SPORTSCARS (Page 16)

Frijns won the Nordschleife endurance epic for the Phoenix Audi squad on his most recent appearance in 2022, while former Mercedes driver Marciello claimed pole position last year and has twice finished third.The duo will form part of a seven-strong factory roster contesting the event BMW last won in 2020Continue Reading

The Silverstone-based squad has used Mercedes machinery since it joined the British GT Championship in 2015, but that will change after a decade as it switches from a Mercedes-AMG to a BMW M4 GT3.During the off-season, Marciello – who is widely considered one of the top GT drivers in theContinue Reading

Pier Guidi and James Calado followed up their overall triumph in the centenary edition of Le Mans with a GTD Pro class win at Daytona last weekend, as they took the top spot with Davide Rigon and Daniel Serra in a Ferrari 296 GT3 entered by Risi Competizione.It was theContinue Reading

His Porsche 963, crewed by Dane Cameron, Matt Campbell, Josef Newgarden and Felipe Nasr, scored a narrow victory over Cadillac – recording Porsche’s 19th overall win in the Daytona enduro.But thoughts have also turned to the next targets, which include achieving a maiden Le Mans 24 Hours victory for his Penske squad.“It’sContinue Reading

Parker Thompson fans the flames after the No. 12 Vassar Sullivan Lexus catches fire early Sunday afternoon at the Rolex 24. SourceContinue Reading

The 31-year-old Brazilian lost the lead to Cadillac Racing’s Tom Blomqvist with 72 minutes remaining in the twice-around-the-clock endurance classic, but a late caution ultimately set up the race-deciding pitstop.Both drivers short filled, but it was Nasr’s #7 Porsche Penske Motorsports 963 that emerged ahead from the pits to reclaimContinue Reading

Blomqvist came up just two seconds short of the victorious Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 after 24 hours of racing, but was forced to give up his lead during the final round of pitstops – which was caused by a caution period for Parker Thompson’s GTD class Lexus catching fire.He thenContinue Reading

Matt Campbell started the beginning of Hour 6 as the race leader, with his No. 7 Porsche 963 sporting a 11s advantage over Derani (Cadillac Racing).That gap widened to 15s just a half hour later. Forty minutes later Derani pitted despite having 50% energy remaining, along with the No. 01Continue Reading

Sebastien Bourdais (#01 Ganassi Cadillac) took lead at the start of the second hour, passing opening-hour pacesetter Ricky Taylor (#10 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Acura) with ease into Turn 1.Taylor then fell back behind Felipe Nasr’s #7 Penske Porsche 963, as it paid the penalty of its short energyContinue Reading