ELMS: Le Castellet last race ahead of Le Mans
15 of the 16 LMP2 cars entered for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will participate to the 4 Hours of Le Castellet this weekend.
BMW V8 Hybrid strong performance but no podium yet
Both BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 didn’t reach the first podium despite the strong pace of the BMW M Hybrid V8. At Imola, the BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 made enormous improvements compared to the WEC season opener in Qatar.
WEC-Imola: chaotic start impacted 3 teams
Team Peugeot TotalEnergies, Cadillac Racing, and Alpine Endurance Team lost any chance to be in contention for a podium seat following the chaotic start at Tamburello.
WEC-Imola: BoP not yet matching LMDh with LMH
The Imola BoP did not level the performances between LMH and LMDh based homologated cars, even not within one group of homologated cars (LMH or LMDh). We also make the comparison for LMDh with IMSA!
First victory for a BMW M Motorsport car in WEC
Augusto Farfus, Sean Gelael, and Darren Leung triumphed ahead of their team-mates Maxime Martin, Valentino Rossi, and Ahmad Al Harthy. It was the first victory for a BMW M Motorsport car in the history of the FIA WEC.
WEC-Imola: Toyota wins on Ferrari soil
Toyota claimed an unexpected victory thanks to perfect strategy despite not being the fastest Hypercar in the race. It is the second race win in a row for Toyota at Imola.
WEC-Imola: Ferrari 1-2-3 in Hyperpole
It’ll be a Ferrari front row but not a red one as #50 Ferrari 499P and #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P did 1-2 during Hyperpole session this afternoon.
WEC-Imola: Malykhin wins Hyperpole
Malykhin wins LMGT3 Hyperpole and was the only LMGT3 driver under the 1:43 mark.
WEC-Imola: Fuoco tops Thursday free practices
Six Ferrari works drivers are among the top 10 fastest drivers of the day. Kevin Estre with Porsche #6 was the second fastest « killing » the 1-2 set by Ferrari #83 and Ferrari #50 in the morning session.
WEC-Imola Hypercars entries part 3/3: Trophy
Part 3 of our Imola Hypercar entries concentrates on the private teams who participate to the Endurance Trophy Hypercar Team.
WEC-Imola Hypercars entries part 2/3: LMDh
Part 2 of our Imola entries concentrates on LMDh based homologation Hypercars: Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Lamborghini and Porsche.
WEC-Imola Hypercars entries part 1/3: LMH
We have chosen to present the Imola entries in three groups: LMH, LMDh and Endurance Trophy Hypercar Team. Let’s start with the LMH: Ferrari, Peugeot and Toyota.
Start of IMSA sprint season at Long Beach
Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Global #40 Acura ARX-06 and Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 #7 are heading to Long Beach leading the drivers and teams championships with 706 points each.
The new BoP for WEC Imola round is known
The new 2024 Imola BoP was published 12/04 getting LMH and LMDh even closer than at Qatar. In LMGT3, the ballast based on success will be applied.
Porsche tops 24 Hours of Nürburgring Qualifyers
Falken Motorsports’ #44 Porsche 911 GT3 R has won both qualifying races for the Nürburgring 24 Hours with drivers Tim Heinemann and Sven Müller Saturday, Nico Menzel and Martin Ragginger on Sunday.
COOL Racing first overall win at Barcelona
Cool Racing, AF Corse, Team Virage and Formula Racing are the class winners of the first ELMS race at Barcelona.
Qualifying Practice at Barcelona
The first ELMS qualifying practice of the new season saw Benjamin Hanley, Giorgio Roda, Manuel Espirito Santo and Sarah Bovy setting pole with their respective cars during the four class sessions this afternoon at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Deletraz in all his art in Barcelona
Louis Deletraz demonstrated his driving art this morning at Barcelona by setting the pace with #14 AO by TF Oreca 07 Gibson in 1:28.821 and being the only driver under the 1:29’’ mark during the first free practice.
24 Hours of Nürburgring Qualifyers PRO Entries
Mercedes-AMG, Porsche, Lamborghini, Aston Martin and BMW will support 19 GT3 PRO for the Nürburgring 24 Qualifiers races this weekend in preparation for the 24 Hours of Nürburgring May 20th - June 2nd.
8 drivers, 7 teams under 1:29 at Barcelona Test
Both days of the ELMS Official Test saw eight drivers with 7 teams lapping under 1m29’’ with Arthur Leclerc setting the Benchmark of the 4.657km Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in 1m28.254 with the #65 Panis Racing Oreca 07 - Gibson.
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