Just five race outings in the Peugeot 908 were enough for Christian Klien to select the turbodiesel LMP1 machine as his favourite racing car. A solitary win, achieved in the 2009 Spa 1000km when Audi stayed away, was the high point of the Austrian’s involvement with the Peugeot factory squadContinue Reading
First introduced in 2016, the Mercedes-AMG GT3 is now one of the oldest models in circulation in GT3 racing, having recently completed seven years in service. Although it received an Evo update in 2020 and continues to pull in new orders, a new Mercedes GT3 car has been overdue for someContinue Reading
Nineteen-year-old Bennett, a member of Fernando Alonso’s driver academy, has been signed to take the place of 2023 European Le Mans Series champion Alex Garcia, who was originally listed alongside Jean-Karl Vernay as the first two drivers for Isotta’s assault on the Hypercar class of the WEC with the TipoContinue Reading
The bronze-graded Briton will partner Gregoire Saucy, the 2021 Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine champion switching to sportscars after two years in Formula 3, and a yet-to-be announced third driver aboard a McLaren 720S GT3.His WEC switch means Cottingham will once again battle with Darren Leung, who was announcedContinue Reading
Alpine released its A424 Hyper for 2024 WEC World Championship SourceContinue Reading
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