WEC: Porsche and Alpine preview Spa in Belgium’s Ardennes
Porsche heads to round two of the season leading the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. After clinching a class win at the season opener in Sebring (USA), the factory squad … Read More
Category: SportsCars
IMSA: Acura Front Row Lockout at Laguna Seca
Ricky Taylor led the way for Acura in the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 prototype, notching the team’s second consecutive, and Acura’s fourth consecutive, DPi pole at WeatherTech Raceway … Read More
NASCAR Le Mans entry won’t be anything like a NASCAR Cup car
Did you think Hendrick Motorsports was taking a NASCAR Cup car to Le Mans in 2023? Well…..think again. The program will be overseen by Hendrick vice president of competition Chad … Read More
IMSA: First kilometers for the Ferrari 296 GT3 at Fiorano
Today saw the debut on the track for the Ferrari 296 GT3 at Fiorano ahead of its racing debut in 2023. At the wheel, two-time world champion Alessandro Pier Guidi … Read More
IMSA: Lexus Becomes Title Sponsor of Mid-Ohio race
Luxury performance automotive brand Lexus has joined as title sponsor for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Mid-Ohio on May 13-15. The weekend of sports car racing will now … Read More
IMSA: Bourdais and van der Zande win Long Beach from pole
The Nos. 01 and 02 Cadillacs started 1-2 for the 100-minute sprint on the streets of Long Beach and finished 1-2 to lead a Cadillac DPi-V.R sweep of the podium … Read More
IMSA: Cadillac sweeps front row in qualifying for Long Beach race
For the second consecutive IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race, Cadillac swept the front row in qualifying. For the second race in a row, Sebastien Bourdais earned the pole award in … Read More
IMSA: Derani tops opening Long Beach practice
#31 Whelen Cadillac driver Pipo Derani led the way in a red flag-filled opening practice session for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The Action Express Racing driver turned … Read More
Video: The WEC Toyota Hypercar Takes On Sebring
Toyota Gazoo Racing began their defense of the World Endurance Championship with the one-thousand-mile season-opener on the historic bumps of Sebring. Setting out to remain unbeaten in the WEC’s newest … Read More
F1: After ‘lazy’ racing in America, ‘Three months’ until Magnussen fit for F1
(GMM) It will take “three months” before Kevin Magnussen is match-fit for Formula 1. After losing his Haas seat, the Dane spent a full year in sports cars before being … Read More
IMSA: God giveth, then God taketh away
God (IMSA) gave the Corvette team a BOP adjustment in their favor ahead of the 12 Hours of Sebring last month, and the Corvette team won the GTD Pro category. … Read More
IMSA: Derani and Westbrook talk Long Beach
In advance of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race April 9 on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn street circuit in Long Beach, California, Pipo Derani (No.31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R) — who … Read More
IMSA: WeatherTech Racing Switching to Mercedes-AMG
WeatherTech Racing is making a shift to the Mercedes-AMG GT3 for the remainder of the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Coming off a podium finish at Sebring, the team … Read More
Rumor: Johnson to skip IndyCar race to drive Hendrick Cup car at Le Mans
Rumor has it that Jimmie Johnson is happy to skip any conflicting IndyCar race in June 2023 for a chance to drive the Hendrick Motorsport NASCAR Camaro in next year’s … Read More
IndyCar/IMSA: King Taco Renews Multiyear Sponsorship with Acura GP of Long Beach
King Taco has signed a multiyear deal to continue as Official Mexican Restaurant of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, officials from both organizations announced today. Founded in 1974 … Read More
IMSA: Q&A with 12 Hours of Sebring winner Bamber & his Engineer
Following the dramatic victory in the 70th Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts on March 19, driver Earl Bamber and first-year race engineer Danielle Shepherd … Read More
IMSA: Cadillacs sweep 12 Hours of Sebring, Corvette wins GTD Pro
Earl Bamber caught and passed Richard Westbrook after a drive-through penalty at the top of the 11th hour had cost the #02 the lead. Bamber appeared headed to victory in … Read More
IMSA Sebring Hour 6: #31Cadillac holds 4-sec lead over #10 Acura
Pipo Derani led the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at the 6-hour mark in the #31 Whelen Cadillac by 4-seconds. Derani heads the No. 10 Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 … Read More
IMSA Sebring Hour 4: Cadillacs run 1-2-3-4
At the 1/3 mark of the 12 Hours of Sebring, the #31 Whelen Engineering Cadillac was leading by 2.325 s over the #48 Ganassi Cadillac, the #5 Mustang Sampling Cadillac … Read More
IMSA Sebring Hour 1: Ricky Taylor’s Acura leads Derani’s Cadillac
The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05 of Ricky Taylor leads the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. Taylor, who pitted early in the … Read More
IMSA: Montoyas crash out of LMP2 lead at Sebring
The father-and-son duo of Juan Pablo and Sebastian Montoya are out of the Twelve Hours of Sebring with three hours of racing completed. Montoya was running out front in the … Read More
WEC: What the winning drivers said after the 1000 Miles of Sebring
Nicolas Lapierre, No.36 Alpine ELF Team “It was not easy, but we had good pace and strategy. We knew we had to do one more stop, so we had to … Read More
WEC: Alpine Wins shortened 1000 Miles of Sebring
The Tricolore of France was carried to victory by Alpine after Alexander Nargão, Nicola Lapierre and Mattieu Vaxiviere won` a dramatic opening race for the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship. … Read More
WEC: Bad accident red-flags 1,000 Miles of Sebring
A heavy accident involving the race-leading Toyota GR010 Hybrid driven by Jose Maria Lopez caused a red flag three and a half hours into the 1000 Miles of Sebring. Lopez’s … Read More