IMSA SportsCar Championship reveals 2025 calendar On the eve of this weekend's second round of the season, the Sebring 12 Hours, IMSA President John Doonan shared next year’s slate of events. Autosport · Mar 15, 2024
Acura buoyed by weight reduction for IMSA Sebring 12 Hours HRC USA president David Salters, who is responsible for the ARX-06 program, told Motorsport.com at the season-opening IndyCar Series round at St. Petersburg last weekend that the reduction of 17kg since the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona should give it a better fighting chance on raw pace at Sebring this… Motorsport · Mar 12, 2024
Pin in LMGT3 switch with Iron Dames Lamborghini for 2024 WEC Pin will join Iron Dames regulars Michelle Gatting and Sarah Bovy aboard the #85 entry after contesting the full WEC in 2023 with the Iron Lynx-affiliated Prema LMP2 squad now running Lamborghini's single SC63 LMDh in the Hypercar class. She took a best finish of third, alongside Lambo factory drivers… Autosport · Jan 30, 2024
The returning Daytona Prototype king who strengthens Porsche's IMSA attack Porsche’s inaugural campaign with its 963 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship last year took a while to get into its stride, so the Penske-run operation made a big call to retrieve Dane Cameron from its World Endurance Championship line-up to bolster its American efforts. The softly spoken 35-year-old Californian, a… Motorsport · Jan 27, 2024
The returning Daytona Prototype king seeking a fitting IMSA homecoming Porsche’s inaugural campaign with its 963 in the IMSA SportsCar Championship last year took a while to get into its stride, so the Penske-run operation made a big call to retrieve Dane Cameron from its World Endurance Championship line-up to bolster its American efforts. The softly spoken 35-year-old Californian, a… Autosport · Jan 27, 2024
Second year of IMSA’s GTP ruleset will be less forgiving in 2024 – Aitken All four manufacturers that contested the North American series in the first year of its new hybrid LMDh cars won races, and each went into the final round at Petit Le Mans with a chance of the GTP title. Ultimately it was claimed by Action Express Racing Cadillac pair Pipo… Autosport · Jan 16, 2024
The winner takes all contenders for IMSA's first hybrid crown Action Express heads to Road Atlanta with an excellent chance of a sixth IMSA SportsCar Championship title in 10 seasons. Its 2021 champion Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims lead both the regular points and the four-round Endurance Cup with third driver Jack Aitken, who rejoins the duo this weekend as… Autosport · Oct 12, 2023
Dixon: New IndyCar hybrid “will change the strategy” in 2024 Dixon was speaking after a two-day test at Sebring, in which the 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged V6 engines were paired with the common hybrid components in full regeneration mode for the first time. Motorsport · Aug 19, 2023
WEC return a "critical piece of the puzzle" for COTA Vice president of motorsports Reid Atherton made the comments after it was announced on the Friday ahead of the Le Mans 24 Hours that the Austin track would take over the WEC's US round from Sebring following the conclusion of its three-year contract. Autosport · Jun 15, 2023
Austin, Interlagos on course to rejoin WEC calendar in 2024 Austin, which last hosted the WEC in 2020, looks to be favourite to take the all-important North American slot on the schedule in place of Sebring. Autosport · Apr 19, 2023
Corvette drivers optimistic Portimao will suit C8.R The 2.891-mile Algarve International Circuit, which will host the second round of the World Endurance Championship this weekend with a Six Hour race, comprises 15 turns and undulations that include a 16 percent drop down sweeping turns. Motorsport · Apr 10, 2023
Cadillac enters second Hypercar for WEC Spa 6 Hours The Chip Ganassi Racing-run factory team will field its IMSA SportCar Championship pairing of Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande in the additional Caddy V-Series.R LMDh at the Spa 6 Hours on 29 April, round three of the 2023 WEC. Autosport · Mar 29, 2023
Ford Mustang GT3 Race Car Makes Appearance At Sebring Ahead Of Debut Based on the Mustang Dark Horse, it will go racing in 2024. Motor1 · Mar 22, 2023
Toyota to complete pre-Le Mans test at Sebring this week The Japanese manufacturer, which claimed a 1-2 victory in the Sebring 1000 Miles, will run for three days from Monday as it undertakes a third endurance simulation with the updated 2023 version of the GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar. Motorsport · Mar 20, 2023
Motorsport · Mar 20, 2023 Snow’s final double stint key to PMR BMW’s Sebring win The second round of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship saw 14 caution periods, four of which occurred in the final two hours of the race. Snow ran nearly all of those two hours on one tank of gas, and his fuel-saving allowed him to produce enough pace to hold off…
Motorsport · Mar 20, 2023 Aitken: "Smart" driving helped AXR Cadillac win amid Sebring chaos The #31 Cadillac V-Series.R shared by Aitken, Alexander Sims and Pipo Derani was the prime beneficiary when both Penske Porsche 963s and the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06 were eliminated in a three-way crash inside the final 20 minutes of the race.
Autosport · Mar 20, 2023 Toyota will run its pre-Le Mans 24 test at Sebring this week The Japanese manufacturer, who claimed a 1-2 victory in the Sebring 1000 Miles, will run for three days from Monday as it undertakes a third endurance simulation with the updated 2023 version of the GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar.
Motorsport · Mar 19, 2023 How Toyota set the marker for WEC's newcomers to chase Shock, sensational, spectacular. All those words correctly described Ferrari’s pole position with its 499P Le Mans Hypercar at start of the new era for the World Endurance Championship at the Sebring 1000 Miles. Yet come Friday’s race it was Toyota who were on top.
Autosport · Mar 19, 2023 How one WEC stalwart set the marker for the newcomers to chase Shock, sensational, spectacular. All those words correctly described Ferrari’s pole position with its 499P Le Mans Hypercar at start of the new era for the World Endurance Championship at the Sebring 1000 Miles. Yet come Friday’s race it was Toyota who were on top. That the Japanese cars were just…
Autosport · Mar 18, 2023 United laments "cruel" TV camera fault that cost Sebring WEC win The #23 ORECA 07-Gibson of Oliver Jarvis, Tom Blomqvist and Josh Pierson controlled the first half of Friday's Sebring 1000 Miles from pole position before coming to a halt in the fourth hour.
Motorsport · Mar 18, 2023 United laments "cruel" TV camera issue that cost team Sebring win The #23 ORECA 07-Gibson of Oliver Jarvis, Tom Blomqvist and Josh Pierson controlled the first half of Friday's Sebring 1000 Miles from pole position before coming to a halt in the fourth hour.
Motorsport · Mar 18, 2023 Keating hails "special" Sebring win in first WEC race for Corvette The #33 Corvette C8.R shared by Keating, Nicky Catsburg and Nico Varrone dominated the GTE Am class in Friday's Sebring 1000 Miles, finishing two laps clear of the second-placed Proton Competition Porsche.
Motorsport · Mar 17, 2023 Derani: AXR Cadillac has needed only “very small” changes Cadillac has won the past two 12-hour races at Sebring and in fact its DPi-V.R model took four of the six Sebring 12hrs run in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s DPi era.
Motorsport · Mar 16, 2023 Sebring 12H: Albuquerque tops first practice in WTR-Andretti Acura Electrical issues delayed the WTR-Andretti car from strutting its stuff on track, so that Albuquerque had just 14 laps to get the job done, but his eighth lap was a 1min48.303sec around the legendary 3.74-mile track. That was enough for him to shade Renger van der Zande’s top time in…
Autosport · Mar 15, 2023 Calado questions WEC tyre warmer ban after Sebring Prologue crash The Briton confirmed that cold tyres were implicated in his shunt at the Turn 1 left-hander at the Sebring International Raceway on the morning of the second day of the test aboard the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar.