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Tom Dillmann completed a “cool story” of racing redemption at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) on Sunday, anchoring Inter Europol Competition to a commanding victory in the Chevrolet Grand Prix just one year after a terrifying crash at the circuit left him with a broken back. The only Canadian round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship saw the two-hour, 40-minute sprint race ...Keep reading
segunda, 13 de jul, 18:38
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A tactical masterstroke on pit lane proved to be the ultimate key to success for Vasser Sullivan Racing at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The #14 Lexus RC F GT3 secured its second consecutive GTD Pro victory in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, proving that sometimes, less is more. Starting from sixth on the grid for the two-hour and 40-minute Chevrolet Grand Prix, Jack Hawksworth ...Keep reading
segunda, 13 de jul, 16:01
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Jeremy Clarke and Tom Dillmannn took victory for Inter Europol Competition in the Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The duo, who started on pole in the #43 ORECA LMP2 07, earned redemption after faltering in last year’s race, and did so by taking a splash of fuel in the closing minutes en route to winning the 2h40m sprint by 9.796s on the 10-turn, 2.459-mile natural ...Keep reading
domingo, 12 de jul, 21:19
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Jeremy Clarke captured pole for the Chevrolet Grand Prix at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. It was a furious fight for the top spot, with Clarke prevailing with a 1m07.904s flying lap in Inter Europol Competition’s #43 ORECA LMP2 07 on the 10-turn, 2.459-mile natural terrain road course. It marks Clarke’s fourth career pole, but first at the track widely recognized as ...Keep reading
sábado, 11 de jul, 21:37
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There is a feeling of appreciation Robert Wickens is carrying into the paddock at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (CTMP) this weekend’s Chevrolet Grand Prix. Roughly two months ago, a fire struck the transporter of DXDT Racing en route to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, destroying nearly everything, including the custom-adapted, one-of-one, hand control system used by Wickens. Remarkably ...Keep reading
terça, 7 de jul, 18:21
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A year after enduring one of the most heartbreaking finishes in program history, Vasser Sullivan Racing found ultimate redemption at the Sahlen’s Six Hours at The Glen—and they did it while carrying the memory of a paddock legend. Co-drivers Jack Hawksworth and Ben Barnicoat drove the #14 Lexus RC F GT3 to a dominant GTD Pro class victory from the pole position at Watkins Glen ...Keep reading
terça, 30 de jun, 19:19
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Jack Aitken and Action Express Racing are making excellence look routine in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, even if it feels anything but ordinary from inside the cockpit. Following a masterful performance in Sunday'’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, Aitken admitted it “feels a bit surreal” to sustain the team's relentless momentum. The victory marks the team’s second ...Keep reading
segunda, 29 de jun, 20:06
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Defending IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship LMP2 class champions AO Racing secured their first victory of the season in dramatic fashion, capturing a thrilling class win as the LMP2 category returned to action following a three-month hiatus. Dane Cameron held a comfortable five-second lead in the #99 AO Racing ORECA LMP2 07 with just 45 minutes remaining, but had to withstand a furious ...Keep reading
segunda, 29 de jun, 16:23
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Laurin Heinrich rallied JDC-Miller MotorSports to a third-place finish at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen after dropping a lap down. However, a victory by rival Jack Aitken meant the German lost ground in the GTP championship. The #5 Porsche 963 started fifth at Watkins Glen International, but was hit with severe adversity with three and a half hours remaining when co-driver Kaylen ...Keep reading
segunda, 29 de jun, 00:45
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Whelen Cadillac completed a dominant weekend by converting pole to victory in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, leading 143 of the 182 laps completed. There was no challenge in the charge to the end as Jack Aitken comfortably held a lead of more than six seconds on his closest rival before a crash on the last lap left him coasting to the finish line under caution around Watkins Glen ...Keep reading
domingo, 28 de jun, 22:33
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Earl Bamber has the #31 Whelen Cadillac comfortably out front at the halfway point of the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. It has been a messy run with five cautions through the opening three hours, but the Whelen Cadillac, which started on pole with Jack Aitken, has held control of the top spot for the majority of the duration. At the halfway mark, Bamber leads Kaku Ohta, in Acura Meyer ...Keep reading
domingo, 28 de jun, 19:28
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A bizarre crash under caution ended the hopes for a few contenders roughly 40 minutes into the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. The race was under caution after Wayne Taylor Racing’s Louis Deletraz hit some signage that littered the track, which triggered a run of pit stops. Through that, driver changes also commenced as the #60 Acura ARX-06 for Meyer Shank Racing, the defending winner of ...Keep reading
domingo, 28 de jun, 18:46
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A dramatic and prolonged Saturday at Watkins Glen International culminated in historic lap times and a significantly reshaped racing line through the famous "Bus Stop" chicane ahead of the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. During the late stages of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge support race on the 3.4-mile, 11-turn natural terrain road course, a piece of curbing detached at the entry to ...Keep reading
domingo, 28 de jun, 01:23
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Jack Aitken sent a message to the rest of the paddock after storming to pole for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. With less than 10 minutes left in qualifying, Aitken pushed Whelen Cadillac’s #31 Cadillac V-Series.R put down a massive flyer of 1m31.284s lap that was untouchable around the 3.4-mile, 11-turn natural terrain road course—later confirmed as a new GTP track record. Acura ...Keep reading
domingo, 28 de jun, 00:01
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There is a different feel to JDC-Miller MotorSports since the last time Kaylen Frederick was in the car. Frederick is back co-driving the #5 Porsche 963 for the Sahlen’s 6 Hours of The Glen, a little over three months since his previous appearance at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Over that stretch, the John Church-led outfit managed to acquire Porsche factory breakout star Laurin ...Keep reading
sábado, 27 de jun, 15:47
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The old racing adage says your teammate is your first rival, but Felipe Nasr is taking that paradox to a whole new level this weekend at Watkins Glen International. As the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship heads to the historic 3.4-mile, 11-turn natural terrain road course for the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, the Brazilian finds himself hunting down a primary title contender who ...Keep reading
sábado, 27 de jun, 14:02
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Less than two months after a catastrophic transporter fire threatened to derail their entire season, DXDT Racing has pulled off the near-impossible. The team’s #36 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R is back on the grid for this weekend’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. For program manager Bryan Sellers, the road to recovery was a logistical nightmare so severe that starting completely over ...Keep reading
sábado, 27 de jun, 13:50
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Each of the past two seasons has seen Paul Miller Racing win the endurance crown, including 2024 with Neil Verhagen. And heading into this year’s Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, the third of five endurance rounds, Verhagen and co-driver Connor de Phillippi have the team at the top once more. Regarding the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, however, the 25-year-old Connecticut native ...Keep reading
sexta, 26 de jun, 16:43
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IMSA has officially locked in the timeline for its next-generation Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) regulations, confirming that the new machinery will debut in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the 2029 season. The rollout follows a staggered introduction strategy, with the new cars set to debut a year earlier—in 2028—across all Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and Le Mans Endurance ...Keep reading
quinta, 25 de jun, 19:19
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Wayne Taylor Racing’s Filipe Albuquerque has described the first half of the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship as “brutal” for himself and team-mate Ricky Taylor. The duo has endured a trying season so far in the #10 Cadillac V-Series.R, failing to finish higher than 10th across the opening four rounds. It was only in last month’s Detroit street race that they were able to end their ...Keep reading
terça, 23 de jun, 16:00
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Once again, IMSA has found a pragmatic solution to a lingering problem. Following the BoP separation of the private Porsche 963 from JDC-Miller Motorsports from the factory entries, a GTP/Hypercar receives a weight specification outside its original homologation parameters for the first time ever—unless Aston Martin previously ran lower than 1,030 kg in WEC competition, where the BoP remains ...Keep reading
segunda, 22 de jun, 20:35
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JDC-Miller MotorSports has announced that Laurin Heinrich will drive its #5 Porsche 963 at the Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen later this month. The German, who has split driving duties this season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship between Porsche Penske Motorsport and JDC-Miller MotorSports, was originally expected to miss the trip to Upstate New York on June 28th due to a ...Keep reading
quinta, 11 de jun, 20:20
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Fresh off its historic breakthrough victory in the World Endurance Championship last month, BMW is now gearing up for the ultimate endurance test at the Circuit de la Sarthe with its heavily-revised M Hybrid V8. For spectators trackside, the most immediate visual indicator of the car's update is its significantly scaled-down kidney grille. According to Achim Klein, BMW M Hybrid V8 project ...Keep reading
quarta, 10 de jun, 17:00
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Genesis will not enter the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the 2027 season. Cyril Abiteboul, Team Principal of Genesis Magma Racing, shared the latest update ahead of this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, which will see the GMR-001 LMDh machine make its first appearance in the French endurance classic. “We are now talking about ‘28,” Abitboul confirmed, during a media ...Keep reading
quarta, 10 de jun, 16:43
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BMW factory driver Dries Vanthoor explained the collision at the IMSA race in Detroit and expressed his lack of understanding regarding the penalty handed to the #24 WRT BMW he shared with Sheldon van der Linde. The contact triggered the second caution of the race. Vanthoor was given a drive-through penalty for incident responsibility. This dropped the #24 BMW back to ninth in the final ...Keep reading
segunda, 8 de jun, 19:03
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Vincent Vosse is a name synonymous with success when it comes to the world of motorsport, and he never shies away from a chat on everything from the hottest issues to a quick post-race comment. The WRT team principal always offers interesting insights into the activities he has been carrying out in partnership with BMW M Motorsport for the past four years, spanning GT racing, the FIA WEC and ...Keep reading
segunda, 8 de jun, 19:01
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After several heartbreaking defeats to begin the 2026 campaign in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the Briton, along with co-driver Earl Bamber, were finally able to deliver a breakthrough victory for the Whelen Cadillac on the streets of Detroit last Saturday. Each of the opening four rounds saw the #31 Cadillac V-Series.R on the podium, including three runner-up results ...Keep reading
segunda, 1 de jun, 18:59
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The statistics might suggest it was a casual flag-to-flag Saturday drive for Antonio Garcia and Alexander Sims in the IMSA Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, but it was far from it. After starting from pole in the GTD Pro class on the around the nine-turn, 1.645-mile temporary street circuit, Sims set the tone early and built a gap on his rivals behind the wheel of the #3 Corvette Z06 ...Keep reading
domingo, 31 de mai, 00:01
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Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber delivered the breakthrough victory for Whelen Cadillac in the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic. After starting on pole, the combo were practically untouchable, at one point holding a 14s lead during the 100-minute sprint round for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Despite multiple late cautions, Aitken remained composed and went on to win by 6.023s ...Keep reading
sábado, 30 de mai, 22:15
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Cadillac is on top at General Motors' home IMSA round after Earl Bamber took pole for the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic. The 35-year-old New Zealander drove Whelen Cadillac’s #31 V-Series.R to a quick lap of 1m05.313s around the 1.645-mile, nine-turn street circuit. This is Bamber’s third career pole, first in GTP. “The car has been amazing,” Bamber said. “We had a great ...Keep reading
sábado, 30 de mai, 08:52
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Cadillac is on top in the home race after Earl Bamber took pole for the Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic. The 35-year-old New Zealander drove Whelen Cadillac’s #31 Cadillac V-Series.R to a quick lap of 1m05.313s around the 1.645-mile, nine-turn street circuit. It’s Bamber’s third career pole, first in GTP. “The car has been amazing,” Bamber said. “We had a great car last ...Keep reading
sexta, 29 de mai, 21:52
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As both the current and old-spec Porsche reach new weight heights, the BoP remains secondary in the often-chaotic IMSA races on the Detroit street course. New weight increases for both the 2026- and the 2025-spec Porsche 963 headline the Balance of Performance for the 2026 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic. After the small break at Laguna Seca raceway, the factory Porsche 963s are back ...Keep reading
quinta, 28 de mai, 18:42
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The 'World Center of Racing' is getting a major update in the form of Musco’s modern LED lighting system, the same system utilized by venues like Yas Marina Circuit, which hosts the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Musco also installed the original system at Daytona International Speedway in 1998. Working with Musco, the 2.5-mile superspeedway in Daytona Beach, FL, will install LED lighting ...Keep reading
quinta, 21 de mai, 14:01
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Laurens Vanthoor will race for McLaren’s new Hypercar team in the 2027 World Endurance Championship while remaining under contract with Porsche through the end of that season. The Belgian was named as the second driver for the McLaren MCL-HY project on Friday, just days after its first signing Mikkel Jensen shook down the car for the first time in Italy. The deal will ensure Vanthoor will ...Keep reading
sexta, 8 de mai, 07:59
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Defending Supercars champion Chaz Mostert will co-drive the No. 15 Lexus RC F GT3 with Aaron Telitz for Vasser Sullivan on May 30. This will be Mostert's first time competing in the 100-minute sprint race on the streets of Detroit, joining the GTD Pro field. However, it won't be his first IMSA race. The 34-year-old has three starts in the Rolex 24, earning a class win with BMW Team RLL in 2020 ...Keep reading
quarta, 6 de mai, 18:25
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Porsche Penske Motorsport confirmed a change to its lineup plans for the 2027 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, with Laurin Heinrich taking over a full-time seat of one of the team’s factory Porsche 963s while Laurens Vanthoor will only contest the endurance rounds. Heinrich, 24, is fresh off a stellar performance last Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, where he ...Keep reading
quarta, 6 de mai, 15:34
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Ford Racing overcame an early puncture and outlasted fuel-starved rivals to emerge victorious in GTD Pro at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday. A left-rear tire puncture derailed the group at the start, but co-drivers Christopher Mies and Frederic Vervisch battled through the adversity to sit fifth with roughly 20 minutes remaining. However, each of the top four, led by AO Racing’s ...Keep reading
segunda, 4 de mai, 16:35
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Honda Racing Corporation USA (HRS US) President David Salters provided slightly more insight on Acura’s decision to exit the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at the end of the 2026 season. The announcement by HRC US nearly two weeks ago declared a ‘pause’ on its factory effort in the top flight Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class - which it currently runs an Acura ARX-06 in ...Keep reading
segunda, 4 de mai, 16:18
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It came down to the final six corners. After 160 minutes of racing at Laguna Seca, the fight for the GTP victory was reduced to a duel between Laurin Heinrich in the JDC-Miller Porsche and Earl Bamber in the Action Express Cadillac, resulting in a fantastic last-lap pass by the German. The battle was as hard as it gets in IMSA, featuring door-to-door action, tactical braking, and the ...Keep reading
segunda, 4 de mai, 01:44
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Laurin Heinrich put on a furious charge that ended with a last-lap pass to win it for customer outfit JDC-Miller MotorSports at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. The 24-year-old German chased down Whelen Cadillac’s Earl Bamber and the two battled, with the race-winning sequence happening with a brave move in Turn 3 that kept them side-by-side before Heinrich secured the top spot in Turn 5 ...Keep reading
domingo, 3 de mai, 23:54
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"Fortunately, I’ve had my truck driver’s license for over ten years, from when I used to drive around the world with my father’s team," Porsche Penske driver Kevin Estre said with a laugh. Of course, his answer followed our serious question. The Porsche 963 had a record weight of 1,100 kilograms at the IMSA race in Long Beach; at Laguna Seca Raceway this weekend, it has been reduced to ...Keep reading
domingo, 3 de mai, 01:21
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Renger van der Zande held steady through multiple late restarts to give Acura Meyer Shank Racing the home race victory in the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. The Dutchman, driving the #93 Acura ARX-06, was undeterred despiteFrederik Vesti (#31 Whelen Cadillac V-Series.R) applying consistent pressure on the restarts, taking the checkered flag by 0.818s on the 1.968-mile, 11-turn temporary ...Keep reading
sábado, 18 de abr, 22:38
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Nick Yelloly stormed to pole in IMSA qualifying at Long Beach in the #93 Meyer Shank Racing Acura to end Porsche's stranglehold on top spot in 2026. The Briton, who shares Meyer Shank Racing’s #93 Acura ARX-06 with Renger van der Zande, blitzed the field with a flying lap of 1m11.626s at Long Beach, outpacing BMW M Team WRT’s Marco Wittmann, in the #25 BMW M Hybrid V8, by 0.030s. Louis ...Keep reading
sábado, 18 de abr, 09:45
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Felipe Nasr came under pressure in the closing stages by Jack Aitken, but held firm en route to guiding Porsche Penske Motorsport to victory in the Daytona 24 Hours - a the third consecutive win for team owner Roger Penske, Porsche and Nasr. The Brazilian, piloting the #7 Porsche 963, was left pulling off a repeat of last year's heroics, but this time the rival being fended off was Aitken in ...Keep reading
domingo, 25 de jan, 19:10
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Porsche leads the Rolex 24 at Daytona with a quarter of the race remaining, as daybreak allowed action to resume following a prolonged caution period. The Full Course Yellow was deployed shortly after midnight, with race control forced to neutralize the race as conditions rapidly deteriorated in the thick of the night. Over the following six-and-a-half-hours, the visibility fluctuated ...Keep reading
domingo, 25 de jan, 12:49
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The 64th edition of the Rolex 24 at Daytona has (slowly) reached the halfway point, but under adverse conditions. There's no rain, however, a dense fog has descended over the speedway and made visibility extremely low. Moisture is visible on the windows of every car in the field. Just after 11 hours of racing, the full-course-yellow was displayed due to deteriorating conditions. During the ...Keep reading
domingo, 25 de jan, 06:46
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Porsche Penske Motorsport’s Laurin Heinrich has the No. 7 Porsche 963 out front at the six-hour mark of the 64th Running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona. Heinrich passed the No. 85 JDC-Miller MotorSport Porsche, with Tijmen van der Helm behind the wheel, a few minutes prior to completing a quarter of the race. Behind the duo was Rene Rast in BMW M Team WRT’s No. 24 BMW M Hybrid V8 in third. ...Keep reading
domingo, 25 de jan, 00:20
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The 2026 endurance racing season is just a month away, with the Daytona 24 Hours marking the first event to feature top-line prototype machinery. Most manufacturers competing across the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship have opted to update their cars for 2026, meaning the Hypercar and GTP grids could look noticeably different next year. These changes have been ...Keep reading
quinta, 25 de dez, 16:00
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Porsche’s loss will be Genesis’ gain in 2026. Mathieu Jaminet was a star performer for Porsche in 2025 in both the IMSA SportsCar and World Endurance championships. He and Matt Campbell sealed the IMSA GTP title with consistency, but that would be to overlook some impressive drives. Jaminet was probably at his best at Sebring, Campbell at Daytona, even though they trailed the sister Porsche ...Keep reading
sexta, 19 de dez, 08:32
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Felipe Nasr might feel aggrieved not to retain his IMSA drivers’ crown. Three mid-season mistakes by Porsche Penske Motorsport team-mate Nick Tandy stopped the early momentum built on wins at the Daytona and Sebring enduros in its tracks. But it’s to his performance at the Sebring 12 Hours that Nasr owes his lofty Top 50 placing. Not for the first time did he excel over the bumps of Sebring ...Keep reading
sexta, 19 de dez, 08:16
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It’s hard to assess a programme that did not run its full course. The Porsche 963 LMDh that made its World Endurance Championship debut in 2023 was conceived for a far longer stay than the three seasons it ultimately managed. But as the German manufacturer wrestled with slowing EV growth and weakening demand in China, it was forced to make cuts in one area that has been central to its identity ...Keep reading
quarta, 3 de dez, 16:51
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Porsche Penske Motorsport has announced the six drivers that will represent the team in the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship. Laurens Vanthoor and Kevin Estre will move over from Porsche’s now-defunct World Endurance Championship programme and reunite in IMSA’s GTP class, sharing the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh for the full season. The pair will be joined in the five enduros by Matt Campbell ...Keep reading
quarta, 26 de nov, 15:01
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Laurens Vanthoor has expressed interest in joining IMSA after Porsche’s exit from the World Endurance Championship, but admits he’s reluctant to miss another shot at the Le Mans 24 Hours. Porsche’s shock decision to withdraw its factory team from the Hypercar class after just three seasons has created uncertainty regarding the future of its LMDh driver line-up. While the German ...Keep reading
quinta, 20 de nov, 15:13
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Penske IndyCar star Scott McLaughlin is looking increasingly likely to race for the team’s IMSA SportsCar Championship squad for the first time at next January’s Daytona 24 Hours. The inclusion of the seven-time IndyCar race winner on the Porsche Penske Motorsport driver roster for the three-day IMSA pre-season Daytona test starting on Friday has been described by team boss Jonathan Diuguid ...Keep reading
sexta, 14 de nov, 09:00
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Romain Grosjean has parted ways with Lamborghini after representing the brand for three years, primarily in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Grosjean first joined forces with the Italian manufacturer at the start of 2023, racing a Huracan GT3 Evo2 in the GTD Pro class at Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours. The same year, he helped Lamborghini develop the SC63 Hypercar for its twin ...Keep reading
sexta, 7 de nov, 10:28
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The Heart of Racing team boss Ian James, right back at the start of the year, threw the idea of Aston Martin’s Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar notching up a podium before its maiden season was out. “That would be nice,” he said. It didn’t look very realistic over the first half of THOR’s parallel campaigns with the machine in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar ...Keep reading
sexta, 31 de out, 13:15
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Cadillac Formula 1 test driver Colton Herta will race for the American manufacturer in three IMSA SportsCar Championship endurance contests next year. Herta will dovetail his F1 duties and an F2 campaign driving for Hitech with appearances at the start-of-season Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours IMSA rounds, plus the season-closing Petit Le Mans event at Road Atlanta. They will come in ...Keep reading
terça, 28 de out, 14:06
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Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet were clear favourites to take the IMSA SportsCar Championship drivers’ title going into the Petit Le Mans series finale at Road Atlanta. The Porsche Penske Motorsport duo had to be with a 100-plus point advantage before Saturday’s race. Yet to describe their passage to the championship as a walk in the park would be far from correct. The 10-hour race was ...Keep reading
segunda, 13 de out, 16:55
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Action Express trio Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber and Frederik Vesti gave Cadillac a second consecutive Petit Le Mans victory as Porsche’s Matt Campbell and Mathieu Jaminet won the 2025 IMSA title. The #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh took the flag after 10 hours of racing around Road Atlanta with a 5.1s margin over The Heart of Racing Aston Martin Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar ...Keep reading
domingo, 12 de out, 03:51
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"Bittersweet,” that’s how Robert Wickens describes his season in the IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2025 - the latest chapter in his racing journey in the wake of the life-changing injuries he sustained seven years ago. The Canadian proved he can compete in the premier sportscar series in North America with a car equipped with a new system of hand controls, which Bosch Motorsport has ...Keep reading
terça, 7 de out, 14:15
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Porsche is insisting no decisions have been made in the face of speculation that it could axe either its World Endurance Championship or IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign for next season. Thomas Laudenbach, Porsche Motorsport boss, refused to comment on a possible reduction in its factory programme with the 963 LMDhs run by Penske in the respective WEC Hypercar and IMSA GTP classes for ...Keep reading
quarta, 10 de set, 11:41
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BMW has unveiled revised aerodynamics for its M Hybrid V8 LMDh ahead of its campaigns in next year’s World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship. The revisions, which include a significantly smaller version of the marque’s signature ‘kidney’ grille, are designed to improve the consistency of the car’s performance across the range of circuits on which it races and to ...Keep reading
terça, 26 de ago, 10:37
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Former Formula 1 driver Logan Sargeant is making a surprise return to prototype racing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, six months after a split from IDEC Sport Racing and the Hyundai Genesis team. The 24-year-old American will contest the final two endurance rounds of the season with PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports, driving the #52 ORECA 07-Gibson. His schedule includes the six-hour race at ...Keep reading
quinta, 14 de ago, 18:20
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Lamborghini will not race its SC63 LMDh prototype next season after announcing that it is putting its GTP class attack on the IMSA SportsCar Championship on hold. The Italian manufacturer is billing its decision against continuing its IMSA campaign, which encompasses the endurance rounds with a solo car run by Riley Motorsports, as a “pause” resulting from a “strategic realignment of ...Keep reading
segunda, 4 de ago, 10:00
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The Belgian WRT team is in the running to expand its programme with the BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh into the IMSA SportsCar Championship next season. BMW’s representative in the World Endurance Championship has revealed that it is in negotiation to take over Rahal Letterman Lanigan's IMSA programme, after the German manufacturer opted against renewing its partnership with the US ...Keep reading
sexta, 18 de jul, 14:33
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Michelin will introduce a new range of slick tyres for the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year produced from 50% sustainable materials. The French tyre supplier has surpassed its original target to increase the percentage of the renewable and recycled components of the tyres used in Hypercar in WEC and GTP in IMSA from the 40% announced. It presents an ...Keep reading
quinta, 5 de jun, 08:33
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Robert Wickens went into his first race of the season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Long Beach with a simple goal: “To leave with our heads held high.” The Canadian undoubtedly did that over the course of his maiden event aboard a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R specially adapted to allow him to drive with hand controls. But there was also a feeling of what might have been for ...Keep reading
sexta, 30 de mai, 11:00
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Robert Wickens was always going to get back into a racing car after the life-changing injuries he sustained at the wheel of an Indycar at Pocono in 2018. He never doubted it, and nor did those around him. So no one should be surprised that his comeback is gathering pace with an IMSA SportsCar Championship campaign aboard a Chevrolet Corvette equipped with the latest-generation of hand-controls ...Keep reading
quinta, 8 de mai, 11:00
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The existing Hypercar World Endurance Championship rule book appears set for a further extension that could allow the current generation of cars to race until the end of 2032. Series boss Frederic Lequien has revealed to Autosport that a follow up on the two-year extension to the end of 2029 announced last summer is on the table. “The only thing I can say is that we must be realistic,” ...Keep reading
quinta, 24 de abr, 13:22
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Genesis has revealed the livery in which its new World Endurance Championship contender will race from next year on a full-scale model. The colour scheme for the Genesis GMR-001 LMDh was unveiled on a full-scale model at this week’s New York International Auto Show. It follows on from the 50% model of the car, which was part of the official launch of the LMDh programme in Dubai last ...Keep reading
quarta, 16 de abr, 10:01
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Nick Tandy, Felipe Nasr and Laurens Vanthoor made it two from two in the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship last weekend. The Porsche Penske Motorsport trio completed the ‘Florida 36 Hours’ when they added victory at Sebring over 12 hours to their 24-hour triumph at Daytona in January. And with it came another record for Tandy: he joined the select group of drivers to have claimed the unofficial ...Keep reading
terça, 18 de mar, 14:01
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No Balance of Performance, no golden age of sportscar racing. Period. Like it or not, the BoP is one of the building blocks of the success of top-flight prototype racing around the world. You can’t criticise its place at the highest levels of endurance motorsport for that reason, but perhaps in the case of the World Endurance Championship, right now you can question its widening ...Keep reading
quinta, 13 de mar, 11:57
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New Porsche factory driver Nico Muller will make his sportscar debut with the German marque at this weekend’s Sebring 12 Hours round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship. Muller, who has been placed by Porsche at the Andretti Formula E team for the 2024/25 season, will race the customer 963 LMDh fielded by the JDC-Miller MotorSports squad alongside full-season drivers Gianmaria Bruni and ...Keep reading
terça, 11 de mar, 10:13
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Jenson Button will race alongside Earl Bamber and Sebastien Bourdais in this year’s World Endurance Championship at the Jota Cadillac squad. The 2009 Formula 1 world champion was named in the #38 Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh along with Bamber and Bourdais on Tuesday when Jota revealed how the six drivers it announced in November will line up across its two cars. Cadillac Hertz Team ...Keep reading
terça, 11 de fev, 13:02
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Lamborghini will start looking for new partner teams to continue its LMDh project beyond 2025 if it can prove the competitiveness of the car in this year’s IMSA SportsCar Championship. The Italian manufacturer has taken over the lead of the race programme for this year with an IMSA-only assault on the five endurance rounds following its split with Iron Lynx. But it has outlined a vision to ...Keep reading
quinta, 30 de jan, 12:00
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Tower Motorsport has lost its LMP2 victory in the Daytona 24 Hours over a technical infraction, with United Autosports inheriting the top spot. The #8 ORECA-Gibson 07 crewed by Sebastien Bourdais, Job van Uitert, Sebastian Alvarez and John Farano scored a provisional win in the secondary prototype division at Daytona International Speedway, but a post-race technical inspection revealed that the ...Keep reading
quinta, 30 de jan, 06:45
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Porsche has revealed that it resolved the hybrid issues that blighted the 963 LMDh ahead of its victory in last weekend’s Daytona 24 Hours with a dual fix. Porsche Penske Motorsport explained that a mixture of changes to procedures and the fitment of old parts from last season allowed its pair of GTP entries to run through the IMSA SportsCar Championship season-opener to first and third ...Keep reading
terça, 28 de jan, 14:00
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Porsche held on to victory in the 63rd running of the Daytona 24 Hours after fending off late challenges from Acura and BMW. Felipe Nasr, Nick Tandy and Laurens Vanthoor took top honours in the factory #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh after Nasr passed the sister PPM entry of Matt Campbell at the Le Mans chicane with just 22 minutes remaining. Campbell looked set to secure the runner-up ...Keep reading
domingo, 26 de jan, 18:55
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Tommy Milner did not hold back his frustrations after his final stint at the 2025 Daytona 24 Hours, having blasted the Paul Miller BMW team after the battle for the GTD Pro lead. "That's not what racing is about. It's not what sports car racing is about," he told IMSA Radio. It came with less than three hours remaining after Milner had been leading his class in the #4 Corvette. But the IMSA ...Keep reading
domingo, 26 de jan, 17:36
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Porsche led the Daytona 24 Hours with its two factory Penske prototypes with six hours of the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship curtain-raiser remaining. The #7 Porsche 963 LMDh with Nick Tandy at the wheel held a narrow advantage of 5.6s over the sister #6 car driven by Matt Campbell as the race hit the three-quarter mark. Penske Porsche Motorsport’s two entries held a clear advantage at ...Keep reading
domingo, 26 de jan, 13:14
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Porsche held a commanding lead halfway through the Daytona 24 Hours, with Felipe Nasr heading a 1-2 for the German manufacturer. Former Formula 1 driver Nasr propelled the factory #7 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963 LMDh to the front of the field after passing the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac of Filipe Albuquerque late in the 11th hour. The #7 Porsche had been in contention for much of the ...Keep reading
domingo, 26 de jan, 06:58
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Cadillac’s hopes of scoring a victory in the Daytona 24 Hours took a big blow, with the #40 V-Series.R entered by Wayne Taylor Racing stranded on track after a mullti-car crash in the eighth hour. After the fourth course yellow of the race was retreated, Louis Deletraz was battling with the #60 Meyer Shank Acura of Tom Blomqvist for sixth position in the GTP class. But the Swiss driver ...Keep reading
domingo, 26 de jan, 02:35
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Acura led the Daytona 24 Hours with Colin Braun as the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship hit the six-hour mark. The #60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-06 swept into the lead as the race went green after a third caution period just before the end of the hour. Braun went around the outside of the #31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh driven by Earl Bamber into ...Keep reading
domingo, 26 de jan, 01:29
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