Hartley clocked a best time of 3m29.451s in his #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar after 20 minutes of the hour-long session, and remained at the head of the leaderboard as rain began to fall at the Circuit de la Sarthe.The three-time Le Mans winner, sharing the car thatContinue Reading
Brendan Iribe topped the Hyperpole session in his McLaren 720S GT3 Evo, entered under the Inception Racing banner, with a 3m58.120s lap that put him 0.808s clear of Alexander Malykhin’s #92 Manthey PureRxcing Porsche that leads the LMGT3 standings in the WEC.The Optimum-run Inception outfit that competes in the IMSAContinue Reading
Estre was the last Hypercar runner to cross the chequered flag and clocked a time of 3m24.634s in the #6 factory Porsche Penske 963, overhauling a top-two lockout by Cadillac, after the #3 Cadillac that had led for the majority of the 30 minute session in the hands of SebastienContinue Reading
The pole shootout for the fourth round of the 2024 World Endurance Championship did not begin as scheduled at 8pm local time, with the race control subsequently communicating 8:30pm as the new start time.Repair work is underway at the track with marshals working on replacing the Armco barriers between MulsanneContinue Reading
Two-time IndyCar champion Palou made the comment after two of three factory Cadillac V.Series.R LMDh cars progressed into hyperpole, but were the slowest in a straightline in Wednesday’s first qualifying at the Circuit de la Sarthe.The #2 Caddy qualified by Palou’s team-mate Alex Lynn clocked a top speed of justContinue Reading
The Hinwil-based outfit is the only team not to score points in the current campaign, having seen its qualifying performances drop since the start of the season.Bottas had been running well in mixed conditions in Montreal before pitting “one lap too early” to switch to slicks as the track surfaceContinue Reading
With Hyperpole the only pure-performance exercise still coming up – and involving just 24 of the 62 entries – everyone focused on race preparation with long runs during the three-hour Thursday afternoon session.Fuoco set the quickest time in 3m27.283s – nearly three seconds slower than the #15 BMW’s qualifying effortContinue Reading
Jota and WTR are looking increasingly certain to move over from Porsche and Acura respectively to replace Chip Ganassi Racing in the General Motors brand’s roster of teams. Autosport has learned that each is at the very least moving towards a deal to run two V-Series.R LMDhs in 2025, Jota inContinue Reading
Jota and WTR look certain to move over from Porsche and Acura respectively to replace Chip Ganassi Racing in the General Motors brand’s roster of teams. Autosport has learned that each has a deal in place to run two V-Series.R LMDhs in 2025, Jota in WEC and WTR in the NorthContinue Reading
The category is making its return to the WEC this week at Le Mans with a 16-strong entry, down from 24 cars in last year’s race, having been axed from the series’ other rounds amid strong interest in the Hypercar and new LMGT3 divisions.But, despite topping the LMP2 leaderboard inContinue Reading