slowly toward the pits – a destination it never made. Almost simultaneously, Kyffin Simpson had a sizeable off in his Tower Motorsport LMP2 car. At the restart with 5hr25m to go, Albuquerque […]
WTR Acura leads Cadillacs at half distance
At the start of the fourth hour, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Cadillac V-Series R Scott Dixon had a 30s lead over the BMW of Philipp Eng, the Porsche 963s of Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr but half an hour later, Eng went off at Turn 3. The moment’s hesitation to avoid the incident allowed Nasr to […]
Dixon leads in Ganassi Cadillac, BMW looking strong
GTP After a furious battle between Cadillac and Acura in the opening hour, Ganassi jumped Sebastien Bourdais ahead of Pipo Derani out of the pits following the first round of stops, despite giving it four fresh Michelins – partly thanks to a very strong in-lap from Bourdais – but then the field was bunched by […]
Peugeot уже работает над исправлением переключения передач, которое нанесло ущерб WEC Sebring
О проблеме, с которой столкнулся автомобиль под номером 94 в первые моменты гонки Sebring 1000 Miles в пятницу, а затем с автомобилем под номером 93 в начале второго часа, уже было известно команде, объяснил после гонки технический директор Peugeot Sport Оливье Янсонни. Он описал это как проблему с приводом, которая будет решена с обновлением вовремя […]
Cadillac and Acura duel hard in opening hour
After heading an all-Cadillac front row in qualifying, Derani (Action Express Racing) led Taylor – who outdragged Chip Ganassi Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais away from the rolling start – and almost grabbed the lead around the outside at Turn 1. But Derani stood firm to hold the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura at bay at Turn 3. […]
Ferrari не ожидала, что сразится с Toyota за победу в WEC Sebring
Итальянский производитель сообщил, что уже знал, что его гиперкар 499P Le Mans не сможет сравниться с гоночным темпом Toyota LMH, которые финишировали 1-2 перед стартом 1000-мильной гонки. Технический руководитель Ferrari по спортивным гонкам Фердинандо Канниццо объяснил после гонки, что Ferrari была довольна третьим местом для победителя поула Антонио Фуоко, Мигеля Молины и Никласа Нильсена после […]
Sebring 1-2 «very important» for Toyota against new WEC rivals
Lopez, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway won the opening round of the 2023 WEC season in the #7 Toyota GR010 Hybrid, leading the sister #8 car crewed by Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa by just over two seconds. The #7 Toyota moved to the front around the halfway point of the race when […]