Honda continues dominant run as Okayama SUPER GT test ends
Having topped both days at last week’s Fuji test and the opening day of the Okayama test on Wednesday, the NSX-GT contingent shone once again on Thursday, with the four Bridgestone-shod Hondas occupying places one to four in the faster two-hour morning session. This time it was the turn of the #8 ARTA machine of […]
More than Renault’s F1 trailblazer
Yet his stint at Renault was just one chapter in a long and varied motorsport career that included the design of the chassis in which he took the title at the end of a hard-fought campaign in the 1976 European Formula 2 Championship. Jabouille, who has died aged 80 after a long illness, was an […]
Kirkwood to race GTD Pro Lexus at Sebring and Petit Le Mans
Kirkwood joined Aaron Telitz, Frankie Montecalvo and Parker Thompson in the GTD-class #12 VS Lexus for last month’s Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, the quartet finishing fifth in class. For Sebring and Petit Le Mans, the open-wheel ace will accompany Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat who, along with Toyota prototype ace Mike Conway, drove Vasser […]
Don’t change GTP BoP yet, Filipe Albuquerque urges
Acura got the new GTP era off to a perfect start with a one-two finish for its two new ARX-06 prototypes, with Meyer Shank Racing taking victory in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship opener ahead of Wayne Taylor Racing. While the Honda brand proved itself the class of the field at Daytona, Porsche managed to get […]
Honda dominates first day of Okayama SUPER GT testing
A total of 10 cars participated of what marks the third group test of the year so far for GT500 cars, with all five Honda NSX-GTs joined by a quartet of Toyota GR Supras and a single Nissan Z. The #17 Astemo-sponsored Real Honda of Koudai Tsukakoshi set the day’s quickest time in the two-hour […]
Igor Fraga lands SUPER GT drive in Gran Turismo-backed Lexus
Fraga will share Arnage’s Yokohama-shod #50 Lexus with fellow youngster Yuga Furutani, while Formula Regional Japanese champion and Toyota junior Miki Koyama also joins the line-up as third driver. Arnage switches to using Lexus GT3 machinery after selling its previous Toyota 86 Mother Chassis car to Team Mach. It marks the third different model the […]
TOM’S reveals striking new liveries for 2023 SUPER GT season
While the #36 car retains the same distinctive orange-and-white colour scheme that have been used in previous years by sponsor au, the #37 car features a black-and-lime green design in deference to new backer Deloitte, in a radical departure from the car’s previous look. Financial services company Deloitte was announced as the new title sponsor […]
Vautier, Hawksworth join Algarve Pro for 2023 ELMS season
Vautier and Hawksworth will share one of the Portuguese squad’s two Oreca 07-Gibsons with bronze-rated Fred Poordad as they tackle the Pro-am sub-division of the top LMP2 category in the ELMS. For factory Lexus driver Hawksworth, it marks a first foray into European racing since a partial campaign in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance […]
Stoffel Vandoorne joins Peugeot WEC team as reserve driver
The announcement follows Vandoorne leaving the Mercedes Formula E outfit with which he won the 2021/22 title to join DS Penske, which is part of the same Stellantis automotive group as Peugeot. The 30-year-old will take the place vacated by British driver James Rossiter, who announced his decision to step down from racing last year […]