Lietz «had no idea» last-lap WEC Spa move was for LMGT3 victory
Lietz revealed that he at first «had no idea» about the significance of his pass on team-mate Klaus Bachler into Les Combes, which secured victory for the #91 Manthey EMA Porsche he shared with Yasser Shahin and Morris Schuring, as he had begun the final tour in third place. Franck Perera’s Iron Lynx Lamborghini was […]
Jota’s victory in WEC Spa is «proof» of the 963 programme, says Porsche
Urs Kuratle, director of the LMDh project at Porsche, explained that the win for British team’s 963 LMDh shared by Will Stevens and Callum Ilott and the performance of the Proton Competition entry driven by Julien Andlauer and Neel Jani provided validation of the decision to produce customer versions of car. “This is proof of […]
Ferrari protest into WEC Spa result rejected
The Ferrari AF Corse team submitted a protest against the the stewards’ decisions declaring that the race would be restarted after the original time the event was scheduled to finish and the provisional results of the race. It was ruled inadmissible under the FIA’s international sporting code because “a stewards decision cannot be the subject […]
Jota Porsche claims maiden win in crash-delayed thriller
Will Stevens and Callum Ilott secured the first customer car victory of the Hypercar era for Jota in a 1-2 for the Porsche 963 LMDh, finishing 12.363s ahead of the factory #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry shared by Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre. Taking fuel shortly before the 1hr44m red flag, caused when […]
Spa WEC race halted after accident involving Cadillac and BMW in hour five
Bamber was pressuring Neel Jani’s Proton Porsche 963 LMDh for third place with a little under two hours remaining in the race when the pair came upon the battle for fourth in the LMGT3 class on the run to Les Combes. With Jani delayed slightly behind Gelael’s WRT-run BMW M4 GT3 and the D’Station Aston […]
Alpine’s first WEC Hyperpole appearance of 2024 ‘healing’ after Imola troubles
Frenchman Milesi explained that reaching the top 10 shootout in the car’s third competitive outing had helped to lift spirits in the camp ahead of Saturday’s 6-hour race after both Signatech-run machines were involved in a first corner tangle in Italy, while each also had post-race time penalties for drive time infringements. «It’s good for […]
Ferrari stripped of WEC Spa pole, Porsche takes top spot
The car driven by Antonio Fuoco to a second consecutive WEC pole position in Friday afternoon’s Hyperpole session by a margin of 0.507s has lost all of its times from qualifying and will now start from the rear of the Hypercar field for Saturday’s 6 Hour race. The #5 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh will […]
Ferrari’s Calado admits «I screwed up» after missing WEC Spa Hyperpole
The Briton revealed that he made mistakes on his two quick laps aboard the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar in the opening 15-minute qualifying session. That left him outside the top 10 cars that progressed to the final session in which team-mate Antonio Fuoco claimed pole position by half a second in the sister […]
Ferrari beats Porsche to pole, top Toyota in seventh
Fuoco took the top spot by almost exactly half a second at the wheel of the #50 Ferarri 499P Le Mans Hypercar in the 12-minute Hyperpole session for the fastest 10 cars in the first round of qualifying. The Italian’s 2m02.600s lap of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps pushed Porsche driver Matt Campbell down to second. […]