Cameron pips returnee Blomqvist after two red flags in FP1
Porsche’s Dane Cameron set the pace in opening practice for the sixth round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Watkins Glen, ahead of the returning Tom Blomqvist for Cadillac. IMSA brings a 56-car field to the classic 3.4-mile road course, which hosted the United States Grand Prix for 20 years, set in the rolling hills […]
Taylor vows Acura can ‘gain back the points we lost’ in IMSA title chase
Ricky Taylor believes Acura remains in the IMSA SportsCar Championship title hunt after he and team-mate Filipe Albuquerque ended their win drought last time out on the streets of Detroit. As a result of their victory, Taylor and Albuquerque’s Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura ARX-06 has risen to sixth in points, 239 off the […]
LMDh, LMH regulations extended to 2029 WEC, IMSA seasons
The timeframe of the rules, which make up the respective Hypercar and GTP classes in the two series, has been extended for reasons of stability, according to both the WEC and IMSA. Richard Mille, president of the FIA Endurance Commission, told Motorsport.com: “Stability is very important. It is the reason why we have all these […]
Inception McLaren confident of fighting WEC regulars after Le Mans GT3 pole
Brendan Iribe topped the Hyperpole session in his McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, entered under the Inception Racing banner, with a 3m58.120s lap that put him 0.808s clear of Alexander Malykhin’s #92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche that leads the LMGT3 standings in the WEC. The Optimum-run Inception outfit that competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and GT […]
Jota, Wayne Taylor teams set for Cadillac switch in WEC, IMSA
Jota and WTR look certain to move over from Porsche and Acura respectively to replace Chip Ganassi Racing in the General Motors brand’s roster of teams. Motorsport.com has learned that each has a deal in place to run two V-Series.R LMDhs in 2025, Jota in WEC and WTR in the North American IMSA series. There […]
Why IMSA’s downtown Detroit GTP debut was divisive among drivers
Thanks to the vision of Roger Penske and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, the event – which was a Formula 1 round from 1982 to 1988 – returned last year as a flagship IndyCar Series round in the shadow of General Motors’ imposing towers of its Renaissance Center that forms its global HQ – for now, […]
Acura beats Porsche with stunning pass in wild street fight
On the series’ debut on the tight and twisty 1.654-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit in downtown Detroit, Taylor beat Porsche’s Mathieu Jaminet after pulling off a great overtaking move inside the final 25 minutes in GTP. AO Racing’s Seb Priaulx and Laurin Heinrich won the GTD Pro class in their Porsche 911. After the pair […]
Detroit race traffic will be “unlike any other” track in U.S.
IMSA’s premier sportscar series makes its racing debut at the tight and twisty 1.654-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit in downtown Detroit on Saturday, with its GTP and GTD Pro classes making up a 21-car field. Tandy won the pole from Porsche Penske Motorsport team-mate Dane Cameron by 0.124s in qualifying on Friday afternoon, and although […]
Porsche 1-2 in GTP qualifying, Corvette sweeps GTD Pro
On the series’ debut on the tight and twisty 1.654-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit in downtown Detroit, Tandy beat Penske stable-mate Dane Cameron and Cadillac’s Sebastien Bourdais to the fastest time in qualifying for GTP, while Antonio Garcia scored GTD Pro pole position as Corvette swept the field on home turf. There was an immediate […]