Rossi reveals continued WEC and GT World Challenge plans for 2025
The seven-time MotoGP champion has outlined a plan to continue racing a WRT BMW M4 GT3 in the two series in what will be only his fourth year racing full-time in cars after retiring from two wheels at the end of 2021. “I like racing the GT3 car and for me, these two championships are […]
Ferrari takes BoP hit for Spa WEC round
Its 499P Le Mans Hypercar has had 12kg added to its minimum weight and its maximum power reduced by 4kW (5bhp) for Saturday’s Spa 6 Hours, round three of the 2024 WEC. The BoP adjustment follows Ferrari’s dominant performance on home ground last month at Imola, which failed to yield race victory after a double […]
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 […]
Pilet joins Vector Sport for Le Mans 24 Hours
The Frenchman, the GT Le Mans IMSA SportsCar Championship class title winner in 2015 with the German manufacturer, will share Vector’s LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07 with Stephane Richelmi and Ryan Cullen in what will be his 16th start at the French enduro. Gabriel Aubry, who was part of Vector’s WEC P2 line-up last year, was originally […]
How Alpine and Lamborghini are fighting to overcome similar issues in WEC
Starting their World Endurance Championship Hypercar programmes one year behind the likes of fellow LMDh entrants Porsche and Cadillac was always likely to mean a period of playing catchup for Alpine and Lamborghini in 2024. Two rounds into the season, that prediction has been borne out and both marques are experiencing similar growing pains. In […]
How a sportscar friendship prevailed over F1 rivalry
Of far greater importance to Marc Surer than the results he achieved in his on-and-off partnership with Manfred Winkelhock between 1977 and 1985 is his friendship with the exciting German driver. The late elder brother of the no less flamboyant ‘Smokin’ Jo’ Winkelhock shared BMW, Ford and Porsche machinery with Surer in endurance racing, most […]
How a sportscar friendship prevailed over F1 rivalry
Of far greater importance to Marc Surer than the results he achieved in his on-and-off partnership with Manfred Winkelhock between 1977 and 1985 is his friendship with the exciting German driver. The late elder brother of the no less flamboyant ‘Smokin’ Jo’ Winkelhock shared BMW, Ford and Porsche machinery with Surer in endurance racing, most […]
Toyota weighs up third Hypercar for WEC
The Japanese manufacturer has revealed that it could take a leaf out of arch-rival Ferrari’s book and run a third car on a satellite basis in the future. But Toyota WEC race director Rob Leupen has revealed that it is already too late to put such a plan into place for next season and that […]
Schumacher confident Alpine can optimise WEC tyre warming procedures
The timing of a red flag in qualifying, triggered following a spin for Dries Vanthoor’s BMW, contributed to Alpine’s two A424 LMDhs lining up 17th and 18th for last weekend’s second round of the championship at Imola. But speaking ahead of a difficult race for the French marque, which was compromised by both cars being […]