Sebastien Buemi finished atop the timesheets behind the wheel of the #8 Toyota GR010 – Hyrbid in the night-time Free Practice 2 session for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Buemi’s 3:27.474 effort was a full 0.524 clear of second-placed Robert Kubica in the ‘privateer’ #89 AF Corse Ferrari 499P with Kevin Estre third in […]
Bővebben
The fastest driver in qualifying for the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dries Vanthoor, said that BMW Team WRT were hoping for a red flag before Kamui Kobayashi’s spin brought an early end to the qualifying session. ‘We did a lap in the beginning and then we waited. For sure we were actually hoping […]
Bővebben
IMSA has released the provisional entry list for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race at Watkins Glen International which will see 56 cars compete in the six-hour affair. The sixth round on the 2024 calendar, which is also the third on the Endurance Cup, will take place on 23 June. For the first time since the […]
Bővebben
Proton Competition driver Ben Barker mastered qualifying practice for the 24 Hours of Le Mans which also marks the event debut of the Ford Mustang GT3. The Ford factory driver asserted his form early on during the 1-hour session whereby all 62 cars across three classes fought for their respective top-eight positions. In the LMGT3 […]
Bővebben
Dries Vanthoor was fastest in the qualifying session for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, setting a 3:24.465 in the #15 BMW Team WRT M Hybrid V8. This puts the car and team in a great position for the Hyperpole session to decide the top-eight tomorrow. Second was Sebastien Bourdais in the #3 Cadillac V-Series.R, […]
Bővebben
Red Bull Team Principal has revealed details regarding Sergio Perez’s contract extension with the Milton Keynes-based Formula 1 outfit, hinting at flexibility in favour of the team. Amid a poor run of form, Red Bull announced last Tuesday ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix that Perez had won a two-year extension at Red Bull, ending […]
Bővebben
The electric-hydrogen prototype H24EVO has been unveiled ahead of the 92nd running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans by Mission H24 co-presidents, Pierre Fillon and Jean-Michel Bouresche. Following the initial plans on the H24EVO in October 2023, a physical mock-up of the car was showcased in the Hydrogen Village during the race week of […]
Bővebben
Brendon Hartley topped the timesheets in the first practice session for the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the #8 Toyota GR010 Hybrid driver setting a 3:26.013 to go fastest. Callum Ilott was second quickest, with the Brit almost six tenths off Hartley, in the #12 JOTA Porsche 963. Ilott set his lap time […]
Bővebben
Mercedes aims to bring upgrades to its 2024 Formula 1 car “at a pace that the others cannot keep up with” amid the team’s return to form at the Canadian Grand Prix. The German marque’s underwhelming opening to the current campaign was dispelled in Montreal as its W15 car came alive and upheld genuine race-winning […]
Bővebben
1997 Formula 1 World Champion Jacques Villeneuve has criticised Daniel Ricciardo over what he perceives as a “childish” reaction to criticism about his recent form. Villeneuve and Ricciardo were engaged in a war of words during the Canadian Grand Prix, which began when the former questioned the Australian’s place on the grid. Ricciardo would go […]
Bővebben