Top BMW GT squad Walkenhorst switches to Aston Martin for 2024 GTWCE
Walkenhorst Motorsport, winner of the blue riband Spa round of the GTWCE in 2018, will field a solo Aston Martin Vantage GT3 in the Pro class of the Endurance Cup segment of the series next year.The German team will also undertake a campaign with an all-pro line-up in the NurburgringContinue Reading
Schumacher consulted Vettel on 2024 Alpine WEC seat
Schumacher sat on the sidelines this year after losing his Haas F1 seat at the end of 2022, taking up a role as Mercedes reserve driver instead.In 2024 the German will dovetail those duties with a full WEC campaign with Alpine’s hypercar team, which was officially announced on Wednesday.Schumacher revealedContinue Reading
Alpine: “Underestimated” Schumacher joining WEC LMDh team too good to pass up
Bruno Famin, vice president of motorsport at the Renault brand, explained that the deal for Mercedes F1 reserve to race the new Alpine A242 LMDh prototype in 2024 announced this week was already in motion before he was given a try-out in the car at Jerez in October.“Talking in theContinue Reading
Supercars chief Burgess to join Team 18 squad as team principal
Burgess is to join the squad, which will field David Reynolds alongside Mark Winterbottom in a new-look driver lineup, on 1 February, 2024.This means a reunion between English engineer Burgess and team owner Charlie Schwerkolt, rekindling their successful partnership that led to championship success at Dick Johnson Racing with JamesContinue Reading
Wales secures 2024 European Rally Championship round
The news means international rallying will return to Britain for first time since the 2019 Wales Rally GB – the last time the World Rally Championship visited these shores.Rali Ceredigion will host the penultimate round of the ERC season from 30 August-1 September.The asphalt rally located around the seaside townContinue Reading
Misano handed Formula E double-header in 2024
The permanent circuit will host a double-header on 13-14 April following a vote by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council and it will replace the Circuito Cittadino dell’EUR street circuit in Rome as the location for Formula E’s race in Italy.The decision to leave Rome comes after a substantial multi-carContinue Reading
Battle for P2 Going Down to the Wire | 2023 Las Vegas GP Akkodis F1 Race Debrief
Recapping the first ever Las Vegas GP and looking ahead to our P2 showdown with Ferrari in Abu Dhabi. Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin joins us this week to answer your Las Vegas GP questions in this week’s Akkodis F1 Race Debrief. SourceContinue Reading
How a WRC legend first took centre stage 30 years ago
Thirty years have now passed but the 1993 World Rally Championship season will always be remembered as a year of firsts. It witnessed the rise of the WRC’s most popular figure amid the crowning of a bona fide record-breaking rally legend.It was Toyota’s Juha Kankkunen who ultimately emerged with theContinue Reading
Kelvin van der Linde linked to Lexus WEC seat after Barcelona test
Van der Linde was spotted driving ASP’s Lexus RC F GT3 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week, just under a month after completing his third season in the DTM.It followed the South African posting a photo from Barcelona airport on Instagram with the caption “Excited to begin a newContinue Reading
Kubica set for Ferrari WEC Hypercar drive in 2024 after joining AF Corse
AF Corse, which runs the factory 499Ps, has announced that the Formula 1 race winner and reigning LMP2 WEC champion has joined its roster for 2024 without unveiling his programme with the team.It appears certain that he will be part of the line-up in an extra 499P run under theContinue Reading