Hyundai looks set to join the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class and race at the Le Mans 24 Hours within the next three years. The South Korean manufacturer, Motorsport.com has learned, is gearing up to develop an LMDh hybrid…
IMSA SportsCar Championship star Filipe Albuquerque will drop down a division – but still be in the reckoning for an overall race win – at Mosport later this month.Albuquerque, who normally drives for the factory-backed Wayne Taylor Racing…
Aston Martin stole a dramatic last-gasp victory at the Spa 24 Hours to claim a first win at the Belgian enduro since 1948. The Comtoyou Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT3 shared by Nicki Thiim, Marco Sorensen and Mattia Drudi jumped into the…
Grasser Racing's #163 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 will start the race from pole position after factory driver Franck Perera topped the final qualifying session on Saturday.Spa 24 Hours Superpole results Cla Nº Driver Car / Engine Time…
The extension of the lifespan of the GTP category in the IMSA SportsCar Championship could pave the way for new manufacturers to join, series boss John Doonan believes. IMSA currently boasts Acura, BMW, Cadillac, Lamborghini (endurances…
Richard Westbrook says that the penalty handed to his customer Porsche 963 team JDC-Miller MotorSports at Watkins Glen on Sunday was a “bitter pill” after the car had led the race in the early going.Team-mate Phil Hanson, who qualified the…
Honda Racing Corporation USA has confirmed that former series champions Meyer Shank Racing will return to its Acura program for the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship.It comes a year after the team lost its deal to run a factory-supported…
The Spa 24 Hours celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2024, with a whopping 67 cars set to tackle the world-famous event renowned as one of the toughest in motorsport.BMW squad Rowe Racing arrive as the defending event winner, after its M4…
Following last Friday’s announcement of a multi-year extension of media rights between NBC Sports and IMSA, the two parties have now confirmed five events that will have NBC network coverage in 2025.The 24 Hours of Daytona on 25-26 January…
In January 2024, Zilisch signed a multi-year development deal with Trackhouse Racing, the NASCAR Cup Series team co-owned by former racer Justin Marks and Cuban-American rap star Pitbull.Marks is quite the visionary among the NASCAR team…
Gentleman driver Ben Keating says he is not interested in racing an LMDh car again after being left “scared” by his first experience at the Daytona 24 Hours this year.Keating joined JDC-Miller in the flagship GTP class for the opening…
BMW doesn't plan to use evo jokers on its LMDh car before the end of the World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship seasons, motorsport boss Andreas Roos says.The BMW M8 Hybrid V8 is currently in its second year of…
Last weekend’s Super Formula round at Sugo was the first in almost 50 years to feature no international representation. All 20 drivers who lined up on the grid, plus Naoki Yamamoto who couldn't take the start due to a warm-up crash, were…
Porsche’s Dane Cameron and Felipe Nasr won a topsy-turvy, rain-disrupted sixth round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, The Six Hours of The Glen.Their Porsche beat the Cadillac of Renger van der Zande and Sebastien Bourdais by 0.7s after…
Acura’s Louis Deletraz will start the sixth round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship, The Six Hours of The Glen, from pole position.Deletraz will start from pole in the top GTP class, ahead of the Cadillacs of Renger van der Zande and Jack…
One of the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s most successful partnerships of recent times, Pipo Derani and Action Express Racing, will part ways at the end of season.Derani, who won the 2021 and ’23 top-class IMSA titles with AXR’s Cadillac…
BMW’s Philipp Eng set the pace in opening practice for the sixth round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Watkins Glen, but the marque's sister car crashed in the closing moments.IMSA brings a 56-car field to the classic 3.4-mile road…
Porsche’s Dane Cameron set the pace in opening practice for the sixth round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at Watkins Glen, ahead of the returning Tom Blomqvist for Cadillac.IMSA brings a 56-car field to the classic 3.4-mile road…
BMW driver Dries Vanthoor believes AF Corse Ferrari rival Robert Kubica deliberately pushed him off the track while trying to lap him during the night at last weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours.Vanthoor has expressed his disappointment at what he…
Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly said it ‘didn’t feel right’ to attend the Le Mans 24 Hours in casual clothing as he revealed his ambition to compete in the sportscar epic.Gasly and Alpine F1 team-mate Esteban Ocon were in attendance at last…
Ferrari is eyeing a performance upgrade of its Le Mans 24 Hours-winning 499P that could come on stream before the end of this year’s World Endurance Championship. Ferdinando Cannizzo, technical director of Ferrari’s sportscar operations,…
Throughout the build-up to the Le Mans 24 Hours there was discussion about whether a Pro-Am LMP2 entry could win the class outright - and AF Corse nearly managed just that.The Pro-Am crews must feature a bronze-graded amateur driver, while…
Ricky Taylor believes Acura remains in the IMSA SportsCar Championship title hunt after he and team-mate Filipe Albuquerque ended their win drought last time out on the streets of Detroit.As a result of their victory, Taylor and…
McLaren’s ambitions to repeat its 1995 Le Mans 24 Hours victory remain on track and have been given a boost by the extension of the current prototype regulations until 2029.Zak Brown, boss of McLaren Racing, has stated that an entry into…
Aston Martin Formula 1 reserve Felipe Drugovich hopes that his Le Mans 24 Hours debut will “open some doors”, as he debates remaining in sportscar racing or returning to single-seaters.Drugovich made his first appearance in the French…
2024 marked the second year of the merged Le Mans Hypercar and LMDh regulations into the WEC's Hypercar category, ruled by a Balance of Performance, but LMDh cars are yet to grab their first win at the Le Mans 24 Hours after an extremely…
Ferrari believes it is back in the hunt for the 2024 World Endurance Championship after claiming its first win of the season at the Le Mans 24 Hours.Ferrari had clinched just a single podium in the lead-up to last weekend's fourth round of…
"Unorthodox" strategic calls made by the Manthey EMA Porsche team proved crucial in setting up its Le Mans 24 Hours LMGT3 class victory, driver Yasser Shahin has explained.The Australian's win in the double points round of the World…
Peugeot defended the new version of its 9X8 LMH car after it was “never really in the game” in the 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours.Stoffel Vandoorne, Paul di Resta and Loic Duval finished 11th in the best of the two 9X8s, two laps down on the…
Six hours and 35 minutes into the World Endurance Championship's most prestigious race, the #83 Ferrari 499P driven by Kubica swerved into Vanthoor's #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 as they lapped the #92 Manthey Pure Rxcing GT3 entry on the approach…