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!
Augusto Farfus member of the M4 development program
Part 3/4 of Augusto Farfus interview where Augusto comes back to the BMW M8 time, the development of the M4 and his 2024 program with three different teams for three championships.
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ADAC Ravenol 24 Hours of Nürburgring entry list
The 52nd ADAC RAVENOL 24h Nürburgring will be staging from 30th May to 2nd June with 130 entries and the stars of the GT3. We review the provisional list of the top GT3 teams.
Augusto Farfus inspired by Senna, lead by Massa
Part 2/4 of Augusto Farfus interview remembering his debut in go-karting, first travel to Europe to become professional driver, the rapid transition to formula races, the move to touring racing and the contract with BMW.
Double for Porsche in LMGT3 at Spa
The Manthey EMA Porsche 911 GT3 R #91 was leading before red flag and eventually won the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in LMGT2 after Richard Lietz late race charge despite having to pit at the re-start.
100th win for the Penske team in sports car racing
The Porsche 963 driven by Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet won the action-packed thriller in California. This marked the 600th victory for a Porsche racing car in the IMSA series and the 100th triumph for the Penske team in sports car racing.
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.
Sarah Bovy clinches first pole in WEC this season
Sarah Bovy clinches her first pole in WEC LMGT3 class at Spa after a dramatic start of the Hyperbole with Aliaksandr MALYKHIN in #92 Porsche ending his session in the rails at Raidillon.
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.
Augusto Farfus first win in WEC
Part 1/4 of Augusto Farfus interview looking back at his Imola victory and sharing his views about the necessary ingredients to win the LMGT3 class in WEC.
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.
Inter Europol Competition first win in ELMS.
A safety car one hour from the end turned the 4 Hours of le Castellet endurance race into a sprint shuffling the rankings in each class where the strategy played an determining role. Inter Europol Competition first win in ELMS.
ELMS: Bovy, Julien, Roda and van Uitert will start from pole in their class
Bovy and Roda did clinch their second consecutive pole during qualifying today respectively in LMGT3 and LM2 Pro-Am. Julien in LMP3. van Uitert will start from pole since setting the fastest lap in LMP2.
ELMS: Jakobsen with COOL Racing fastest in FP1
Malthe Jakobsen with #37 COOL Racing did set the fastest lap in 1:41.186 during this morning Free Practice 1.
ELMS: Le Castellet last race ahead of Le Mans
15 of the 16 LMP2 cars entered for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will participate to the 4 Hours of Le Castellet this weekend.
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!
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.