Peugeot ‘scratching their heads’ after poor Imola WEC qualifying in new-look 9X8
Jean-Eric Vergne insisted that he and the Peugeot Sport team left nothing on the table on the way to 15th position in the opening qualifying session, five places off the cut-off for the Hyperpole final. He added that only a small improvement would have been possible without the red flag two minutes before the end […]
BMW’s Vanthoor frustrated by «harsh red flag» call in Imola WEC qualifying
The Belgian was pushing for a place in the Hyperpole session ultimately topped by Antonio Fuoco in a Ferrari top three sweep when he rotated the WRT-run M Hybrid V8 on the exit of the fast Piratella left-hander. Read Also: Having avoided contact with the wall and got going again, Vanthoor felt the session was […]
Ferrari 1-2-3 in dominant qualifying feat
Antonio Fuoco set two laps good enough for pole position aboard the #50 factory 499P Le Mans Hypercar at the head of a block-out by the three Ferraris in the 10-minute Hyperpole session. The Italian jumped to the top of the times with a 1m29.735s before improving to a 1m29.466s right at the end. “I felt […]
Fuoco completes Ferrari’s practice sweep in red-flagged FP3
Having also set the fastest time in Friday’s second practice, Fuoco’s factory Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar carried on where it left off on Saturday morning with a lap of 1m31.272s that was not surpassed before Paul di Resta beached the #94 Peugeot 9X8 LMH in the gravel at the Rivazza left-hander in the final […]
«More time» needed for BMW to emulate Porsche WEC win with LMDh
The triple DTM champion believes that the victory achieved by Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the Qatar 1812km season-opener gives BMW «hope» in the first year of its WEC programme with the M Hybrid V8 run by WRT. But he stressed that following a best result of 10th […]
Why Imola could bring “more chaos” to the WEC
Following a season-opening race in Qatar that ran without interruption from safety cars, there is widespread expectation that Imola’s tight and undulating nature may conspire to produce incidents that the open, flowing nature of the Losail International Circuit helped negate. Imola, which has replaced Monza as the host of Italy’s WEC round for 2024 on […]
Ferrari remains on top in FP2 as Fuoco beats Porsche
Fuoco carried on where fellow works Ferrari driver Yifei Ye left off in first practice aboard the #83 customer AF Corse-run example, setting a lap of 1m30.957s with over an hour remaining in the session that could not be surpassed. The effort put him 0.342 seconds clear of the championship-leading #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 […]
Ye fastest to lead Ferrari 1-2 in practice
Ye went fastest half an hour into the first 90-minute session with a 1m31.347s aboard the customer AF Corse-run 499P Le Mans Hypercar to push the best of the works Ferraris with Anthony Fuoco at the wheel down to second position. Fuoco ended up on 31.503s, which gave him a margin of nearly half a […]
Peugeot surprised by severity of WEC Balance of Performance hit
The French manufacturer has admitted surprise at the BoP for its Le Mans Hypercar, now known as the 9X8 2024, which will hit the track 31kg heavier and with 10kW (13bhp) less power than its predecessor did at the Qatar WEC season-opener in March. Read Also: The increase in minimum weight and the decrease in […]