The FIA World Endurance Championship announced Friday (Jan. 22) that the 1000 Miles of Sebring, due to be held March 19 as of the SuperSebring weekend, has been cancelled. As a result, a new race, the 8 Hours of Portimao, has been created and will run on April 4 (Easter …
Read More »Porsche Commits to Racing LMDh Prototypes in 2023
Porsche officially announced Tuesday (Dec. 15) that they will build a new prototype to the upcoming LMDh specifications. This new prototype, which will race in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, will debut at the beginning of the 2023 season, likely in the Rolex …
Read More »Racing Team Nederland to Make IMSA Debut at Rolex 24
Racing Team Nederland, a regular team in the FIA World Endurance Championship, announced Thursday (Dec. 10) that they will be making their IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut in January’s Rolex 24 at Daytona. They will be bringing their ORECA 07-Gibson over to compete in the equivalent class in IMSA. Team …
Read More »Audi Commits to LMDh Prototype Racing
This week has been a busy one so far for Audi Sport. On Monday (Nov. 30), they announced that Julius Seebach will replace Dieter Gass as the head of Motorsport for Audi Sport. That was accompanied by an announcement of a new factory program in the Cars category in the …
Read More »Oliver Gavin Announces Retirement From Full-Time Driving At End of 2020
Corvette Racing’s Oliver Gavin announced on his Twitter feed Saturday morning (Oct. 31) that he will step away from full-time racing at the end of the 2020 season. The 48-year old Gavin has raced professionally for nearly 30 years, starting out in open-wheel competition in England before transitioning to sports …
Read More »Toyota GAZOO Racing Earns 3rd Straight Le Mans Victory
Toyota GAZOO Racing once again dominated the proceedings at the Circuit de la Sarthe. The pole-sitting No. 7 Toyota TS050 was in charge for nearly the entire first half of the race. However, a turbo issue just past the halfway point resulted in a 30-minute stint in the garage. That …
Read More »Kamui Kobayashi Wins 24 Hours of Le Mans Pole
Toyota GAZOO Racing’s Kamui Kobayashi turned in a lap at 156.137 mph Friday (Sept. 18) during the new Hyperpole session to win the overall pole for this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. It is not a track record, but within a couple of tenths of a second. In the …
Read More »Rebellion Racing Dominates to Win Lone Star Le Mans at COTA
Rebellion Racing’s Gustavo Menezes, Norman Nato and Bruno Senna dominated the proceedings Sunday (Feb. 23) at Circuit of the Americas. The trio combined to lead 156 of the 189 laps en route to winning the Lone Star Le Mans, the fifth round of the 2019-20 FIA World Endurance Championship. Changes …
Read More »Rebellion Racing Claims Lone Star Le Mans Pole
Rebellion Racing’s Gustavo Menezes and Norman Nato combined Saturday (Feb. 22) to set an average lap speed at 114.632 mph. That average speed was more than good enough to give Rebellion Racing the overall pole for Sunday’s Lone Star Le Mans at Circuit of the Americas, the fifth round of …
Read More »IMSA, ACO Announce Prototype Convergence, DPi 2.0 Becomes LMDh
Officials from IMSA and the Automobile Club d’Ouest (ACO) announced convergence of future prototype regulations Friday (Jan. 25) in a special press conference at Daytona International Speedway. The new second-generation DPi cars will now run as the Le Mans Daytona h class, or LMDh class, starting in 2022. These new …
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