Porsche’s 911 GT Daytona 24 Hours giant-killing relived
Kevin Buckler’s The Racers Group outfit had won the GT class at Daytona in 2002, aided by two young Porsche factory drivers: Timo Bernhard and Jorg Bergmeister. “2002 was the first time they’d ever been to the US, and it was with us,” says Buckler. “At first, I didn’t really want these Porsche UPS Junior […]
F2 racer Sato switches to ELMS with United Autosports
The Japanese driver joins British duo Oliver Jarvis and Phil Hanson in the line-up in the #22 Oreca 07-Gibson, one of three LMP2 cars United will field in the ELMS this season, after spending the past three seasons in F2. Sato made his F2 debut towards the end of the 2019 season with Campos Racing […]
NASCAR Garage 56 reveals Le Mans headlights setup in Daytona
The Chevy Camaro ZL1 shared the track with the 2024 Corvette Z06 GT3.R, which will race in IMSA competition next season, and used its evening running to test out its new headlights. As well as having lights in the usual position, which are stickers on regular NASCAR machinery, a lower second bank of light pods […]
Grosjean hopes to race Le Mans in 2024 if IndyCar schedule allows
Last December, the Andretti Autosport-Honda IndyCar driver was confirmed as part of Lamborghini’s roster of drivers destined to help develop the marque’s LMDh prototype and then race it in 2024. As part of that deal, Grosjean is racing a Lamborghini Huracan GTD Pro car run by the works Iron Lynx team at IMSA endurance events […]
Neel Jani joins Duqueine LMP2 team for 2023 ELMS campaign
Jani, 39, will share the French squad’s Oreca 07-Gibson with Rene Binder and silver-rated teenager Nico Pino. It follows the news in December that Jani would be ending a 10-year stint as a Porsche works driver after missing out on a seat in the German manufacturer’s new LMDh project for 2023. The Swiss driver, who […]
ARTA Honda tops opening day of Fuji SUPER GT test
Seven cars were present for the second group test of the year following last week’s snow-affected Suzuka test, with a quartet of Honda NSX-GTs in action alongside three Nissan Zs. Both Mugen-run ARTA cars as well as the Team Kunimitsu and Nakajima Racing outfits were in action of the Honda contingent, while Nissan was represented […]
Acura aces hope Rolex 24 1-2 changes Honda’s Le Mans outlook
The Acura ARX-06, which won on its competition debut in last weekend’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, will be confined to North America for 2023 with parent brand Honda yet to give the go-ahead for the car to be raced in the FIA World Endurance Championship. A spokesperson for Honda in Japan told Motorsport.com late last […]
Kvyat, Bortolotti join Prema’s expanded WEC line-up for 2023
Kvyat and Bortolotti will share Prema’s second Oreca 07-Gibson with the previously-announced Doriane Pin, forming an all-rookie line-up in the LMP2 class of the WEC. The Italian outfit’s primary #9 entry will be crewed by one-time Formula 3 race winner Bent Viscaal, 20-year-old Romanian Filip Ugran and Juan Manuel Correa. Correa, who was announced by […]
What’s going on with Nissan and Kiyoto Fujinami?
The manufacturer’s press release arrived last Friday, just days after Fujinami had been spotted behind the wheel of the #24 Kondo Racing Z on the opening day of manufacturer testing at Suzuka. And yet, when the release dropped, Fujinami’s name was nowhere to be seen, while incumbent Kohei Hirate was listed alongside Daiki Sasaki as […]