For this weekend’s Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, there are 38 cars entered in the difficult endurance race. Effectively, this is slightly larger than the full-time entry for the season. In Prototypes, there are 11 teams entered and a number of driver changes. Brendon Hartley is the third driver …
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Wayne Taylor Racing announced Thursday (Jan. 24) at Daytona International Speedway that they have signed Matthieu Vaxivière to drive the team’s No. 10 Cadillac DPi-V.R. at the three remaining Michelin Endurance Cup races (Sebring, Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta). The 24-year old French racer will replace Fernando Alonso and Kamui …
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Monday was a very busy day for the ACO in France. It announced a series of penalties that have caused sweeping changes to the results of last weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The biggest announcement was the disqualification of both of the TDS Racing-entered ORECA 07-Gibsons in the LMP2 …
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Toyota GAZOO Racing’s Kazuki Nakajima technically didn’t need to improve his time from Wednesday night to claim the overall pole for this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans as no one beat it all day Thursday. However, he did it anyway. Nakajima turned in a lap at 156.012 mph early …
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TDS Racing’s Matthieu Vaxiviere was fastest in qualifying Saturday morning (May 12) for Sunday’s European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Monza. Vaxivière lapped the 3.599-mile road course in 95.456 seconds (135.732 mph) in his ORECA 07-Gibson, the fastest lap of the weekend. However, the No. 33 ORECA 07-Gibson was …
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Last year, Risi Competizione finished second in GTE-Pro at Le Mans but was every bit as fast as the class winners. Â In 2017, we’ll never know if that is true or not since the day ended for the team prior to the one-quarter mark. Pierre Kaffer, driving the No. 82 …
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On Sunday, the annual Prologue for the FIA World Endurance Championship wrapped up at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy. Â When the dust settled, it was Toyota GAZOO Racing’s Nicolas Lapierre that was fastest overall. Â Lapierre turned in a lap at 90.547 seconds (143.114 mph) in the final session. Saturday …
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