Jacob Abel running endurance rounds with Era Motorsport for 2026
Era Motorsport confirmed the arrival of Jacob Abel for Endurance Cup rounds for the 2026 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Abel, 24, will co-drive the team’s No. 18 ORECA 07 LMP2 alongside Naveen Rao and Ferdinand Habsburg for all of the endurance rounds, with former Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant also part of […]
Alpine “struggling to understand” its issues after Le Mans practice
After a very promising test day, Wednesday turned out to be a mixed bag for Alpine. Reliability is no longer a concern at the French outfit and both A424s secured their spots in the Hyperpole 1 session after the first round of qualifying. However, behind the scenes, some head-scratching is going on. When the LMDh […]
Gounon to again replace injured Habsburg at Alpine in Spa WEC round
The French manufacturer’s reserve driver will race the #35 Alpine A424 LMDh for a second race in a row as Habsburg continues to recover from the back injuries sustained in testing at the end of March. Habsburg was initially listed in the car alongside Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup Chatin on the publication late last month […]
Alpine confident for ‘good news’ in Habsburg injury recovery
The French manufacturer dropped hints at last weekend’s Imola WEC race that it expects the Austrian to retake his place alongside Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup Chatin in the #35 Alpine A424 LMDh at the Spa 6 Hours on 11 May. “We are expecting good news from Ferdy this week,” said Philippe Sinault, boss of Signatech […]
Gounon replaces Habsburg for Alpine Hypercar debut at Imola’s WEC round
The two-time GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup title winner with Mercedes takes Habsburg’s seat in the French manufacturer’s #35 A424 LMDh alongside Charles Milesi and Paul-Loup in his role as official reserve for the Signatech-run Alpine Endurance Team. Habsburg has been ruled out for at least the second round of the 2024 WEC after […]