SPORTSCARS (Page 7)

The reigning Formula E world champion Pascal Wehrlein has filled the vacant seat in the third factory Porsche Penske Motorsport Hypercar entry for the Le Mans 24 Hours in June. The German, who is in his fifth season of Formula E with Porsche, will contest the double-points round of the WorldContinue Reading

The opening round of the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship is set to go down in motorsport history and in the memories of fans, thanks to a Ferrari triple on the Lusail circuit. The victory was secured by Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina, and Nicklas Nielsen in the number 50 499P,Continue Reading

Nick Tandy, Felipe Nasr and Laurens Vanthoor made it two from two in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship last weekend. The Porsche Penske Motorsport trio completed the ‘Florida 36 Hours’ when they added victory at Sebring over 12 hours to their 24-hour triumph at Daytona in January. And with itContinue Reading

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