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Ford hopes hit by BoP change for Daytona 24 Hours debut, claims Rockenfeller

Mike Rockenfeller, who is racing the #64 GTD Pro entry with Harry Tincknell and Christopher Mies run by the factory Multimatic squad, told Autosport that “for sure the car is not at the sharp end of the field” ahead of the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Ford Mustang hopes hit by BoP change for Daytona debut, claims Rockenfeller

Mike Rockenfeller, who is racing the #64 GTD Pro entry with Harry Tincknell and Christopher Mies run by the factory Multimatic squad, told Motorsport.com that “for sure the car is not at the sharp end of the field” ahead of the opening round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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BMW to focus on reliability early on in WEC Hypercar – van der Linde

The Bavarian manufacturer returns to the WEC for the first time since its single-season assault on the GTE Pro class with the M8 with MTEK in 2018-19, as partner team WRT fields a two-pronged effort in Hypercar with the M Hybrid V8 and M4 in LMGT3. The Dallara-based LMDh contender…

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BMW's focus on reliability in early stages of WEC Hypercar entry - van der Linde

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IMSA champion Action Express explains key to Cadillac success

Last season, the combination of Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims helped the team capture the GTP title in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, with Jack Aitken joining the duo to secure the Endurance Cup.

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Le Mans winner Dumas joins Proton Porsche for Daytona return

Dumas, who has been left without a seat following Glickenhaus’ exit from the World Endurance Championship, will share the team’s sole GTP entry with Neel Jani, Gianmaria Burni and Alessio Picariello in the blue-riband round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship on January 27-28.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #41 Sebastien Bourdais

On the face of it, Sebastien Bourdais didn’t have the kind of year to justify such a high ranking. There was only one win in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with the Ganassi Cadillac squad.

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Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #25 Matt Campbell

Matt Campbell took the big step up from GT racing to prototypes like a duck to water, dropping into the factory Penske-run Porsche 963 programme in the IMSA SportsCar Championship alongside Felipe Nasr.

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Ex-F1 racer van der Garde announces retirement

The 38-year-old made his announcement in a video posted to Instagram after concluding his P2 campaign in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with TDS Racing.

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Friday favourite: America’s hidden gem with corners rivalling Spa

Its status as a GT-only round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship means that Virginia International Raceway doesn’t get the same attention as some of the calendar’s traditional heavy hitters. But to drivers who have sampled its 3.270 miles of narrow winding asphalt, the track commonly known as VIR is a…

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IMSA releases preliminary entry list for Daytona 24 Hours

Although there are more than two months remaining until the race, the lineup already features 56 drivers that have captured victories in the season-opening endurance classic of the IMSA SportsCar Championship.

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Iron Lynx Lamborghini reveals GTD Pro line-up for Daytona before Hypercar debut

The Italian squad will contest the five long-distance races on the IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar that comprise the Endurance Cup.

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Iron Lynx Lamborghini reveals GTD Pro lineup for Daytona before Hypercar debut

The Italian squad will contest the five long-distance races on the IMSA SportsCar Championship calendar that comprise the Endurance Cup.

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Hinchcliffe joins Pfaff for three 2024 IMSA endurance rounds

It will mark the 36-year-old Canadian’s first appearance in the IMSA SportsCar Championship since the Rolex 24 At Daytona in 2017 with Mazda Motorsports. He will drive a McLaren 720S GT3 Evo with Pfaff Motorsports.

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IMSA GTP lessons helping Chevrolet, Honda with IndyCar’s hybrid unit

The two manufacturers are represented by sister brands Cadillac and Acura, respectively, in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, where they just completed the maiden season of a hybrid-infused GTP class over nine races in 2023.

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IMSA GTP learnings helping Chevrolet, Honda with IndyCar’s hybrid unit

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Proton explains Ford WEC switch after long-tie up with Porsche

Proton’s history with Porsche dates back to the very launch of the team in 1996 by Gerold Ried and it has remained a loyal partner of the German marque since then. This year, it expanding on the partnership by fielding one example each of the 963 LMDh in WEC and…

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United Autosports confirms Ben Hanley for 2024 IMSA effort

Fresh off taking an LMP2 class victory at Petit Le Mans with CrowdStrike Racing by APR, he will contest his fifth season in the IMSA SportsCar Championship with a full-time commitment with United Autosports.

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Grosjean gets first run in Lamborghini LMDh as testing resumes after crash

Grosjean drove the hybrid prototype that will carry Lamborghini’s hopes in both the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship in the hands of the Iron Lynx team from next year at the Almeria circuit in southern Spain over three days this week.

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Grosjean gets first run in Lamborghini SC63 LMDh as testing resumes after crash

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How virtual energy has become a defining principle in Hypercar racing

The IMSA SportsCar Championship underwent a profound shift with its adoption of new rules for 2023. Teams now had a spec hybrid system to optimise, while the move from DPi to LMDh (known Stateside as GTP) also meant a new philosophy for calculating energy usage – falling in line with…

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Aston Martin rules out Alonso, Stroll involvement in Valkyrie Hypercar assault

Instead, they intend to focus on recruiting the line-up for the team’s campaigns with the Valkyrie LMH in the World Endurance Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship starting in 2025 from their existing roster of drivers.

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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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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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Taylor explains “difficult” decision to leave Corvette, rejoin WTR

Last week, it was announced that Taylor will return to the team run by his father Wayne at the wheel of a second Acura ARX-06 LMDh in the IMSA SportsCar Championship next year, partnering up with Louis Deletraz.

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