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Jarvis: Le Mans 2024 LMP2 win the "hardest race I've ever done"

The United Autosports driver added a second LMP2 triumph at Le Mans, having previously been victorious in 2017, in the ORECA-Gibson 07 he shared with race rookies, IndyCar driver Nolan Siegel and IMSA SportsCar Championship competitor Bijoy Garg.

Motorsport · Jun 16, 2024

Jarvis: Le Mans 2024 class win the "hardest race I've ever done"

Autosport · Jun 16, 2024

Le Mans 24 Hours: Estre leads Porsche 1-2 on test day

Kevin Estre led the way in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh with a 3m26.907s set in the second of the two three-hour sessions on Sunday to head the times by just over two tenths from Felipe Nasr in the sister #4 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry.

Motorsport · Jun 9, 2024

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Alpine: Alpenglow prototype will help determine costs of hydrogen Le Mans project

Alpine stopped short of making a full commitment to the hydrogen ruleset that will be employed at the World Endurance Championship's showpiece event from 2027 following the global reveal of its Alpenglow Hy4 - powered by a hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine - at Spa earlier this month.

Autosport · May 23, 2024

How to be an ace engineer: Single-seater performance guru Peter Wyss de Araujo

Swiss engineer Peter Wyss de Araujo has sampled virtually every motorsport discipline from hillclimbing to Formula 1, taking in a successful decade of touring cars and a spell in Formula E along the way. But he’s never stopped learning, and that mantra remains today in his current position race engineering…

Autosport · Apr 2, 2024

Aston reserve Drugovich to make race return in European Le Mans Series

The Brazilian-Italian, who has not competed since the conclusion of his title-winning season in the 2022 Formula 2 Championship, will contest the full six-round ELMS in the British team’s LMP2 ORECA-Gibson 07.

Motorsport · Mar 18, 2024

Drugovich joins Vector Sport for European Le Mans campaign

Autosport · Mar 18, 2024

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Sebring 12h: Martin puts BMW out front after eight hours following Derani's shunt

Following the fourth hour, a series of pitstops and several driver changes during the fourth caution resulted in Nick Yelloly cycling up into the lead in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8 (BMW Team RLL).

Motorsport · Mar 16, 2024

CrowdStrike Racing by APR retaining Sowery for endurance rounds

Sowery, 27, will pilot the team’s No. 04 ORECA 07-Gibson LMP2 prototype alongside full season entrants George Kurtz and Colin Braun for four endurance events, including the upcoming 12 Hours of Sebring March 13-16.

Motorsport · Feb 23, 2024

Vasselon's departure as Toyota technical director was brought forward

The Japanese manufacturer has confirmed that a succession plan was already in place for the 60-year-old to be succeeded by David Floury as technical director of the organisation that masterminds its World Endurance Championship programme and develops the engines for the World Rally Championship GR Yaris Rally 1.

Motorsport · Feb 9, 2024

Vasselon's departure as Toyota technical director was brought forward

Autosport · Feb 8, 2024

Rasmussen pace key to “sitting duck” Era’s LMP2 Daytona 24 Hours win

Scotsman Dalziel, who won the Rolex 24 overall in 2010 and the LMP2 class in 2021, made it a hat-trick despite a straightline speed deficit to its class rivals, which were led by Malthe Jakobsen’s Crowdstrike by APR entry in the final stint.

Motorsport · Jan 29, 2024

F1 drivers competing in Daytona 24 Hours and previous winners

The Daytona 24 Hours begins on Saturday 27 January and concludes on Sunday 28 January.

Motorsport · Jan 22, 2024

Daytona 24h Roar: Porsche tops GTP and GTD in fourth IMSA session

Hanson lapped the 3.56-mile road course in 1m35.216s in his GTP class JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 in perfect track conditions for this one-hour session.

Motorsport · Jan 20, 2024

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Autosport · Jan 17, 2024

Formula 1 drivers competing in Daytona 24 Hours and previous winners

The Daytona 24 Hours begins on Saturday 27 January and concludes on Sunday 28 January. The 24-hour endurance race takes place at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. The Sports Car Course layout used for the race is 5.73km (3.56 miles) in length and includes runs on Daytona’s banked oval circuit,…

Motorsport · Jan 15, 2024

Long-time Toyota technical director Vasselon replaced

Vasselon, 60, has been succeeded on a temporary basis by David Floury as the technical chief of the Cologne-based organisation that masterminds Toyota's World Endurance Championship programme, develops the engines for its World Rally Championship GR Yaris Rally 1 and builds the GR Supra GT4 customer racer. The move announced…

Autosport · Dec 7, 2023

How ORECA is becoming an engine powerhouse

Before I joined ORECA in October 2021, my life was all about Formula 1. So although I knew ORECA as a team, from starting my career here in Le Castellet with Signature in Formula 3, I didn’t have a great deal of insight into the company beyond the fact that…

Autosport · Nov 30, 2023

O’Ward and Rosenqvist join United Autosports for 2024 Daytona 24 Hours

The pair, team-mates in 2021-23 at the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Series squad, will make one-off appearances at Daytona on 27-28 January in the pair of LMP2 class ORECA-Gibson 07s run by the Anglo-America team co-owned by McLaren Racing boss Zak Brown.

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Motorsport · Nov 15, 2023

IMSA releases preliminary entry list for Daytona 24 Hours

Although there are more than two months remaining until the race, the lineup already features 56 drivers that have captured victories in the season-opening endurance classic of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

Autosport · Nov 8, 2023

Daytona 24 winner Braun remains in IMSA with LMP2 deal after MSR exit

In his first season in IMSA's top class since 2019, Braun won three races in the GTP class with Meyer Shank Racing's Acura in 2023 alongside Tom Blomqvist, including the first race of the new hybrid era at Daytona and the Petit Le Mans season finale.

Motorsport · Nov 4, 2023

WEC Bahrain: #8 Toyota claims title with victory, Iron Dames win last GTE race

Hartley, Buemi and Hirakawa were never threatened in the eight-hour bonus points title decider, the crew of the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid leading every race outside of the pitstop cycles to successfully defend their 2022 crown.

Autosport · Nov 2, 2023

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi to test WRT's LMP2 car in Bahrain

Rossi will drive an ORECA-Gibson 07 operated by WRT on 5 November, a day after the conclusion of the 2023 WEC season with the 8 Hours of Bahrain, with the aim of competing in the championship in the future.

Autosport · Oct 20, 2023

Gibson wins FIA tender for LMP2 engine supply for new rules cycle from 2026

Gibson has won the FIA tender to provide the engines for a five-year period from the beginning of the new rules cycle in 2026. The powerplant will be a 4.2-litre normally-aspirated V8, the same configuration as the spec GK428 unit it has supplied for the current P2 formula that began…

Motorsport · Oct 19, 2023

Why departing Le Mans 'garagiste' Glickenhaus deserves to be celebrated

Glickenhaus driver Olivier Pla took me to task for describing his employer as a garagiste a while back. It seems it’s a pejorative term for the French. Not so for we Brits. Quite the contrary: there’s something celebratory about it. And that’s why we should rejoice in the successes of…

Autosport · Oct 19, 2023

Why the outgoing modern day Le Mans 'garagiste' deserves to be celebrated

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