Alonso says LeMans bigger focus than F1
Alonso is greeted by his teammates Buemi and Nakajima after winning Following the 6-hour Spa WEC race win Saturday, Fernando Alonso said that he was ready for bigger tests: “I … Read More
Category: SportsCars
No. 1 Rebellion Excluded from 6H Spa
#1 Rebellion disqualified The No. 1 Rebellion R13 Gibson has lost its podium finish in Saturday’s Total Six Hours of Spa due to a technical infraction found post-race. The Neel … Read More
Acura Team Penske Sweeps Front Row at Mid-Ohio
Helio Castroneves After a thrilling intra-team battle, Helio Castroneves took his Acura ARX-05 prototype to the pole in qualifying today for Sunday’s Acura Sports Car Challenge at Mid-Ohio, edging teammate … Read More
Alonso team wins 6 Hours of Spa
#8 Alonso leads sister #7 Toyota during final caution Fernando Alonso celebrated a winning start to his FIA World Endurance Championship career as he and teammates Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki … Read More
Fittipaldi injured at Spa – will miss Indy 500 (Update)
Pietro Fittipaldi UPDATE A WEC statement issued on Saturday morning read: "Pietro Fittipaldi is well and his condition is stable. "He was operated on last night for fractures to both … Read More
Porsche Teams Have Lost Faith In IMSA’s Ability To Put On A Fair Race
The Germans are learning that only 'God (IMSA)' can make you a winner If you tune into the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship race this weekend, you’ll notice only one … Read More
Aftermath of Pietro Fittipaldi crash
On the Friday of the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps WEC 2018 Pietro Fittipaldi crashed his Dragonspeed BR1 in the famous 'Eau Rouge' corner. In this video you can see the … Read More
Manor withdraws from Spa 6 Hours due to lack of funding
The Manor squad had to throw in the towel The TRS Manor squad has been forced to withdraw from the opening-round of the World Endurance Championship at Spa-Francorchamps due to … Read More
Toyota fails inspection, moving Alonso car to pole
#8 Toyota now on pole UPDATE The pole position-winning #7 TS050 HYBRID of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José MarÃÂa L¢pez will start the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps from the … Read More
Rebellion Tops Final Free Practice At Spa
#1 Rebellion 2016 FIA World Endurance Driver’s Champion Neel Jani set the fastest time for Rebellion Racing with a 1m57.120s lap in No.1 Oreca-Gibson. The Swiss driver’s time was just … Read More
Toyota advantage bigger than expected
Bart Hayden Equivalency formulas never work in racing. Rebellion Racing team manager Bart Hayden believes Toyota may now be "further down the road" than initially expected following several Equivalence of … Read More
Conway buries Alonso’s time at Spa
#7 Toyota Mike Conway set a 1m56.172 lap, over two seconds faster than the best time set in the morning session and 0.643s ahead of the n°8 Toyota in the … Read More
Alonso Tops opening WEC practice at Spa
#8 Toyota Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap in his maiden FIA World Endurance Championship session at Spa-Francorchamps, in preparation for Saturday’s Total Six Hours of Spa. The two-time Formula … Read More
IMSA, NBC Sports Group announce 6-year partnership to begin in 2019
The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) will have a new U.S. broadcast home for its flagship IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, what is currently known as the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge … Read More
Toyota team and Alonso gear up for WEC opener
The Toyota TS050 HYBRID TOYOTA GAZOO Racing gets the 2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season started this week with the Total 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. Fernando Alonso … Read More
Button to make Le Mans debut with SMP Racing
Jenson Button Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button will drive for the SMP Racing LMP1 team in the 2018/19 World Endurance Championship season, starting with this year's Le Mans 24 … Read More
Acura Facing Stiff Competition In IMSA Prototype Class
Penske Acuras The first three races of the 2018 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship have reinforced one thing about racing in the Prototype class: competition is really tough. Heading into its … Read More
Final Weekend TV Ratings (2nd Update)
Long Beach UPDATE Last Monday's rescheduled NASCAR Cup Series Bristol 500 earned 2.0 million viewers on FOX, down 12% from last year's race, which was also postponed to Monday (2.2M). … Read More
Corvette Confirms Fassler, Rockenfeller for 24H Le Mans
Marcel Fassler Corvette Racing has confirmed Marcel Fassler and Mike Rockenfeller as the two remaining drivers for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, retaining its lineup seen in the … Read More
Long Beach GP to draw record crowds (2nd Update)
Kevin Kalkhoven UPDATE The final number was 185,000 over 3-days, up from 183,000 in 2017. Not quite the 200,000 Kevin Kalkhoven was hoping for, but a nice increase nonetheless, and … Read More
Long Beach IMSA TV Rating
The WeatherTech Sports Car Championship race from Long Beach Saturday from 4-6pm live on FOX drew a 0.4 overnight TV rating, down 31% from last year's 0.58 rating also on … Read More
#5 Cadillac wins Long Beach IMSA race
Filipe Albuquerque takes the checkered flag Filipe Albuquerque in the #5 Cadillac DPi held off the #2 Nissan of Ryan Dalziel to win the Bubba Burger Sports Car race on … Read More
Montoya, Acura Claim Pole at Long Beach
Juan Montoya on pole Juan Pablo Montoya took his Acura ARX-05 prototypes to a lap record run Friday around the 1.968-mile Long Beach temporary street circuit, with the Acura Team … Read More