WEC Imola: Toyota holds off Porsche to win rain-hit thriller Mike Conway, Nyck de Vries and Kamui Kobayashi won by 7.081s in their #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar over the #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport 963 LMDh of Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre, both crews taking advantage of a timely switch to wets when the previously dominant… Motorsport · Apr 21, 2024
Fuoco explains secret behind "special" WEC Imola pole lap The Italian explained how completing two warmup laps in the decisive Hyperpole session in his factory #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar allowed him to set two laps good enough to earn his first pole position since last year's Le Mans 24 Hours. He improved on his 1m29.735s lap time… Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024
Fuoco explains tyre preparation behind "special" WEC Imola pole lap The Italian explained how completing two warmup laps in the decisive Hyperpole session in his factory #50 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar allowed him to set two laps good enough to earn his first pole position since last year's Le Mans 24 Hours. He improved on his 1m29.735s lap time… Autosport · Apr 20, 2024
WEC Imola: Ferrari 1-2-3 in dominant qualifying feat Antonio Fuoco set two laps good enough for pole position aboard the #50 factory 499P Le Mans Hypercar at the head of a block-out by the three Ferraris in the 10-minute Hyperpole session. Autosport · Apr 20, 2024
WEC Imola: Fuoco completes Ferrari's practice sweep in red-flagged FP3 Having also set the fastest time in Friday’s second practice, Fuoco’s factory Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar carried on where it left off on Saturday morning with a lap of 1m31.272s that was not surpassed before Paul di Resta beached the #94 Peugeot 9X8 LMH in the gravel at the… Motorsport · Apr 20, 2024
WEC Imola: Ferrari remains on top in FP2 as Fuoco beats Porsche Fuoco carried on where fellow works Ferrari driver Yifei Ye left off in first practice aboard the #83 customer AF Corse-run example, setting a lap of 1m30.957s with over an hour remaining in the session that could not be surpassed. Autosport · Apr 19, 2024
WEC Imola: Ye fastest to lead Ferrari 1-2 in practice Ye went fastest half an hour into the first 90-minute session with a 1m31.347s aboard the customer AF Corse-run 499P Le Mans Hypercar to push the best of the works Ferraris with Anthony Fuoco at the wheel down to second position. Motorsport · Apr 19, 2024
Cadillac disqualified from WEC opener in Qatar for technical breach The #2 Chip Ganassi-entered Cadillac V-Series.R shared by Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn and Sebastien Bourdais has lost its fifth place result at the Losail International Circuit after post-race checks revealed that the bodywork of the car didn’t comply with the homologated model. Autosport · Mar 29, 2024
Sebring 12 Hours: Leader Derani walks away from airborne crash lapping GTD Derani, a previous overall winner at Sebring, was leading the IMSA SportsCar Championship endurance race in the #31 Action Express Cadillac when he attempted to overtake the #21 AF Corse Ferrari of Miguel Molina through Turns 9 and 10. Autosport · Mar 16, 2024
Sebring 12h: Race leader Derani walks away from airborne crash Derani, a multi-time overall winner at Sebring, was leading the 12-hour endurance race in the No. 31 Action Express Cadillac when he attempted to overtake the No. 21 AF Corse Ferrari of Miguel Molina through Turns 9 and 10. Motorsport · Mar 16, 2024
Ferrari’s Pier Guidi returns to GTWCE for Endurance Cup in 2024 The Ferrari factory driver will contest the five GTWCE enduros in one of the Italian manufacturer’s 296 GT3 run by AF Corse alongside his commitments in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship. Autosport · Mar 6, 2024
Ferrari: No strategy would have closed gap to LMDh cars in WEC Qatar Ferrari’s sportscar technical director Ferdinando Cannizzo said the Italian marque doesn’t take any consolation from being the highest-placed LMH car in the Qatar 1812km, a race in which LMDh cars from Porsche and Cadillac swept the top four positions. Autosport · Mar 4, 2024
Ferrari: No strategy would have "offset" gap to LMDh cars in WEC Qatar Ferrari’s sportscar technical director Ferdinando Cannizzo said the Italian marque doesn’t take any consolation from being the highest-placed LMH car in the Qatar 1812Km, a race in which LMDh cars from Porsche and Cadillac swept the top four positions. Motorsport · Mar 4, 2024
Motorsport · Mar 2, 2024 WEC Qatar: Porsche leads Peugeot at halfway point of season-opener Andre Lotterer was circulating 28s out in front in the factory #6 Porsche Penske 963 LMDh after five hours of racing in the Qatar 1812Km, as the order stabilised after a chaotic start at the Losail International Circuit.
Autosport · Mar 1, 2024 WEC Qatar: Cadillac ends Porsche's monopoly in final practice Porsche had dominated the Prologue as well as the first two practice sessions for the 10-hour fixture at Qatar with its 963 LMDh, but Cadillac surged ahead in relatively hotter conditions on Friday morning.
Autosport · Feb 29, 2024 WEC Qatar: Porsche remains unbeaten in truncated second practice Driving Porsche Penske Motorsport’s #6 963 LMDh, Estre set a blistering time of 1m39.990s at the beginning of the 90-minute session that was cut short by a stoppage for the new Lamborghini SC63 LMDh.
Autosport · Feb 29, 2024 WEC Qatar: Campbell puts Porsche top in opening practice Matt Campbell was fastest in the #5 factory Porsche 963 LMDh in the 90-minute session as the German manufacturer maintained its monopoly of top spot in the timesheets at the Losail International Circuit since the start of the two-day pre-season test on Monday.
Motorsport · Feb 29, 2024 "No secrets" between factory Ferraris and customer AF Corse in WEC There will be a full data exchange between the works cars run by AF Corse and the satellite operation that is fielding the additional car for Robert Kubica and factory drivers Robert Shwartzman and Yifei Ye, according to Ferrari sportscar racing technical director Ferdinando Cannizzo.
Motorsport · Feb 23, 2024 Friday favourite: The Ferrari partners that conquered GT racing Gianmaria Bruni has been a Porsche man since 2017, but it’s the first chapter of his sportscar career at Ferrari that he looks back on to pick a favourite team-mate. In his four years of sharing a car with Toni Vilander, the pair enjoyed great success, and enjoyed numerous collaborations…
Autosport · Feb 20, 2024 AF Corse reveals yellow livery for third Ferrari Hypercar entry in WEC The #83 Ferrari has been primarily painted in Giallo yellow, the colour of the Italian manufacturer’s home city of Modena, with red stripes around the cockpit and the sides of the car completing the livery.
Motorsport · Feb 20, 2024 AF Corse goes yellow for third Ferrari Hypercar entry The #83 Ferrari 499P has been primarily painted in Giallo yellow, the colour of the Italian manufacturer’s home city of Modena, with red stripes around the cockpit and the sides of the car completing the livery of the car.
Motorsport · Feb 19, 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list published, 23 Hypercars for 2024 Cadillac will for a second year in a row take in the double-points WEC round on 15/16 June with both of its V-Series.R LMDhs from the IMSA SportsCar Championship run respectively by the Action Express and Ganassi teams, while Porsche Penske Motorsport will again cross the Atlantic with one of…
Autosport · Feb 18, 2024 Ferrari unveils revised Hypercar livery for 2024 WEC campaign This year’s red-and-yellow colour scheme of the 499Ps fielded in the Hypercar class by the AF Corse team once again celebrates the success of the previous factory Ferrari prototype, the 312PB of 1972 and 1973.
Motorsport · Feb 17, 2024 AF Corse reveals Vista liveries for Ferrari 296 LMGT3s in WEC Launched in Vista Jet's Milan hangar, located at Linate Airport, the company founded by entrepreneur and driver Thomas Flohr, the main sponsor of the Piacenza-based team, revealed the 296 GT3s in silver and red colours that will take part in the LMGT3 Class.