Porsche has revealed that it resolved the hybrid issues that blighted the 963 LMDh ahead of its victory in last weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours with a dual fix.Porsche Penske Motorsport explained that a mixture of changes to procedures and the fitment of old parts from last season allowed its pairContinue Reading
Cadillac’s hopes of scoring a victory in the Daytona 24 Hours took a big blow, with the #40 V-Series.R entered by Wayne Taylor Racing stranded on track after a mullti-car crash in the eighth hour.After the fourth course yellow of the race was retreated, Louis Deletraz was battling with theContinue Reading
BMW has revealed an all-star line-up in its two Pro class entries for the Bathurst 12 Hour in what could be the final showdown of the big three German marques at the race.WRT has named Augusto Farfus and van der Linde brothers Sheldon and Kelvin to drive the #32 M3Continue Reading
Lamborghini has recruited Maurizio Leschiutta from BMW where he headed up the M Hybrid V8 LMDh programme to become its new motorsport boss.Leschiutta has taken over as head of motorsport to oversee the Italian manufacturer’s LMDh prototype, GT3 and one-make sportscar programmes at the Italian manufacturer’s in-house Squadra Corse competitionsContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc’s former race engineer at the Ferrari Formula 1 team has been recruited by Cadillac as technical director of its LMDh sportscar project. Xavier Marcos Padros is taking up the new position within the Cadillac V-Series.R programme, which straddles the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship, after sevenContinue Reading
Motorcycle racing legend Valentino Rossi will return to the World Endurance Championship with the WRT BMW squad in 2025. The Italian’s second season in the LMGT3 class of the WEC has been confirmed along with his team-mates in the #46 BMW M4 GT3 EVO for the eight-race schedule incorporating the LeContinue Reading
Ferrari will end its five-year hiatus from the British GT Championship as AF Corse is set to contest the 2025 season full-time with a 296 GT3.AF Corse will run the car under its Spirit of Race banner with drivers Duncan Cameron and Matt Griffin, who have six series wins togetherContinue Reading
Rory Butcher is best known for winning 11 races during an accomplished British Touring Car Championship career that he elected to pause at the end of 2023. But the amiable Scot, also a handy historic racer who pedalled a Lotus Elan 26R to third in September’s Spa 6 Hours, hadContinue Reading
Winning IMSA’s closely fought GTD Pro class enhanced Laurin Heinrich’s reputation as a leading light of Porsche’s GT ranks.The 23-year-old AO Racing driver, in his first season Stateside, was not put off his stride by a mid-year team-mate change as Seb Priaulx stepped away, and only this duo won moreContinue Reading
Should we have been surprised that Matt Campbell emerged as the best driver in Porsche Penske Motorsport’s #5 entry in this year’s World Endurance Championship? Probably not.It may have been his first WEC prototype campaign, but he was no stranger to the 963 after a year in IMSA or theContinue Reading