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
After racing the wingless 9X8 during its first season back in the World Endurance Championship and the opening round of the 2024 campaign in Qatar, Peugeot introduced a new version of its car from the Imola 6 Hours onwards.Despite now featuring a wing, the machine produces less drag and hasContinue Reading
But the weather plays another key role in the contest and can often be the difference between success and failure, as the 2008 edition proved.Peugeot was leading the race until rain fell in the second half of the race allowing Audi, which was quicker in the wet, to overtake. ButContinue Reading
David Floury, Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director, claimed that the performance of the three-car Porsche Penske Motorsport squad over the six hours of running ahead of the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship means that they would have underperformed if they don’t win.“I think it’s clear: I wouldContinue Reading
Sit back and enjoy episode two of Lamborghini’s 2024 Rush to the Hyper series. SourceContinue Reading
The revised Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar introduced at the Imola WEC round in April has received an 18kg weight break down to 1047kg while retaining the maximum power of 508kW (681bhp) at which it raced last time out at Spa in May. It follows two races at which theContinue Reading
Thanks to the vision of Roger Penske and the Downtown Detroit Partnership, the event – which was a Formula 1 round from 1982 to 1988 – returned last year as a flagship IndyCar Series round in the shadow of General Motors’ imposing towers of its Renaissance Center that forms itsContinue Reading
IMSA’s premier sportscar series makes its racing debut at the tight and twisty 1.654-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit in downtown Detroit on Saturday, with its GTP and GTD Pro classes making up a 21-car field.Tandy won pole from Porsche Penske Motorsport team-mate Dane Cameron by 0.124s in qualifying on FridayContinue Reading
Yifei Ye on joining Ferrari for the 2024 season of WEC. SourceContinue Reading