No Balance of Performance, no golden age of sportscar racing. Period. Like it or not, the BoP is one of the building blocks of the success of top-flight prototype racing around the world.You can’t criticise its place at the highest levels of endurance motorsport for that reason, but perhaps inContinue Reading
Ford is returning in an attempt to reprise its overall successes at the Le Mans 24 Hours of the 1960s, the famous quadruple of 1966 to 1969. It really should be regarded as big news, but the question has to be why it has taken so long?Specifically that’s why itContinue Reading
World Endurance Championship Hypercar machinery will take to the Goodwood circuit for the first time next month when one of Jota’s Cadillacs will complete demonstration laps at the Members’ Meeting.Jota’s WEC drivers Alex Lynn and Will Stevens are due to complete ‘a number of high-speed demonstration laps’ in one ofContinue Reading
McLaren has hinted that it could soon announce plans to go for outright victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours.Zak Brown, CEO of McLaren Racing, has teased the possibility of an announcement at Le Mans this year when the marque will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of its victory inContinue Reading
Whenever I’m at a race for Autosport, the World Endurance Championship or whatever, I like to venture out on track to get a feel of what the cars are doing.A bit of elevation is always good to enhance my view as well as the spectacle. Not much chance of thatContinue Reading
Gary breaks down what led to Ferrari’s runaway victory, the first for the factory team outside of the Le Mans 24 Hours, in a massive podium lockout, as well as the impact the Balance of Performance adjustments had on usual top contenders Porsche and Toyota.There’s also a breakdown into theContinue Reading
Our first win Qatar and topped off with a podium made in Italy, all three #Ferrari499P crews gave it their all to bring home the podium positions. Watch the highlights now from the #Qatar1812KM. SourceContinue Reading
Wayne Taylor Racing will contest the Le Mans 24 Hours for the first time this year as part of a four-car Cadillac assault on the World Endurance Championship’s blue-riband event. The maiden participation at Le Mans for a team that has won the Daytona 24 Hours four times has been confirmedContinue Reading
Each of the Ferrari 499Ps that flashed past the chequered flag almost line astern in positions one to three at the Qatar World Endurance Championship curtain-raiser would have been a worthy winner. They were separated by less than three seconds after 10 hours of racing and any one of themContinue Reading
Ferrari and Toyota will go to the grid for this month’s Qatar World Endurance Championship season-opener significantly lighter than 12 months ago when they both proved uncompetitive. The Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar will race at a 1037kg minimum weight compared with 1075kg last year, and the Toyota GR010 HYBRID LMHContinue Reading