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24 Hours of Le Mans: Porsche preview

Ahead of the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche is third in the FIA World Endurance Manufacturer’s Championship (WEC) and second in the Weathertech Sportscar Manufacturer’s Championship (IMSA). For the June 9th race, Porsche will feature 4 LMDH prototypes.

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Laguna Seca: Cadillac wins

📷 © Courtesy of Cadillac Racing. Cadillac Racing finishes first and third at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.

Despite qualifying sixth, Bourdais and van der Zande won the 2 hours 40’ race in the #01 Cadillac V-Series.R at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca after taking the lead in lap 71 for the 32 remaining laps.

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Laguna Seca: Porsche tops qualifications

📷 © Courtesy of Porsche. Matt Campbell dominated the qualifying in Laguna Seca at the wheel of the #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 followed closely by Mathieu Jaminet with sister #6. Both Porsche 963 will start from first row the 2-hour, 40-minute MOTUL Course de Monterey at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Porsche 911 GT3 R also dominated GTD and GTD PRO classes.

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Ben Keating At Laguna Seca

Ben Keating reported us: “I am racing in Laguna Seca this weekend. Unexpectedly, I am filling in for Patrick Kelly”

We share Ben Keating’s thoughts about his last year win of the Michelin Endurance Cup, his chances of winning it for a 6th time this year as well as his experience driving the Dpi Cadillac at Daytona.

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WEC, IMSA, HyperCar Car Racing Reporter WEC, IMSA, HyperCar Car Racing Reporter

Cadillac V-Series.R in IMSA and WEC

After a strong debut at the 24 hours of Daytona where the three Cadillacs ended third, fourth and fifth, Cadillac Racing is leading the IMSA manufacturers’ championship. Alexander Sims and Pipo Derani are second in the drivers’ championship just one point behind the Porsche #6 team. In WEC, the #2 Cadillac is fourth just two points behind Porsche.

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Porsche 963 in IMSA and WEC

Porsche Penske Motorsport is third in both IMSA and WEC manufacturers championships still in contention in IMSA but far behind in points in WEC. After suffering technical issues in Daytona, both Porsche 963 were lacking performance in WEC and suffering technical issues. In IMSA, both cars were in contention for a double at Sebring and Porsche 963 #6 clinched its first victory at Long Beach in IMSA.

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IMSA: First Porsche 963 win at Long Beach

The new Porsche Penske Motorsport works team celebrates its first victory with the Porsche 963 hybrid prototype. At Long Beach, round three of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the #6 car driven by Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet came out on top after a gripping race.

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IMSA: Acura front row at Long Beach

It's an all-Acura front row for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, as Filipe Albuquerque and Tom Blomqvist qualified 1-2 for Saturday's third round in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship on the Southern California street circuit.

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Porsche preview Long Beach

The Porsche Penske Motorsport switches from long distance to the shortest race of the season of just 100 minutes long. At Long Beach, the two Porsche 963 face their first street course. Four Porsche customer teams take on the competition in the GTD-Pro and GTD classes with five Porsche 911 GT3 R.

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van der Zande previews Long Beach

Renger van der Zande, co-driver with Sebastien Bourdais of the No. 01 Cadillac V-Series.R in the Grand Touring Prototype class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, met with the media via Zoom conference to preview the April 14-15 race in Long Beach, California.

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WEC Hypercars new entries

Two Hypercars have been added to the Hypercar entry list for the upcoming TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa Francorchamps (27-29 April): Cadillac V-Series.R and Porsche 963. Both teams add a third car each for the 24 Hours of Le Mans 100th anniversary.

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12 Hours of Sebring GTD race

BoP changes in GTD class paid off as BMW and Porsche were in the game with BMW clinching the double and Porsche having 4 cars in the top 10.

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12 Hours of Sebring GTD PRO race

BoP changes in both GTD classes paid off as BMW and Porsche were in the game… even won a class each. The GTD PRO class was won by Pfaff Porsche #9.

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12 Hours of Sebring GTP race

Cadillac's third consecutive win in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring after dramatic end was lucky day for Pipo Derani, Alexander Sims and Jack Aitken with #31 Whelen Engineering Racing Cadillac V-LMDh who win the 12 Hours of Sebring 2023.

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12 Hours of Sebring Qualifying

Both Cadillac V-Series.R will start from front row the 12 Hours of Sebring tomorrow at 10am as Pipo Derani with Whelen Endineering Racing Cadillac #32 clinched pole today during 12 Hours of Sebring qualifying. Sebastien Bourdais, second with Cadillac Racing #01 (0.087 sec. slower than Derani), will also start from first row.

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FIA WEC, ELMS, GT, IMSA, NASCAR

Car Racing Reporter featuring endurance races in Austin, Daytona, Imola, Le Castellet, Le Mans, Monza, Nürburgring, Petit Le Mans, Portimao, Phoenix, Sebring, Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, Talladega, The Glen following victories of Acura, Audi, Aston Martin, Cadillac, Ferrari, Ford, Porsche, Toyota in ELMS, FIA WEC, GT, IMSA, NASCAR.