Still 7 Hypercars within 30 seconds
The 92nd 24 Hours of Le Mans turned into a Grand Prix race with 7 cars within 30 seconds with 4 hours 30’ to go after several cautions including a more than 5 hours Safety Car. Four manufacturers still with a reasonable chance to win.
Estre overtakes the two Cadillacs on the wire
Both Cadillacs held the top of the standings of the Hyperpole of the 24 Hours of Le Mans until Kevin Estre managed the perfect lap in his very last lap clinching pole with Porsche #6.
BMW and Alpine to Hyperpole at Le Mans
Surprise to see a BMW M Hybrid V8 and an Alpine A424 within the top 8 Hypercars qualifying for tomorrows Hyperpole of the 24 Hours of Le Mans together with 2 Cadillac, 2 Ferrari, and 2 Porsche.
Cadillac brings two IMSA LMDh at Le Mans
Together with Porsche and Lamborghini who bring an IMSA LMDh each at Le Mans, Cadillac brings two IMSA based LMDh to Le Mans (#3 which is #01 in IMSA and #311 which is #31 in IMSA).
Successful test for Porsche
The Porsche Works drivers with the Porsche 963 dominated the 24 Hours of Le Mans official test day setting the top 4 fastest laps.
Alpine A424 will debut at Le Mans this Sunday
Nicolas Lapierre, Matthieu Vaxiviere, Charles Milesi, Ferdinand Habsburg and Paul-Loup Chatin will take turns fine-tuning the Alpine #424 for its debut at Le Mans. Mick Schumacher will go through process imposed on every Le Mans rookie.
Le Mans 24 Hours: Toyota targets its sixth victory
As reigning World Champions, with five victories in the past six editions, Toyota Gazoo Racing targets its sixth victory in the legendary French race. Jose Maria Lopez to replace Conway…
Le Mans 24 Hours: 3 Ferrari 499P entries
A year on from Ferrari’s tenth overall victory in the centenary edition of the world’s oldest endurance race, the Maranello manufacturer returns to the La Sarthe circuit to confirm its position as a leading contender in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Le Mans 24 Hours: 3 Cadillac entries
For the second consecutive year, Cadillac Racing will return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in June with three Cadillac V-Series.R hybrid racecars.
Le Mans 24 Hours premieres for BMW and TEAM WRT
Team WRT Principal Vincent Vosse shares his ambitions for the four BMW the team will field at Le Mans and the stories behind the Le Mans specific liveries.
Alpine A424, the “best of the others”
Alpine is fourth in the 2024 FIA Hypercar World Endurance Manufacturers Championship after the 6 hours of Spa behind the difficult to access Porsche, Toyota and Ferrari still ahead of BMW, Peugeot, Lamborghini and Cadillac!
A Porsche 963 customer team wins for the first time
Porsche, Ferrari and Toyota squat the top 8 of the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, round three of the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Porsche and Cadillac front row at 6 Hours of Spa
Ferrari #50 disqualified, #5 Porsche 963 and #2 Cadillac V-Series.R #2 in front row. Three Porsche 963 in row two and three.
Peugeot and BMW pointing their nose in TOP 6
Kevin Estre did beat his own fastest lap driven yesterday to set the definitive Benchmark for the three free practices. Nice session this morning for Peugeot 3rd and BMW 6th of combined practices.
Porsche 963 on two continents next weekend
Porsche Penske Motorsport is facing an intense weekend as its works teams aim to achieve top results with the Porsche 963 at Spa-Francorchamps in the World Endurance Championship WEC FIA and Laguna Seca in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Toyota going to Spa for an eighth consecutive win
With seven consecutive Spa wins TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is unbeaten there since 2017. Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi can challenge for a hat-trick of wins in Belgium, Sebastien Buemi for a sixth win at Spa.
BMW V8 Hybrid strong performance but no podium yet
Both BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 didn’t reach the first podium despite the strong pace of the BMW M Hybrid V8. At Imola, the BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 made enormous improvements compared to the WEC season opener in Qatar.
WEC-Imola: chaotic start impacted 3 teams
Team Peugeot TotalEnergies, Cadillac Racing, and Alpine Endurance Team lost any chance to be in contention for a podium seat following the chaotic start at Tamburello.
WEC-Imola: BoP not yet matching LMDh with LMH
The Imola BoP did not level the performances between LMH and LMDh based homologated cars, even not within one group of homologated cars (LMH or LMDh). We also make the comparison for LMDh with IMSA!
WEC-Imola: Toyota wins on Ferrari soil
Toyota claimed an unexpected victory thanks to perfect strategy despite not being the fastest Hypercar in the race. It is the second race win in a row for Toyota at Imola.
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