The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full
Hypercar — 16 cars 2 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Earl Bamber Alex Lynn Richard Westbrook 3 Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R Sebastien Bourdais Renger van der Zande Scott Dixon 4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Vanwall Vandervell 680 Tom Dillmann Esteban Guerrieri Jacques Villeneuve 5 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Dane Cameron Michael Christensen Frederic Makowiecki 6 […]
Cadillac “excited” by three-pronged attack on Le Mans 24hrs
Of the 16 cars competing in the Hypercar class at this year’s centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, three will be the renamed Cadillac V-Series.R prototypes. The #2 Cadillac, which will contest the full season in the World Endurance Championship, will be run by Chip Ganassi Racing and driven by Earl Bamber, […]
Le Mans 24 Hours to feature highest number of top class entries since 2011
The Hypercar field for the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 10-11 June represents a three-car increase on the 13 full-season entries for the first edition of the series in which LMDh prototypes will race against Le Mans Hypercar machinery. Porsche Penske Motorsport has entered an additional 963 LMDh despite previously backing away […]
Pacific switches to Mercedes, Ferrari drops out
Pacific, which has run Ferrari machinery in conjunction with CarGuy in SUPER GT’s GT300 class for the past two seasons (pictured above), appeared on the full-season entry list released by the Japanese championship last week, but with its car model and drivers yet to be announced. Now the squad has announced that it will run […]
«Difficult» for WEC Hypercar newcomers «to win straight off»
The Italian constructor this year returns to top-flight prototype racing with a fully-fledged factory programme for the first time in 50 years, fielding a pair of 499Ps in the WEC after being lured by its new Le Mans Hypercar regulations. Ferrari’s track record of nine outright wins at Le Mans 24 Hours, coupled with its […]
Villeneuve «will be there on lap time» for WEC Sebring opener
The Argentinian, who will share Vanwall’s Le Mans Hypercar with Villeneuve and Tom Dillmann, believes that the 51-year-old veteran “will be there on lap time” when the 2023 WEC begins with the Sebring 1000 Miles on 17 March. “It is very good to have him on board, he is a world champion, of course, and […]
Kazuki Nakajima appointed Toyota WEC reserve for 2023 season
The 38-year-old Japanese driver has been brought back into the driving squad to take a role most recently filled by new AlphaTauri Formula 1 driver Nyck de Vries. Nakajima will dovetail his reserve duties with the vice-chairmanship of the Cologne-based Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe organisation that runs the two-car WEC squad, the role he was given on […]
Toyota reveals updated GR010 Hybrid for 2023 WEC season
The evolutions undertaken on the Toyota GR010 Hybrid for the 2023 WEC season are centred on driveability, serviceability and reliability, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon has revealed. Aerodynamic changes to the car unveiled on Wednesday include new dive-planes at the front and wing endplates at the rear. The bodywork revisions were conceived to create a […]
United Autosports completes 2023 WEC LMP2 line-up with teen racer
The Briton comes into the line-up in the #22 United ORECA-Gibson 07 alongside long-time team-mates Albuquerque and Hanson in place of Will Owen as the silver-rated driver. Lubin is making the switch to sportscar racing after a season in Euroformula Open in which he took one win on the way to fourth in the championship […]