Ben Keating reveals challenge adapting to Corvette C8.R
Keating will team up with Nicky Catsburg and Nico Varrone in the WEC, but says the technique required to extract pace from the C8.R is not like anything he had encountered previously. The 51-year-old Texan has become one of the most highly respected Bronze-rated drivers of the past 10 years, adapting well and winning races […]
Pagenaud to return to Le Mans after a decade with Cool Racing
Pagenaud will share an ORECA 07-Gibson entered by Cool Racing with Reshad De Gerus and Vladislav Lomko in the centenary edition of the French enduro, joining the 24-car LMP2 field. He effectively takes the place of Toyota driver Jose Maria Lopez in the Swiss squad’s regular European Le Mans Series line-up. It will mark the […]
Can Nissan’s flagship #23 car bounce back in 2023?
Last year was a banner season for Nissan in SUPER GT. On top of the fact it won the GT500 crown that had eluded it since 2015 with the brand new Z, it locked out the top two in the drivers’ standings, and it won the GT300 title to boot. In fact, pretty much every […]
Van Berlo joins Andretti LMP3 squad for IMSA endurance races
While Dakota Dickerson and Rasmus Lindh partnered with Jarett Andretti and Gabby Chaves in the #36 Gallant Ligier JS P 320 for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s season-opening Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, it will be Van Berlo who joins the squad for Sebring, the Six Hours at Watkins Glen and Petit Le Mans at […]
Pescarolo-like Glickenhaus has strengths to exploit
Glickenhaus was among the first teams to commit to the Hypercar class in 2021 and has since turned its 007 LMH car into a respectable contender, scoring outright podiums at both Sebring and the Le Mans 24 Hours last year. It also came close to a maiden victory at Monza after clinching pole position, until […]
Kenta Yamashita targets early comeback from back fracture
Yamashita suffered a major crash at Suzuka’s 130R corner on the opening day of manufacturer testing aboard the Rookie Racing Toyota GR Supra, and had to be taken to hospital. He was released the following day to begin his rehabilitation, but has not driven a racing car since, missing last week’s Suzuka SUPER GT test […]
Toyota ends Suzuka SUPER GT test on top, big crash for Honda
For the first time this year, a group test day was topped by a manufacturer other than Honda, as Sena Sakaguchi set the pace aboard the Yokohama-shod #19 Toyota GR Supra with a best time of 1m43.206s in the two-hour morning session. That was almost three tenths faster than Sakaguchi had managed on Thursday, but […]
Honda smashes lap record on first day of Suzuka SUPER GT test
A total of 13 cars, representing the entire GT500 field except the two NISMO-run Nissan Zs, were in action for the opening day of what marks the final group running before next week’s official Okayama test. Continuing the pattern seen in previous tests, it was the Honda NSX-GT contingent that dominated the timesheets, with all […]
Hardwick slams “flawed” IMSA BoP, announces WEC plans
The latest iterations of the Porsche 911 RSR-19s were left breathless by the fastest GTD Pro/GTD cars in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona this year. Hardwick, who races for Wright Motorsports, saw teammate Jan Heylen – with whom he won last year’s Rolex 24 – qualify as fastest of the Porsche drivers, yet 2.849sec […]