SPORTSCARS (Page 5)

Raffaele Marciello has continued his remarkable record in Macau by triumphing in the FIA GT World Cup qualification race, leading all of the contest bar one corner.Marciello has won both races at the last two editions of this event with Mercedes and again triumphed from pole upon his first outingContinue Reading

Toyota will go into the 2025 World Endurance Championship with an unchanged driver line-up.The Japanese car maker’s #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will be driven by Kamui Kobayashi, Mike Conway and Nyck de Vries for a second consecutive season, while in the #8, Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley andContinue Reading

Formula 1 race winner Robert Kubica is looking increasingly certain to remain with the AF Corse customer Hypercar team in the World Endurance Championship next year.Kubica told Autosport that he “didn’t come here for just one year” when questioned after last weekend’s 2024 WEC finale in Bahrain about whether heContinue Reading

Ferrari has insisted that the tyre allocation infringement that resulted in it losing second place in Saturday’s Bahrain World Endurance Championship finale offered no performance advantage.Ferdinando Cannizzo, the Italian marque’s sportscar racing technical director, said “nothing would have changed, no advantage and no disadvantage” when questioned the day after theContinue Reading

The second-placed factory Ferrari has been penalised for exceeding its tyre allocation in Saturday’s World Endurance Championship finale in Bahrain and has dropped out of the points.Ferrari’s #51 499P Le Mans Hypercar shared by Antonio Giovinazzi, James Calado and Alessandro Pier Guidi received a penalty of 4m55s for using twoContinue Reading

Toyota claimed pole position for the Bahrain World Endurance Championship finale to move one point closer to Porsche in the manufacturers’ standings.Brendon Hartley took the top spot in the Hyperpole session on Friday evening aboard the #8 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar, his first pole since this race lastContinue Reading

Peugeot returned to the top of the times in final practice for this weekend’s season finale of the World Endurance Championship in Bahrain. Jean-Eric Vergne set the pace in the Friday morning Free Practice 1 session aboard the #93 Peugeot 9X8 2024 Le Mans Hypercar, following up on Paul di Resta’sContinue Reading

Porsche has revealed it is planning to introduce an evo joker update on its 963 LMDh for next year – at the same time as revealing it has already used one.The performance upgrades for the German manufacturer’s campaigns in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar next year areContinue Reading