The Belgian was pushing for a place in the Hyperpole session ultimately topped by Antonio Fuoco in a Ferrari top three sweep when he rotated the WRT-run M Hybrid V8 on the exit of the fast Piratella left-hander.Having avoided contact with the wall and got going again, Vanthoor felt theContinue Reading
The triple DTM champion believes that the victory achieved by Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer for Porsche Penske Motorsport in the Qatar 1812km season-opener gives BMW “hope” in the first year of its WEC programme with the M Hybrid V8 run by WRT.But he stressed that following aContinue Reading
Following a season-opening race in Qatar that ran without interruption from safety cars, there is widespread expectation that Imola’s tight and undulating nature may conspire to produce incidents that the open, flowing nature of the Losail International Circuit helped negate.Imola, which has replaced Monza as the host of Italy’s WECContinue Reading
Porsche pretty much dominated at the World Endurance Championship season-opener in Qatar back in March. The German manufacturer’s 963 LMDh led all bar 52 of the 355 laps on the way to blocking out the podium positions. But there’s every reason to expect that it is going to have moreContinue Reading
With so many varied race cars from different manufacturers, IMSA and WEC need to ensure that the racing is both fair and safe, while still producing thrilling action on track – and that’s where scrutineering comes in. Using everything in their arsenal, including some incredible custom 3D scanning tools, IMSAContinue Reading
Motorsport, like the rest of the modern world, runs on data. Everything in IMSA and Sportscar racing, including power and performance systems, safety and scrutineering and even race control, must be kept up to date at all times, and that’s where @boschmobility step in. In part 3 of our series,Continue Reading
Formula 2 launched its all-new 2024 machinery late last year and, while the visually striking aerodynamic changes dominated the headlines, it was all change under the bodywork too. This included a new six-speed longitudinal Hewland sequential gearbox, replacing the previous iteration which had been used since 2018.One challenge in developingContinue Reading
Habsburg was among a number of Alpine drivers testing the Alpine A424 LMDh car at Aragon on 27 March when he suffered a crash at Turn 7, prompting a visit to a nearby hospital for check-ups.After returning to his home country of Austria the following day, he underwent further scansContinue Reading
“It’s going to be tough,” states Jonny Adam. “With 19 cars in GT3, good line-ups, the quality I think has gone up another level from last year. And there’s good returning teams that know their baseline of where they should be.”With Darren Leung, one half of Century Motorsport’s 2023 victoriousContinue Reading
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