Bovy and Roda did clinch their second consecutive pole during qualifying today respectively in LMGT3 and LM2 Pro-Am. Julien in LMP3. van Uitert will start from pole since setting the fastest lap in LMP2.

Malthe Jakobsen with #37 COOL Racing did set the fastest lap in 1:41.186 during this morning Free Practice 1.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Malykhin wins LMGT3 Hyperpole and was the only LMGT3 driver under the 1:43 mark.

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.

Part 3 of our Imola Hypercar entries concentrates on the private teams who participate to the Endurance Trophy Hypercar Team.

Part 2 of our Imola entries concentrates on LMDh based homologation Hypercars: Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Lamborghini and Porsche.

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.

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 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.

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, AF Corse, Team Virage and Formula Racing are the class winners of the first ELMS race 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.

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.