Following the end of its successful factory-supported GT programme, Audi stalwarts Mies and Vervisch will join previously-announced quartet Mike Rockenfeller, Harry Tincknell, Joey Hand and Dirk Muller on the Blue Oval’s Multimatic-run assault on the IMSA Sportcar Championship’s GTD Pro class.Augmenting the nine-strong Ford factory roster, the marque has alsoContinue Reading
Last month’s Bahrain 8 Hours marked the final competitive outing for GTE machinery following the decision by FIA and ACO to drop the corresponding class from WEC and the European Le Mans Series next year.GTE cars have been a staple of WEC since the rebirth of the world sportscar championshipContinue Reading
The ragbag of GT cars that took to the Circuit Paul Ricard for a couple of hastily-organised races in August 1993 hardly captured the world’s imagination. Autosport made no mention of it in its pages, and for good reason. The grid lacked quantity and quality, and there were no star-nameContinue Reading
While the museum itself has previously been covered – for those with physical copies or a digital subscription, look back to Alexa Kellow’s review from 6 July 2023 – there is only one note that can be added for those with younger children. This surrounds the ‘Starting Grid’ as youContinue Reading
Ferrari finished third in the standings with fewer than half the points of champion Red Bull. But Sainz thinks Ferrari can use the off-season to erase that gap for 2024 based on the example set by McLaren, which overcame a torrid start to 2023 to become the second-fastest team.Asked aboutContinue Reading
Honda announced on the Monday after the 2023 season ended that it had signed Marini from VR46 – with whom he already had a 2024 contract in place – on a two-year deal to replace Gresini-bound Marquez.It ended weeks of speculation as to who would get the seat, with MiguelContinue Reading
Confirmation that the WRC will embrace a new points structure in order to spice up the final day of events was ratified at the World Motor Sport Council in Baku earlier this month.Now the FIA has published the WRC’s 2024 sporting regulations which include the exact details of the newContinue Reading
The 38-year-old made his announcement in a video posted to Instagram after concluding his P2 campaign in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with TDS Racing.”Today I say goodbye to racing,” said van der Garde, who took a P2 class win in the World Endurance Championship’s Portimao round earlier this year forContinue Reading
Alonso walked away from F1 for two years at the end of 2018 after growing tired of media and commercial commitments while his McLaren team fell into the bottom half of the standings.In his time away, he twice won the Le Mans 24 Hours, chalked the 2018-19 World Endurance titleContinue Reading
Newgarden, who won America’s biggest open-wheel oval race at his 12th attempt in 2023, will aim for overall victory at Daytona next month in his first bid for overall class honours – having made his sportscar debut in the LMP2 class in the Floridian classic in 2023.Driving alongside Dane Cameron,Continue Reading