Two-time Indy 500 winner Juan Pablo Montoya will make a late return to the Le Mans 24 Hours with the DragonSpeed squad. The 44-year-old Colombian has been called up to drive the #21 DragonSpeed ORECA-Gibson 07 alongside Memo Rojas and Timothe Buret for what will be his second Le Mans […]
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The ByKolles privateer squad has hailed last weekend’s Spa round of the World Endurance Championship as its “best ever performance” in the LMP1 ranks. ByKolles Racing head of operations Boris Bermes made the claim after its ENSO CLM-Gibson P1/01 driven by Tom Dillmann, Oliver Webb and Bruno Spengler outpaced privateer […]
Le Mans 24 Hours winner Nick Tandy is set to return to the wheel of a prototype at this year’s French enduro together with former LMP1 sparring partner Oliver Jarvis. Tandy, who won the race aboard a Porsche 919 Hybrid in 2015, and 2017 LMP2 class-winner Jarvis have been named […]
The World Endurance Championship finale at the Bahrain circuit in November has been brought forward as a result of the scheduling of two Formula 1 races at the venue. The second eight-hour fixture of the 2019/20 WEC at the Bahrain International Circuit, which was announced as part of a major […]
Toyota has revealed that both TS050 HYBRIDs suffered the electronic problem that cost the second-placed car more than half a minute in last weekend’s Spa World Endurance Championship round. Pascal Vasselon, technical director of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe team, explained that the issue that temporarily put the TS050 engine […]
The ByKolles privateer squad has hailed last weekend’s Spa round of the World Endurance Championship as its “best ever performance” in the LMP1 ranks. Webb, who was in the car at the time, said: “Normally when the team come on the radio and say, ‘Toyota five seconds behind’, it’s past […]
Norman Nato says Rebellion Racing must “wake up” and improve its wet weather performance relative to Toyota after finishing a distant third in Spa’s World Endurance Championship round. The solo Rebellion-Gibson R-13 started from pole position last weekend after heading all four timed sessions, each held in dry conditions, prior […]
Signatech Alpine LMP2 driver Thomas Laurent has apologised for the “unforgivable” mistake that led to his huge crash during Saturday’s Spa round of the World Endurance Championship. Laurent suffered a major shunt at the high-speed Blanchimont corner towards the end of the penultimate hour of the six-hour contest, destroying the […]
Porsche drivers Kevin Estre and Michael Christensen have been reinstated on the GTE Pro pole for Saturday’s Spa round of the World Endurance Championship. The reigning class world champions lost pole position when Estre had his lap deleted for a track limits violation at the La Source hairpin. This has […]
Rebellion Racing maintained its stranglehold on the top of the timesheets in a shortened final practice session for this weekend’s Spa World Endurance Championship round. Gustavo Menezes sat at the top of the classification with the fastest time of the event so far in the solo Rebellion-Gibson R-13 when the […]
A driver testing positive for the COVID-19 virus ahead of this weekend’s World Endurance Championship event at Spa could have implications for two teams taking part in the race. Frenchman Gabriel Aubry, who races for the Jota-run Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 squad, has received a suspected COVID-19 diagnosis. His […]
What goes on at a pitstop can make or break a race in motorsport. A delayed stop can deny a driver victory just as a good stop can seal the deal. Exactly how a pitstop operates varies wildly from series to series. Whether the regulations allow refuelling, how many mechanics […]
Oliver Webb will rejoin the ByKolles LMP1 team for the Le Mans 24 Hours and the preceding Spa-Francorchamps round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. The British driver has been part of the ByKolles set-up since the 2016 WEC season, and has anchored the squad’s Le Mans line-up for the […]
The rescheduled Le Mans 24 Hours in September will take place behind closed doors in a reverse of the decision announced in June to allow a limited crowd. Race organiser the Automobile Club de l’Ouest has decided that it is is untenable to allow even a limited number of spectators […]
The GTE Pro entry for the rescheduled Le Mans 24 Hours next month has been bolstered by the addition of a Ferrari fielded by the Scuderia Corsa-run WeatherTech Racing team. WeatherTech Racing has moved its entry from GTE Am to Pro after announcing that Ferrari factory driver Toni Vilander and […]
As Autosport launches the latest episode in its Race of My Life podcast series, we take a look back at three-time grand prix winner Thierry Boutsen’s choice as the race of his life – the 1986 Spa 1000km Race: 1986 Spa 1000km, Spa-Francorchamps Car: Brun Motorsport Porsche 956 The Spa […]
BMW factory driver Augusto Farfus will make a return to the World Endurance Championship and the Le Mans 24 Hours with Aston Martin. The Brazilian, who contested both editions of Le Mans encompassed by the 2018/19 WEC superseason with BMW, has been recruited to drive the British manufacturer’s factory-run GTE […]
Former factory BMW driver Tom Blomqvist will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut next month with the HubAuto Corsa team in the GTE Am class. Blomqvist will be joined by HubAuto Corsa regular Marcos Gomes and team owner Morris Chen at the wheel of a Ferrari 488 GTE, effectively […]
He’s sampled almost every type of GT car there is over the past 15 years, but McLaren factory driver Rob Bell has only raced an LMP1 car once – and, as he told JAMES NEWBOLD, it doesn’t hold especially happy memories Ever since he won on his sportscar debut at […]
Formula 1 design legend Gordon Murray has taken the wraps off the all-new supercar that bears his name. The Gordon Murray Automotive T.50, which incorporates moveable aerodynamics inspired by his 1978 Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46B fan car, was unveiled on Tuesday with a virtual launch. The former Brabham designer and McLaren […]