Corvette Racing closing the C8.R Chapter
Corvette Racing ended the C8.R chapter with a WEC championship win and a P3 in IMSA GTD PRO. Next season will see 4 Corvette Z06 GT3.R battling in IMSA and two in WEC under new banners. Line-ups announcements here.
Iron Dames: a 5 year-journey to victory
The Iron Dames secured a historic victory in Bahrain and a final championship place of second with #85 Porsche 911 RSR-19. The journey started in 2019. We come back to their consistent progress in achieving their goal.
Iron Dames keep P2 in class championship
Ferrari triumph, Corvette second and Iron Dames keep P2 in class championship with a new top five finish.
Toyota Fastest in friday practices
Both TOYOTA GAZOO Racing set fastest lap today at Fuji International Speedway.
P2 and P3 at play at Fuji in LMGTE AM
Ahead of Fuji, six teams are within 19 points of the Iron Dames who are second in both championships. The fight for the podium is very close between the Iron Dames, Ort by TF, Dempsey Proton Racing, GR Racing, Richard Mille AF Corse and AF Corse #54.
Lilou Wadoux: L’objectif est de finir sur le podium final.
Before jumping in the plane to Japan, Lilou Wadoux shared some time with us to look back at her first season as a Ferrari factory driver and talked about the aim for the WEC LMGTE AM Championship.
6 Hours of Monza: Corvette Champion - Porsche takes the podium.
Corvette Racing, Ben Keating, Nicki Catsburg and Nico Varrone are already World Endurance Champions with still 2 races to run before the end of the Championship. Porsche 911 RSR-19 trust the podium.
6 Hours of Monza: Toyota strikes fourth victory
The fifth round of the World Endurance Championship saw 7 different leaders in Hypercars class due to alternate pitting strategies but it was Toyota#7 who dominated the race with 143 laps on the lead out of the 200 covered.
6 Hours of Monza: Toyota leads at mid-race
The start of the 6 Hours of Monza was chaotic with Ferrari #51 spinning after being hit by Toyota #8. Peugeot #93 was on the lead at the end of hour 1 but Toyota #7 took control again at mid-race.
6 Hours of Monza: Toyota leads Ferrari by an inch
Kamui Kobayashi with Toyota GR010 Hybrid #7 clinched the pole point with a lap time of 1:35.358, 0.017 seconds ahead of Antonio Fuoco with Ferrari 499P #50. Kubica in LMP2 and Bovy in LMGTE AM were the fastest in their class.
6 Hours of Monza: Thursday practices (FP1 and 2)
The fastest lap performed by Pier Guidi with Ferrari #51 (1: 37.533) during the morning session (FP1) was considerably improved by 10 drivers during the afternoon session (FP2). Kamui Kobayashi did set the benchmark in 1:36.363.
Corvette Racing 2024 program
Chevrolet and Pratt Miller Motorsports officials announced today two 2024 WeatherTech Championship programs that feature the Corvette Z06 GT3.R and target four cars on the grid in IMSA at the Rolex 24 and throughout the season, as well as two cars in the FIA WEC and two Corvettes in SRO Motorsports America.
24 Hours of Le Mans: Corvette wins
Nicky Catsburg, Ben Keating and Nico Varrone drove the #33 Mobil 1/SiriusXM Chevrolet Corvette C8.R to the program’s ninth class victory at Le Mans and first for the mid-engine Corvette sports car.
24 Hours of Le Mans: Hyperpole -part 2
The Hyperpole of the 24 Hours of Le Mans for LMP2 class was fierce with the top 3 within 0.317 seconds.
In LMGTE AM, Ben Keating dominated the class by relegating the second to more than a second and a half.
24 Hours of Le Mans: Test day - LMP2 and LMGTE AM
The 24 Hours of Le Mans test day saw JOTA dominating LMP2 class and the three Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 drivers Jenson Button, Jimmie Johnson and Mike Rockenfeller ahead of the three Ferrari 296 drivers dominating the LMGTE AM class.
Corvette Racing at 24 Hours of Le Mans
The Keating/Catsburg/Varrone trio won the first two WEC races of the season at the Sebring 1,000 Miles and Six Hours of Portimão and followed with a runner-up finish at the Spa Six Hours to take the championship lead. Le Mans is critical, though, as it is a double-points race and will go a long way toward determining this year’s title-winners.
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.
6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps: LMGTE race
Lilou Wadoux marks FIA WEC history by being the first female driver to climb onto the top step of the podium in the FIA WEC. Together with Alessio Rovera and Luis Perez Companc on board of the Richard Mille AF Corse-run Ferrari 488 GTE Evo #83, they won the 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps LMGTE class. The LMGTE race saw 6 different leaders with 18 leader changes during the first 96 laps until #83 took the lead almost for the remaining 44 laps.
WEC- 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps: LMGTE Qualifying
The verdict is in for the 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps LMGTE qualifying session: Ahmad Al Harthy leads his opponents by more than 2 seconds in the #25 Aston Martin Vantage ORT by TF. Sarah Bovy is second. Ben Keating fourth.
WEC- 6 Hours of Portimão: Top 3 per class
Toyota Gazoo Racing and United Autosport dominated their respective class. In LMGTE AM, the battle was fierce with several leaders; Corvette Racing clinch a second victory after Sebring.
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.