Yifei Ye becomes an official Ferrari driver
From the 2024 season, Yifei Ye will be an official Ferrari driver. Speculation are that he will join Robert Kubica in the AF Corse #83 customer Ferrari 499P in Hypercar.
Ferrari honours GT and endurance series Champions
The headquarters of Endurance and Corse Clienti at Fiorano hosted the awards ceremony for drivers and teams who won a title competing with Prancing Horse cars in the main GT and endurance car championships in the 2023 season.
Buemi, Hartley and Hirakawa winners and Champions at Bahrain
TOYOTA GAZOO Racing achieved the double at the Bapco Energies 8 Hours of Bahrain. Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa clinch their second consecutive driver's title.
Bahrain title showdown for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
After securing the manufacturers’ World Championship at Fuji Speedway, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing aims to bring home the FIA Hypercar World Endurance Drivers Championship. Drivers quotes ahead of Bahrain.
Ferrari 499P in Mugello before heading to Bahrain
The Ferrari 499P, the “Queen” of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will feature at the Finali Mondiali Ferrari at the Mugello Circuit as part of the Ferrari Show on Sunday 29 prior heading to Bahrain. Also Ferrari 499P designers comments about its clear references to Ferrari’s stylistic tradition.
Porsche animates the 6 Hours of Fuji.
Vanthoor and Estre with the Porsche 963 #6 spent two-thirds of the 6 hours of Fuji in the lead but were ultimately unable to defend the top spot ending third behind the two Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010.
Toyota in row 1, Porsche in row 2
Both Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hypercar Hybrid will start from first row the 6 Hours of Fuji ahead of the two Porsche Penske 963.
Toyota Fastest in friday practices
Both TOYOTA GAZOO Racing set fastest lap today at Fuji International Speedway.
Toyota aims victory at home
The manufacturers’ World Championship could be secured by TOYOTA GAZOO Racing for a fifth consecutive season if the Nippon Hypercars outscore the Ferraris by 13 points in Fuji.
LMH versus LMDh
After 5 out of 7 races in the WEC championship, the time has come to take stock of the integration of the LMDhs in the Hypercars championships.
LMH and LMDh in short
What are the key differences between LMH and LMDh in the Hypercars category?
24 Hours of Le Mans: Tuesday
Tuesday key moments of the 24 Hours of Le Mans schedule is drivers briefing, drivers official picture, autograph session, pit stop challenge where all mechanics fight of the fastest pit stop. The day ends with cars official picture.
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.
24 Hours of Le Mans: Test day - Hypercars
The ranking of the test day is not significant for the 24 Hours of Le Mans as teams are working on the setup of their cars. Ferrari did lead both sessions and Porsche has its three factory cars in the top 6.
24 Hours of Le Mans: Cadillac preview
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).
24 Hours of Le Mans: Porsche preview
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.
24 Hours of Le Mans: Ferrari preview
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?
24 Hours of Le Mans: Toyota Gazoo Racing
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.
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: Hypercars race
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.
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