It’ll be a Ferrari front row but not a red one as #50 Ferrari 499P and #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P did 1-2 during Hyperpole session this afternoon.

Six Ferrari works drivers are among the top 10 fastest drivers of the day. Kevin Estre with Porsche #6 was the second fastest « killing » the 1-2 set by Ferrari #83 and Ferrari #50 in the morning session.

Part 3 of our Imola Hypercar entries concentrates on the private teams who participate to the Endurance Trophy Hypercar Team.

Part 2 of our Imola entries concentrates on LMDh based homologation Hypercars: Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Lamborghini and Porsche.

We have chosen to present the Imola entries in three groups: LMH, LMDh and Endurance Trophy Hypercar Team. Let’s start with the LMH: Ferrari, Peugeot and Toyota.

The new 2024 Imola BoP was published 12/04 getting LMH and LMDh even closer than at Qatar. In LMGT3, the ballast based on success will be applied.

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel successfully tested the Porsche 963 at Motorland Aragón. The German completed a total of 118 laps over a total of 581 kilometres in two double stints.

The Peugeot Sport team has adapted the aerodynamics of the PEUGEOT 9X8. At 11 am, Team Peugeot TotalEnergies unveiled the 2024 PEUGEOT 9X8, which will make its competitive début at the 6 Hours of Imola (21 April).

This coming week, Sebastian Vettel will take the wheel of the Porsche 963 at the Motorland Aragón during Porsche Penske Motorsport’s 36-hour long run with its preparations for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship season opener - Qatar 1812km - was the first WEC race for the BMW M Hybrid V8 and the first ever race for the Lamborghini Z63.

Qatar 1812 was a difficult race for both Toyota and Ferrari finishing respectively 6th and 7th at best. Alpine ends with successful 8th.

Kévin Estre, André Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor crossed the finish line first at the wheel of the #6 Porsche 963. The Porsche 963 triumph is complete with #5 sister third and customer team Hertz Team Jota second.

André Lotterer in #5 Porsche 963 is leading at mid-race ahead of #93 Peugeot 9X8 with Jean-Eric Vergne at the time. Two Porsche 963 are following. Cadillac #2 is fifth.

Matt Campbell took the first Porsche Penske Motorsport pole position in FIA WEC with the #5 Porsche 963, 0.413 sec. faster than Nick De Vries with Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7.

Alex Lynn with the #2 Cadillac Racing V-Series.R ran fastest during practice 3 which puts the Cadillac in P2 of combined practices. Aston Martin topped the LMGT3 class.

Estre (Porsche 963), Vergne (Peugeot 9X8), Button (Porsche 963) and Lynn (Cadillac V-Series.R) are the top 4 of Thursday practices. Both Ferrari top LMGT3 class.

On Monday and Tuesday, the two BMW M Hybrid V8s and the pair of BMW M4 GT3s each completed around 500 test laps during the Prologue at the Lusail International Circuit (QAT) as the team provided the best possible preparation.

The brand-new Lamborghini SC63 racecar made its competitive debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship Prologue this week at Lusail International Circuit as the series went underway for its traditional collective test session.

For Ferrari AF Corse, the Prologue was essential to start gathering valuable information on this new track for the championship, but there is still much work to do during free practice.

With tyre comparisons and analysis of different settings the primary focus, single lap times were not a priority. Nevertheless, following this first experience of the latest Hypercar Balance of Performance, the team expects a challenging week ahead.