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TF Sport open to running Astons alongside Corvette WEC programme

The British squad was announced last month as the official team to run the new Corvette Z06 GT3.R in next year’s WEC, when LMGT3 regulations replace the existing GTE Am rule set.

Motorsport

IMSA confirms Porsche penalty and BMW victory at Watkins Glen

BMW drivers Connor De Phillippi and Nick Yelloly can now celebrate their first Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) victory, despite crossing the finish line second to the #6 Porsche 963.

Autosport

Porsche 911 Reimagined By Singer Is A 964 With 934/5 Style And 700 HP

The air-cooled flat six boasts two turbos and spins to 9,000 rpm in this glorious ode to racing 911s from the late 1970s.

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Yelloly admits BMW GTP victory “wasn’t the way we wanted to win”

The #25 M Hybrid V8 of Yelloly and Connor De Phillippi lost the lead in the final six minutes of the six-hour race at the iconic Watkins Glen track in upstate New York to the #6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963.

Motorsport

IMSA Watkins Glen: Porsche snatches last-gasp win from BMW

Jaminet passed Connor De Phillippi’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan-run BMW with just six minutes of the six-hour race remaining. The race went full-course yellow just moments later, as a BMW GTD car somersaulted on the approach to the final corner.

Autosport

IMSA Watkins Glen: Qualifying abandoned after pile-up in rain

Mixed weather conditions greeted the fifth round of America’s premier sportscar series but, following the multi-car shunt that halted the joint LMP2/P3 session, that and the GTP session that was meant to follow were abandoned.

Autosport

IMSA Watkins Glen: Qualifying abandoned after huge LMP2/3 pile-up

Mixed weather conditions greeted the fifth round of America’s premier sportscar series but, following the multi-car shunt that halted the LMP2/P3 session, that and the GTP session that was meant to follow were abandoned.

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Chevrolet confirms two-car factory Corvette IMSA GTD Pro attack in 2024

The factory-supported effort will run alongside additional customer programs, run under the Corvette Racing umbrella, which is set to be announced in the coming weeks as will the driving lineup for the Pratt Miller-run works cars.

Autosport

Chevrolet confirms two-car Corvette IMSA GTD Pro attack in 2024

The factory-supported effort will run alongside additional customer programs, run under the Corvette Racing umbrella, which are set to announce in the coming weeks as will the driving lineup for the Pratt Miller-run works cars.

Motorsport

Jenson Button plans full-time racing return in 2024

Buoyed by his efforts behind the wheel of NASCAR’s Garage 56 Le Mans 24 Hours Chevrolet Camaro, and a part-time road and street course schedule in NASCAR Cup with Rick Ware Racing's Ford Mustang, Button revealed that he’s now ready to commit to a full-time programme next year – for…

Motorsport

The inevitable WEC change that will still be lamented

It was inevitable really. The welcome accumulation of manufacturers in the Hypercar class of the World Endurance Championship means sportscar racing is in a state of rude health. And the onset of the LMGT3 class is expected to bring greater variety than the outgoing GTE class, which bode farewell to…

Motorsport

The inevitable Le Mans change that will still be lamented

Autosport

Wadoux to make IMSA debut for AF Corse at Watkins Glen

Wadoux will share the #88 AF Corse ORECA LMP2 with her current team-mate in the World Endurance Championship, Luis Perez Companc, and Ferrari Hypercar driver Nicklas Nielsen for the six-hour race on 25 June.

Autosport

The 10 greatest sportscars never to race at Le Mans

Endurance racing is enjoying a boom period as manufacturers flock to build cars for the new Hypercar class regulations with the aim of winning the Le Mans 24 Hours.

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IMSA drivers defend ‘Americanised’ Le Mans safety car changes

Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director Pascal Vasselon caused a stir following the official Test Day when he described the new rules, which will see the entire 62-car field packed up behind a single safety car following full-course cautions for the first time, as a “big step towards the Americanisation…

Motorsport

Ford Mustang GT3 revealed at Le Mans ahead of 2024 debut

Based on the seventh-generation, road-going muscle car, the Ford Mustang GT3 was finally revealed to the world on Friday ahead of the centenary edition of the French endurance classic.

Autosport

United Autosports to join IMSA in 2024 after WEC axes LMP2 class

The move was announced by the 2019/20 P2 champion team in the wake of confirmation on Friday that there will be no P2 class in the world championship next season.

Motorsport

Jani completes Proton's LMDh line-up for 2023 WEC season

Jani will share Proton’s sole #99 Porsche 963 hybrid contender with Gianmaria Bruni and Harry Tincknell in the final three races of the seven-round WEC season.

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What are LMH and LMDh? The top Le Mans 24 Hours series explained

The 2023 Le Mans 24 Hours sees the LMH and LM

Autosport

Bruni, Tincknell join Proton's IMSA attack with Porsche LMDh

Former WEC GTE Pro sparring partners Bruni and Tincknell will give Proton Competition's US-based Porsche 963 its debut at Road America on 6 August, just four weeks after they drive the sister car in the WEC’s Hypercar class for the first time at Monza at the beginning of July.

Motorsport

Bruni, Tincknell join Proton's IMSA GTP attack with Porsche LMDh

Former WEC GTE Pro sparring partners Bruni and Tincknell will give Proton Competition's US-based Porsche 963 its debut at Road America on 6 August just four weeks after they drive the sister car in the WEC’s Hypercar class for the first time at Monza at the beginning of July

Autosport

Friday favourite: The racing friends that unlocked a rare formula

It’s rare that a successful sportscar racing double act spans multiple manufacturers. Once strong foundations are built up, loyalty (and an accompanying pay bonus) typically keeps one or both drivers in the environment where they hit it big. Examples of both parties moving on to the same destination, then recapturing…

Autosport

Archive: How an ingenious fix prevented a movie legend from winning Le Mans

The idea of a fifty-something Hollywood megastar, a future Oscar winner no less, pitching up at the Le Mans 24 Hours and winning the thing on his debut sounds absurd. But it nearly happened in 1979 in a plot line so fanciful that it would have been laughed out of…

Autosport

Friday favourite: The sticker book favourite that became a happy hunting ground

Richard Westbrook is no stranger to success at Watkins Glen. He won three IMSA SportsCar Championship races on the trot at the circuit between 2014 and 2016, including twice outright. But the Cadillac World Endurance Championship racer’s affiliation with the famed sportscar racing venue in upper New York state stretches…

Autosport

Wickens wants to be first disabled Indy 500 racer next year

Wickens, 33, suffered a severe spinal cord injury in an IndyCar crash at Pocono in 2018. He returned to racing last season in the IMSA Challenge series with Hyundai’s factory-backed Bryan Herta Autosport team.

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