Kevin Estre did beat his own fastest lap driven yesterday to set the definitive Benchmark for the three free practices. Nice session this morning for Peugeot 3rd and BMW 6th of combined practices.

Part 1/4 of Augusto Farfus interview looking back at his Imola victory and sharing his views about the necessary ingredients to win the LMGT3 class in WEC.

Porsche Penske Motorsport is facing an intense weekend as its works teams aim to achieve top results with the Porsche 963 at Spa-Francorchamps in the World Endurance Championship WEC FIA and Laguna Seca in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

With seven consecutive Spa wins TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is unbeaten there since 2017. Mike Conway and Kamui Kobayashi can challenge for a hat-trick of wins in Belgium, Sebastien Buemi for a sixth win at Spa.

A safety car one hour from the end turned the 4 Hours of le Castellet endurance race into a sprint shuffling the rankings in each class where the strategy played an determining role. Inter Europol Competition first win in ELMS.

Bovy and Roda did clinch their second consecutive pole during qualifying today respectively in LMGT3 and LM2 Pro-Am. Julien in LMP3. van Uitert will start from pole since setting the fastest lap in LMP2.

Malthe Jakobsen with #37 COOL Racing did set the fastest lap in 1:41.186 during this morning Free Practice 1.

15 of the 16 LMP2 cars entered for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will participate to the 4 Hours of Le Castellet this weekend.

Both BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 didn’t reach the first podium despite the strong pace of the BMW M Hybrid V8. At Imola, the BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8 made enormous improvements compared to the WEC season opener in Qatar.

Team Peugeot TotalEnergies, Cadillac Racing, and Alpine Endurance Team lost any chance to be in contention for a podium seat following the chaotic start at Tamburello.

The Imola BoP did not level the performances between LMH and LMDh based homologated cars, even not within one group of homologated cars (LMH or LMDh). We also make the comparison for LMDh with IMSA!

Augusto Farfus, Sean Gelael, and Darren Leung triumphed ahead of their team-mates Maxime Martin, Valentino Rossi, and Ahmad Al Harthy. It was the first victory for a BMW M Motorsport car in the history of the FIA WEC.

Toyota claimed an unexpected victory thanks to perfect strategy despite not being the fastest Hypercar in the race. It is the second race win in a row for Toyota at Imola.

It’ll be a Ferrari front row but not a red one as #50 Ferrari 499P and #83 AF Corse Ferrari 499P did 1-2 during Hyperpole session this afternoon.

Malykhin wins LMGT3 Hyperpole and was the only LMGT3 driver under the 1:43 mark.

Six Ferrari works drivers are among the top 10 fastest drivers of the day. Kevin Estre with Porsche #6 was the second fastest « killing » the 1-2 set by Ferrari #83 and Ferrari #50 in the morning session.

Part 3 of our Imola Hypercar entries concentrates on the private teams who participate to the Endurance Trophy Hypercar Team.

Part 2 of our Imola entries concentrates on LMDh based homologation Hypercars: Alpine, BMW, Cadillac, Lamborghini and Porsche.

We have chosen to present the Imola entries in three groups: LMH, LMDh and Endurance Trophy Hypercar Team. Let’s start with the LMH: Ferrari, Peugeot and Toyota.

Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Global #40 Acura ARX-06 and Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 #7 are heading to Long Beach leading the drivers and teams championships with 706 points each.