The timeframe of the rules, which make up the respective Hypercar and GTP classes in the two series, has been extended for reasons of stability, according to both the WEC and IMSA.Richard Mille, president of the FIA Endurance Commission, told Autosport: “Stability is very important. It is the reason whyContinue Reading
The Le Mans 24 Hours is scheduled for 14-15 June, with the pre-event Test Day on the preceding Sunday. It means the race will clash with the F1 Canadian GP and IndyCar’s St Louis round at Gateway.It is the first time F1 and Le Mans have clashed since 2016.Meanwhile ImolaContinue Reading
Team principal Sam Hignett has revealed that the quickest Jota has built up a 963 since starting racing the Porsche in the middle of last year is three weeks. He stated that the team is aiming for a Friday evening completion of the rebuild of its #12 entry, which sustained monocoqueContinue Reading
The prohibition was implemented in the World Endurance Championship last year but lifted for the French classic after a chilly Spa-Francorchamps round was the scene of several crashes on cold tyres, including Toyota’s Brendon Hartley at Raidillon in qualifying and Ferrari’s Antonio Fuoco mere seconds after leaving the pits inContinue Reading
While many of motorsport’s top series and iconic events are overwhelmingly male-dominated, the Le Mans 24 Hours is far more diverse. Women drivers are far more common, and have played an important role in the race’s history and progression. This weekend will see just one all-women team take to the trackContinue Reading
Vanthoor led the first qualifying session of the most prestigious World Endurance Championship round with a lap of 3m24.465s, nearly two-tenths faster than Cadillac’s Sebastien Bourdais.Vanthoor was only 16th quickest in the short first sector, but he was timed in 1m33.097s in the last one, with Cadillac’s Alex Lynn andContinue Reading
Antonello Coletta, the Italian manufacturer’s sportscar racing boss, made the call in light of ban on tyre warmers in the World Endurance Championship and the rule demanding that the rubber must be at ambient temperature when it is put on the cars. He appeared to be suggesting that one manufacturer mightContinue Reading
Brendon Hartley posted a 3m26.013s with around 50 minutes of the opening three-hour first practice session remaining in the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID – a time that is almost a second faster than Porsche managed at last Sunday’s Test Day.Callum Ilott’s 3m26.610s in the #12 Jota-run privateer Porsche 963 LMDhContinue Reading
Returning to the top class of sportscar racing for the first time in 25 years, BMW has only finished as high as sixth so far in the 2024 season, as it tries to catch up to the competition after joining a year later than most of its LMDh rivals.In theContinue Reading
The MissionH24 group, in which Le Mans organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest is a key partner, took the wraps off a full-scale model of the single-seater hydrogen fuel cell car known as the H24EVO. It represents a significant step forward on its predecessors, the LMP2HG and then the H24 thatContinue Reading