The 10 brightest female stars of 2023 Continuing our festive top 50 drivers theme, we thought we'd weigh up the best female challengers from the 2023 season across the wider world of motorsport. Motorsport · Dec 21, 2023
Autosport's 10 brightest female stars of 2023 Continuing our festive top 50 drivers theme, we thought we'd weigh up the best female challengers from the 2023 season across the wider world of motorsport. Autosport · Dec 21, 2023
Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #27 Filipe Albuquerque Filipe Albuquerque once again pulled double duty across IMSA and the WEC with the WTR Andretti Acura LMDh and United Autosports LMP2 teams respectively. The Portuguese was a race winner in neither arena (though took a maximum points score behind a non-registered car in WEC), but as always was a… Autosport · Dec 21, 2023
Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #22 Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi again missed out on the big prizes in the WEC; neither the title nor a Le Mans win came his way in 2023. But he and team-mates Mike Conway and Jose Maria Lopez were the ‘winningest’ of the two Toyota line-ups, outscoring the champions 4-2. It should also… Autosport · Dec 21, 2023
Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #16 Brendon Hartley This was another strong year for Brendon Hartley. He was up there among the fastest of the Toyota drivers – it was nip and tuck between him and Kamui Kobayashi for that honour in the WEC – in a year when he became a four-time world title winner. Autosport · Dec 21, 2023
Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #11 Ritomo Miyata Toyota WEC junior Ritomo Miyata launched his career globally by winning both the Super Formula and Super GT titles in an accomplished campaign, becoming by far the youngest of the five drivers to have achieved the feat, at the age of 24. Autosport · Dec 21, 2023
Autosport Top 50 of 2023: #7 Antonio Fuoco There were times when Fuoco’s pace aboard Ferrari’s 499P Le Mans Hypercar was nothing short of astounding in the WEC. Autosport · Dec 21, 2023
Aston Martin reveals expanded factory driver roster for 2024 Nurburgring 24 Hours winner David Pittard, GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup champion Mattia Drudi and Henrique Chaves, a class winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours, have been added to the Aston Martin Racing roster for 2024. Autosport · Dec 18, 2023
Ye joins Ferrari as factory driver ahead of expected AF WEC drive The news follows last week’s announcement that he has left Porsche’s stable, having previously been nominated as a ‘Selected Driver’ by its Asia Pacific motorsport arm. Autosport · Dec 18, 2023
Ford signs former Audi drivers to expanded Mustang GT3 works roster Following the end of its successful factory-supported GT programme, Audi stalwarts Mies and Vervisch will join previously-announced quartet Mike Rockenfeller, Harry Tincknell, Joey Hand and Dirk Muller on the Blue Oval's Multimatic-run assault on the IMSA Sportcar Championship's GTD Pro class. Autosport · Dec 16, 2023
WEC drivers "sad" to see the demise of prototype-like GTE cars Last month's Bahrain 8 Hours marked the final competitive outing for GTE machinery following the decision by FIA and ACO to drop the corresponding class from WEC and the European Le Mans Series next year. Autosport · Dec 16, 2023
WEC drivers saddened by demise of prototype-like GTE cars Last month's Bahrain 8 Hours marked the final competitive outing for GTE machinery following the decision by FIA and ACO to drop the corresponding class from WEC and the European Le Mans Series next year. Motorsport · Dec 16, 2023
Button to make WEC return racing Jota Porsche in 2024 The 43-year-old will undertake a full season of racing for the first time since his winning assault on the Super GT Series with the Kunimitsu Honda team in 2018 in one of the pair of Hertz Team Jota Porsche 963 LMDhs. Autosport · Dec 15, 2023
Conway, Miyata complete Vasser Sullivan’s Rolex 24 lineup Conway will co-drive alongside defending GTD Pro champions Ben Barnicoat, Jack Hawksworth, and IndyCar star Kyle Kirkwood in the team’s #14 Lexus RC F GT3. The combination of Barnicoat, Conway and Hawksworth teamed up to finish third in the 2023 edition of the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s season-opening endurance classic. Motorsport · Dec 14, 2023
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Autosport · Dec 12, 2023 Ye leaves Porsche ahead of likely link-up with Ferrari and customer AF WEC drive The end of the Chinese racer’s contract as a so-called ‘selected driver’ with Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific was revealed on Tuesday.
Autosport · Dec 12, 2023 WEC tyre warmer ban remains in place for 2024 Le Mans 24 Hours A repeat of this year’s U-turn for Le Mans to lift the new-for-2023 WEC rule prohibiting the pre-heating of tyres before they are put on the car was under discussion, series boss Frederic Lequien revealed late last month.
Autosport · Dec 11, 2023 Ilott in WEC switch with Jota and Porsche for 2024 The former Alfa Romeo Formula 1 reserve driver will race the British squad’s #12 Porsche 963 LMDh along with team regular Will Stevens and Norman Nato. Ilott and Nato were announced on Monday by Jota for #12 in its expanded two-car Hypercar squad along with Phil Hanson, who will race…
Autosport · Dec 11, 2023 Sorensen persuaded to re-sign with Aston Martin on multi-year deal The marque’s return to the pinnacle of sportscar racing with the Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar announced in October and the development of an evolution version of its Vantage GT3 racer were key motivations for the Dane agreeing a new multi-year contract with Aston Martin Racing.
Autosport · Dec 11, 2023 Albuquerque hopes to race at Le Mans next year before possible 2025 Acura effort Albuquerque has raced at Le Mans every year since his debut in 2014 with the Audi LMP1 team, with 2023 marking his 10th consecutive appearance in the French endurance classic.
Autosport · Dec 8, 2023 Porsche reacts to Lamborghini pace, explains 963 update strategy Lamborghini’s new prototype – the 3.8-litre, twin-turbo V8-powered SC63 – produced a 1m35s-flat lap on Wednesday, about a second off last year’s Daytona 24 Hours pole position time.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 3, 2023 Mike Perry calls out Anthony Pettis after BKFC 56 win: ‘That’s an amazing fight’ Mike Perry wants to meet Anthony Pettis in the bareknuckle boxing world.
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Autosport · Dec 3, 2023 Alfa Romeo focused on WEC switch after ruling out staying in F1 The Italian manufacturer’s title sponsorship deal with the Sauber team came to an end at last weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, following a successful six years together.
Autosport · Dec 2, 2023 Losing highly-competitive LMP2 class from WEC a “shame”, say drivers LMP2 has been a staple of WEC since the inception of the championship in 2012, although it has its roots in the LMP675 class that was launched by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest back in 2000.