van der Zande previews Long Beach
Renger van der Zande, co-driver with Sebastien Bourdais of the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R in the Grand Touring Prototype class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, met with the media via Zoom conference to preview the April 14-15 race in Long Beach, California.
WEC at Portimão with Miguel Molina
After a positive debut at Sebring, the two Ferrari 499P crews are ready to make a comeback in the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the 6 Hours of Portimão. Miguel Molina interview by Ferrari.com
Bourdais previews Long Beach
Sebastien Bourdais, co-driver with Renger van der Zande of the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R in the Grand Touring Prototype class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, met with the media via Zoom conference to preview the April 14-15 race in Long Beach, California.
Nürburgring NLS2: race 6 to 10, AM, Pro-Am
After ROWE Racing won the opening event two weeks ago, #99 was forced to abandon after Philip Eng spin hitting the crash barriers in the first lap and sister #98 ended 6th. Audi, Porsche and Mercedes are represented in the top 7 to 10 overall ranking. Mercedes-AMG #45 wins SP9 Pro-Am and Aston Martin #17 wins SP9 Am.
Nürburgring NLS2 race: Top 5
The BMW M4 GT3 was again the benchmark in the second race of the Nürburgring Endurance Series (NLS) season. After ROWE Racing won the opening event two weeks ago, first place this time around went to Walkenhorst Motorsport with BMW M works driver Jesse Krohn and Jakub Giermaziak in the #34 car.
Nürburgring: NLS2 entries
23 GT3 driven by PRO drivers running in WEC, IMSA, Intercontinental GT Challenge or Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS will participate to the second race (NLS2) of the Nürburgring Endurance Series.
WEC Hypercars new entries
Two Hypercars have been added to the Hypercar entry list for the upcoming TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps (27-29 April): Cadillac V-Series.R and Porsche 963. Both teams add a third car each for the 24 Hours of Le Mans 100th anniversary.
1000 Miles of Sebring LMP2 race
After 11 cars qualified within 1 second, the LMP2 class race was a nice one to watch with 3 major leaders and the final victory of the #48 Hertz Team Jota trio of Beckmann-Ye-Stevens.
12 Hours of Sebring GTD race
BoP changes in GTD class paid off as BMW and Porsche were in the game with BMW clinching the double and Porsche having 4 cars in the top 10.
12 Hours of Sebring GTD PRO race
BoP changes in both GTD classes paid off as BMW and Porsche were in the game… even won a class each. The GTD PRO class was won by Pfaff Porsche #9.
12 Hours of Sebring GTP race
Cadillac's third consecutive win in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring after dramatic end was lucky day for Pipo Derani, Alexander Sims and Jack Aitken with #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-LMDh who win the 12 Hours of Sebring 2023.
1000 Miles of Sebring Hypercars race
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing dominated the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) to earn a one-two victory in the 1000 Miles of Sebring in the face of strong Hypercar competition.
12 Hours of Sebring qualifying: GTD and GTD PRO
BoP changes in both GTD classes paid off as 7 different manufacturers stand in less than a second.
12 Hours of Sebring Qualifying
Both Cadillac V-Series.R will start from front row the 12 Hours of Sebring tomorrow at 10am as Pipo Derani with Whelen Endineering Racing Cadillac #32 clinched pole today during 12 Hours of Sebring qualifying. Sebastien Bourdais, second with Cadillac Racing #01 (0.087 sec. slower than Derani), will also start from first row.
1000 Miles of Sebring: Qualifying
Ferrari takes the first pole position of the 2023 World Endurance Championship for the 1000 Miles of Sebring. Toyota have to settle for P2 and P3.
1000 Miles of Sebring: Wednesday Practices
Brendon Hartley, Ryo Hirakawa with Toyota #8 and James Calado in Ferrari #51 are the only drivers to set a lap time within 1 sec. of Kobayashi fastest lap during both Wednesday sessions.
1000 Miles of Sebring: Ferrari news And drivers quotes
After the accident on Turn 1 on Sunday, having completed the analysis, AF Corse Ferrari decided to replace the chassis of number 51. Drivers quotes before the race weekend.
1000 Miles of Sebring: Toyota set the pace
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing kicked off preparations at Sebring by setting the Prologue pace with José María López (GR010 HYBRID #7) Saturday morning lap of 1min 48.208secs that was the fastest of the weekend. Brendon Hartley was second on the combined results, just 0.008secs behind, in the #8 GR010 HYBRID.
Ferrari 499P news after crash at Sebring prologue
#51 Ferrari 499P prologue was prematurely interrupted after crashing off-track on the first lap of the Sunday session but AF Corse mechanics were able to carry out repairs and check the integrity of the 499P by Monday.
Cadillac seeks to make splash at Sebring
The Cadillac V-Series.R topped the time chart in one session with a best lap of 1 minute, 48.429 seconds and was near the top in the others with no down time in its initial outing in WEC spec.
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