Vettel covered 581km at the wheel of Porsche Penske Motorsport’s WEC challenger at Aragon earlier this week.The four-time Formula 1 world champion had previously taken part in a simulator day as well as an inaugural run at the German marque’s Weissach track.Despite playing down further opportunities before the test, claimingContinue Reading
A run of multiple cautions in the final hour and 20 minutes threw fuel saving out the window and set up a memorable fight for glory in the endurance classic, which played into the hands of Deletraz.The 26-year-old Swiss driver sported a set of slightly fresher tyres on the #40Continue Reading
Endurance Races can last up to 24 hours at some events in both IMSA and WEC, and to power the exciting on-track action, you’re going to need some serious tech. Not only that, but the governing bodies need to police the racing, and with 59 cars running at 2024’s DaytonaContinue Reading
Penske has revealed that his aspirations to host the North American round of the WEC on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, outlined as early as 2022, remain on hold for at least the next two seasons.“I cannot say we are ready to do something in the next 24 months,”Continue Reading
It was in the summer of 2019 when Aston Martin first announced its plan to build a Hypercar to the World Endurance Championship’s LMH rules.The intention was to enter the championship from 2021, but it won’t be until next year before the Valkyrie lines up on the grid at theContinue Reading
HRC USA president David Salters, who is responsible for the ARX-06 program, told Autosport at the season-opening IndyCar round at St. Petersburg last weekend that the reduction of 17kg since the Daytona 24 Hours should give it a better fighting chance on raw pace at Sebring this weekend.The Wayne TaylorContinue Reading
Just how exciting, technical and innovative is Sportscar Racing today? Both IMSA and WEC have had major gains in popularity over the last few years, with new categories and manufacturers joining. We brought in Blake Hinsey, former Formula 1 Performance Engineer, to experience his first 24 Hours of Daytona, andContinue Reading
There are no plans to follow the lead set by Porsche in selling cars to independent teams in either series, stated Laura Wontrop Klauser, sportscar racing programme boss at Cadillac parent company General Motors.“It doesn’t make sense to go down that path at this point,” she said.“Customer cars are notContinue Reading
The 29-year-old tested Aston Martin’s AMR21 at the Hungaroring last year as she became the first female since 2018 to drive a modern F1 car.Hawkins, who has been appointed Aston Martin’s head of racing for F1 Academy, previously took a podium in the now-disbanded W Series when the championship supportedContinue Reading
Sorensen feels the changes Aston Martin has made to the Vantage GT3 that was originally introduced in 2018 are so extensive that it effectively feels like a brand-new car and not a mid-cycle refresh.“A lot of people call it the Evo, I will almost say it’s not really [an Evo],”Continue Reading