Peugeot’s WEC pace still “not brilliant” despite best result of the year

Peugeot’s WEC pace still “not brilliant” despite best result of the year

Peugeot says a double points finish in the Fuji World Endurance Championship round doesn’t mean it has made a breakthrough, as the 9X8 2024 is still “not brilliant” on pure pace. A strong final stint on fresh tyres propelled the #93 Peugeot 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar of Mikkel Jensen, Nico Muller and Jean-Eric Vergne to … Read more

Porsche on top in FP1

Porsche on top in FP1

A late charge from Matt Campbell propelled Porsche to the top of the timesheets in opening free practice for Sunday’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship.  The Australian found almost exactly a second aboard the #5 Penske-run factory Porsche 963 LMDh as the chequered flag was being unfurled at the end of the 90-minute … Read more

What’s really made Porsche’s 963 the pack-leading GTP car in IMSA?

What’s really made Porsche’s 963 the pack-leading GTP car in IMSA?

What went so right for Porsche Penske Motorsport’s 963? It was at this time last year that everything seemed to click for the new-for-2023 prototype, after stumbling out of the blocks despite the longest pre-season testing program (which started in the summer of 2022) compared its IMSA SportsCar Championship rivals Acura, BMW and Cadillac. Although … Read more

Porsche customer Proton eyeing second car in WEC and IMSA

Porsche customer Proton eyeing second car in WEC and IMSA

Proton Competition is eyeing an expansion of its World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship assaults with the Porsche 963 LMDh as the German manufacturer makes more customer cars available. Christian Ried, boss of the German team currently fielding one 963 in each series, has revealed that he is working on plans to increase its … Read more

The 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full

The 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours entry list in full

Hypercar – 23 cars 2  Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R  Earl Bamber  Alex Lynn  Alex Palou 3  Cadillac Racing Cadillac V-Series.R  Sebastien Bourdais  Renger van der Zande  Scott Dixon 4  Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963  Mathieu Jaminet  Felipe Nasr  Nick Tandy 5  Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963  Matt Campbell  Michael Christensen  Frederic Makowiecki 6  Porsche Penske … Read more

Lamborghini not concerned over Le Mans reliability despite rain-interrupted test

Lamborghini not concerned over Le Mans reliability despite rain-interrupted test

The track was wet for the majority of the three days of testing at Portimao for the single long-distance test scheduled by Lamborghini and its Iron Lynx factory squad ahead of the double-points round of the World Endurance Championship on 15-16 June, team principal Andrea Piccini has revealed.  But the ability of the new-for-2024 Lambo … Read more

Aston Martin expects almost 30 new Vantage GT3s racing in 2024

Aston Martin expects almost 30 new Vantage GT3s racing in 2024

There is “a very strong order book” for the revised version of a car that came on stream in 2019, said Aston Martin head of endurance Adam Carter ahead of the official launch of the car on Monday timed to coincide with the announcement of the latest road-going Vantage. Carter revealed that Aston will have … Read more