Cadillac is paying homage to its first venture to Le Mans with the same car numbers 2 (the usual WEC entry) and 3 (IMSA #01 Chip Ganassi Racing) as 1950, along with #311 (IMSA #31 Whelen Engineering).

Ahead of the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Porsche is third in the FIA World Endurance Manufacturer’s Championship (WEC) and second in the Weathertech Sportscar Manufacturer’s Championship (IMSA). For the June 9th race, Porsche will feature 4 LMDH prototypes.

With three consecutive podium finishes Ferrari has increasingly bridge the gap with Toyota. Fifty years after its last Le Mans win, is Ferrari going to win again for the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans?

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is dominating the World Endurance Manufacturers’ Championship by scoring almost all points attributed so far if it was not for the pole (1 point) won by Ferrari at Sebring. After 5 consecutive wins at Le Mans, three victories and two doubles this season, Toyota GR010 are definitively the favourites for the centenary of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

After a strong debut at the 24 hours of Daytona where the three Cadillacs ended third, fourth and fifth, Cadillac Racing is leading the IMSA manufacturers’ championship. Alexander Sims and Pipo Derani are second in the drivers’ championship just one point behind the Porsche #6 team. In WEC, the #2 Cadillac is fourth just two points behind Porsche.

Porsche Penske Motorsport is third in both IMSA and WEC manufacturers championships still in contention in IMSA but far behind in points in WEC. After suffering technical issues in Daytona, both Porsche 963 were lacking performance in WEC and suffering technical issues. In IMSA, both cars were in contention for a double at Sebring and Porsche 963 #6 clinched its first victory at Long Beach in IMSA.

The first Safety Car was released during the third lap thwarting Ferrari team strategy of mounting rain tires as the track dried out during that SC period. Both Toyota GR010 Hybrid dominated the 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps with #7 winning after leading 89% of the laps covered. Sister #8 moved up from P36 to end second.

The 6 hours of Spa-Francorchamps qualifying started wrongly for Toyota Gazoo Racing with Brendon Hartley crashing his #8 GR010 Hybrid in the Raidillon straight out of the pits on cold tires. The session was animated by Giovinazzi with Ferrari #51 who qualified first at the end of the session until his fastest lap was canceled for track-limits violation. Kamui Kobayashi will start from pole tomorrow at 12:45.

Despite a wet track at the beginning of third free practice, many drivers improved their times from the day before on a track that gradually dried out. Brendon Hartley (Toyota #8), James Calaldo (Ferrari #51), Kamui Kobayashi (Toyota #7) and Nico Müller (Peugeot #94) and Richard Westbrook (Cadillac #2) are the top 5 of the combines free practices.

Thursday practices were run in clear conditions with Toyota #8 dominating their rivals in the morning practice by more than 1.6 sec. and Ferrari managing to tie the game, even beating the time set by the #8 during the second session.

The #3 Cadillac V-Series.R (#01 in IMSA), co-driven by Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Vande and Jack Aitken, will make its FIA World Endurance Championship debut in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps.

After a convincing start to the season in the World Endurance Championship, the Ferrari 499Ps will be looking to strengthen their results at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps Saturday.

The 6 Hours of Portimão saw five different Hypercar manufacturers represented in the top 5: Toyota, Ferrari, Porsche, Cadillac and Porsche. Four cars had technical problems and one did not finish. We review each car race and share drivers comments after the race.

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.

Brendon Hartley did set the fastest lap of 6 Hours of Portimao qualifying to head another Toyota Gazoo Racing 1-2. Mirko Bortolotti in LMP2 and Ben Keating in LMGTE AM are the winners in their respective classes.

Kamui Kobayashi did set the fastest lap of today’s both sessions to head another Toyota Gazoo Racing 1-2.

Here are the Ferrari Hypercars drivers’ comments ahead of the 6 Hours that will kick off on Sunday 16 April, at 12 p.m. (local time) at the Portuguese track.

Following an impressive debut of the hybrid Cadillac V-Series.R in the FIA World Endurance Championship, Cadillac Racing turns its attention to the opening leg of the European schedule and the 6 Hours of Portimão in Portugal this weekend. Drivers quotes.

After delivering a one-two victory over a packed Hypercar field, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing aims to maintain its dominant start to the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season at the 6 Hours of Portimão. Drivers quotes.

After a positive debut at Sebring, the two Ferrari 499P crews are ready to make a comeback in the top class of the FIA World Endurance Championship at the 6 Hours of Portimão. Miguel Molina interview by Ferrari.com