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The many surprise driver cameos of the 2023 NASCAR Cup season

As for why that may be, the new car itself has to be part of it. The addition of several more road courses, the NASCAR Garage 56 entry at Le Mans, as well as innovative programmes such as Project91 and others like it have all helped to lure several international…

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The many surprise driver cameos of the 2023 NASCAR Cup season

As for why that may be, the new car itself has to be part of it. The addition of several more road courses, the NASCAR Garage 56 entry at Le Mans, as well as innovative programs such as Project91 and others like it have all helped to lure several international…

Motorsport

Briscoe convinced privateers like Vanwall can still have success in WEC

The WEC is witnessing an unprecedented level of manufacturer involvement in the top Hypercar class, with five volume auto makers competing in the 2023 season and three more poised to join the category next year.

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Briscoe convinced privateers like Vanwall can still succeed in WEC

The WEC is witnessing an unprecedented level of manufacturer involvement in the top Hypercar class, with five major manufacturers competing in the 2023 season and three more poised to join the category next year.

Autosport

Friday favourite: The forgotten prototype racer that charmed 'Stig'

Ben Collins may have garnered fame through his television work, but he is no stranger to the cockpit of a racing car. Across his career, he has raced everything from Le Mans prototypes to a Citroen 2CV. It will come as no surprise that the machinery Collins looks upon most…

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Daytona 24 winner Braun remains in IMSA with LMP2 deal after MSR exit

In his first season in IMSA's top class since 2019, Braun won three races in the GTP class with Meyer Shank Racing's Acura in 2023 alongside Tom Blomqvist, including the first race of the new hybrid era at Daytona and the Petit Le Mans season finale.

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Kubica: Winning WEC LMP2 title "brings back smile" after Le Mans defeats

WRT trio Kubica, Louis Deletraz and Rui Andrade were crowned the WEC’s last-ever LMP2 champions with victory in Saturday’s Bahrain finale, beating Inter Europol’s Albert Costa, Fabio Scherer and Jakub Smiechowski by an astonishing 59 points in the final tally.

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Kubica: Winning WEC LMP2 title "brings back smile" after Le Mans defeats

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Calado: Ferrari "scratching its head" over Bahrain WEC pace

The winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours with Antonio Giovinazzi and Alessandro Pier Guidi has conceded that the Italian manufacturer’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar is lacking pace in all areas after neither of the two AF Corse-run cars were on the pace in the opening two sessions of free…

Autosport

The new Swiss sportscar ace following in his father's wheeltracks

Life for many is considerably different since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020. That certainly applies to Louis Deletraz, whose career has gone from strength to strength since that much-disrupted season when his sportscar journey truly began.

Autosport

The 499P Modificata Turns Ferrari's Le Mans Winner Into 858-HP Track Day Hero

Since it doesn't have to apply to the rules, this track car is more powerful than the version racing in international competition.

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McLaren "excited" by new F1 junior Bortoleto

The team announced recently that the Brazilian – who turned 19 last weekend – had joined the programme, which is overseen by five-time Le Mans winner and former F1 driver Emanuele Pirro.

Autosport

How to be an ace engineer: Experienced designer Andrew Thorby

Andrew Thorby didn’t heed the best advice he says he was ever given in a motorsport career that has spanned over four decades designing and engineering cars across the spectrum of single-seaters and sportscars.

Autosport

How Lamborghini took the long road to Le Mans

As Lamborghini celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, it’s gearing up to take on the ultimate challenge for a sportscar manufacturer: a bid for outright honours at the Le Mans 24 Hours. The attack on the centrepiece round of the World Endurance Championship with a new LMDh prototype run by…

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Aston Martin to return to Le Mans 24 Hours in 2025 with Valkyrie LMH

The winner of Le Mans in 1959 has firmed up the plans outlined by Autosport last month to revive the Valkyrie LMH project mothballed early in 2020 for twin assaults on the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Inside the adaptations needed to realise NASCAR's Le Mans return

“Strange and exciting.” Those are the words that came into FIA chief technical and safety officer Xavier Mestelan Pinon’s mind when he was told about the Garage 56 entry for this year’s Le Mans 24 Hours. And for good reason. The car that filled the grid slot reserved – but…

Autosport

How Japan’s underdog LMP1 helped start Toyota WEC juggernaut

Earlier this month, Toyota wrapped up this year’s World Endurance Championship manufacturers’ crown with another convincing display on home turf at Fuji. It marks the fifth time in a row, and sixth in total, it has come away with the silverware, including the occasions when a teams’ title was awarded…

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McLaren signs Le Mans winner Hirakawa as F1 reserve driver

Hirakawa will become part of McLaren's driver development programme, supporting the Woking team in its simulator as well as conducting a testing programme with its 2021 MCL35M car.

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Honda motorsport restructuring opens door to WEC/Le Mans bid

In a move revealed on Thursday, Honda Performance Development, the motorsport arm of American Honda Motor Co., based out of Santa Clarita in California, will join Japan’s Honda Racing Corporation to become HRC US.

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Honda motorsport restructuring opens door to WEC, Le Mans bid

It was announced on Thursday that Honda Performance Development, the motorsport arm of American Honda Motor Co. based out of Santa Clarita in California, will join Japan’s Honda Racing Corporation to become HRC US.

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Keating explains decision to bow out of WEC, join United in IMSA

It was announced late last month that Keating will join United for a full season in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, sharing the squad’s ORECA 07 with a yet-to-be-named second driver and enduro racer Alex Quinn, as the team switches its focus following the WEC’s decision to scrap the LMP2 class…

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See Bentley Continental GT Le Mans Drag Race Flying Spur In Luxury Showdown

Both have twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter W12 engines.

Motorsport

Menezes announces Peugeot WEC exit after Bahrain finale

The Californian 28-year-old announced on his Instagram page that he will depart the French manufacturer's 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar programme after November's Bahrain finale.

Autosport

Ferrari's WEC deficit to Toyota no greater at Fuji than Monza

It made the claim despite its two 499P Le Mans Hypercars trailing home in fourth and fifth positions, a lap down on the Toyota GR010 HYBRIDs that blocked out the top two positions.

Autosport

Fuji marks Porsche's best chance of WEC podium return in 2023 - Makowiecki

Porsche has struggled to challenge Le Mans Hypercar manufacturers Toyota and Ferrari on its return to the top echelon of sportscar racing this year, managing only one podium with its 963 LMDh.

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