Day: December 13, 2019

Risi ready for Daytona

Jens Jensen

Risi Competizione will enter the Daytona 24 Hours race in January 2020. The half Italian, half American team from Houston, Texas only did three races in 2019. They started out at Daytona 24 Hours in January, where they finished a very close second. Next start was the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they finished outside the top-10 in the GTE Pro category, after being hit by quite a few technical issues – perhaps, if only they had done a few more races… They closed off 2019 by winning Petit…

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Vote for WRT design for Daytona

Jens Jensen

WRT Speedstar Audi Sport has announced that they will once again run at the Daytona 24 Hours in January 2020. The Belgian team has made a deal with Audi Canada, for them to run the car, and bring three European drivers, with a single Canadian driver added in. The double defending winner and new Audi works driver, Italian Mirko Bortolotti will be joined by his likewise double defending co-winner, Swiss driver Rolf Ineichen. They have been racing Lamborghinis for years, but will now try their luck in an Audi. Audi…

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Grasser to defend victories

Jens Jensen

Grasser Racing Team will be aiming at doing a hattrick in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener in 2020. The Lamborghini team with the lime green Huracan GT3 Evo cars has won the Daytona 24 Hours in both 2018 and 2019, but it will be a completely different line-up in 2020 compared to January 2019. Franck Perera, Richard Heistand, Steijn Schothorst and Albert Costa Balboa will be the four drivers, who have been called up for Daytona, but the team has also confirmed participating in the three other Michelin…

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Goodyear to be exclusive in LMP2

Jens Jensen

Goodyear will be sole tire supplier for the LMP2 cars in the European Le Mans Series and the FIA World Endurance Championship. The decision is part of the introduction of the new Hypercar category, where Michlin is the sole supplier. The LMP2 cars will be slowed a bit, since Hypercar is planned to run a bit slower than the current LMP1 cars. There is a currently a tire war in LMP2 between Michelin and Goodyear, making the cars go faster and faster each season. But by limiting it to a…

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