Few changes to the Monza entry list

There are a few changes to the entry list for the 6 hours FIA World Endurance Championship round at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza this weekend. 36 cars are entered, with some dropping out and others coming in. Northwest AMR #98, who has run with Heart of Racing Team colors since Spa Francorchamps, are not running this weekend, since they have a clash with the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, so they have chosen that over the FIA WEC race. Proton Competition has switched cars and categories. They have been running a…

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Proton with WeatherTech livery in WEC and IMSA

Proton Competition will once again run in WeatherTech colors, when the team makes their debut at the brand new Porsche 963 in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The German started working with WeatherTech in 201, where they would run the IMSA car, in addition to Cooper MacNeil in the European Le Mans Series, as a warm up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. They moved away from the Porsche to a Mercedes AMG GT3 in the IMSA series instead, but the collaboration with Proton…

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TF switches to Corvette

TF Sport has chosen to switch brands once the 2023 season is over. The British team has pretty much been synonymous with Aston Martin, ever since they first appeared in British GT in 2014, and with their entry in the Michelin Le Mans Cup in 2016, where they won the title, and moved on to the European Le Mans Series, where they finished second, and then further on, into the FIA World Endurance Championship. The team will move to the brand new Corvette Z06 GT3.R in 2024, running two cars…

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Proton with Ford in the FIA WEC

Proton Competition and Ford Performance have announced a new collaboration, as they are presenting the brand new Ford Mustang GT3. So they are throwing in their cap, to participate in the brand new GT3 category in the FIA World Endurance Championship, which is replacing the GTE category. Ford has been in and out of the sportscar world. They have had a NASCAR programme for many years, as their primary motorsport activity. But they have also had an engine programme in IMSA, in the DP category, and more recently with the…

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Alpine shows A424_β

Alpine has shown their brand new A424_β LMDh car, ahead of the very first rollout coming up next month. The car is developed in collaboration with ORECA, and do have some similarities with the Acura ARX-06 in regards to the front of the car. It will once again be Signatech running the programme, just like they have done in the FIA WEC since 2012, where it’s primarily has been LMP2 running. They got the chance to buy the Rebellion R13 towards the end of 2020, and then raced two seasons in…

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Jani hired by Proton

Neel Jani will be racing the rest of the FIA World Endurance Championship season for Proton Competition. The Swiss racer will be third driver on the new Porsche 963 LMDh car, with Harry Tincknell and Gianmaria Bruni being his teammates. The team was one of the very early takers, when Porsche announced that the model would be available for privateers. So they put in an order for two cars in the FIA WEC, and two for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. There has been a bit of backlog to get…

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UA moves to full American season

United Autosports has announced their overall plans for the 2024 season. The British-American team has been a part of the FIA World Endurance Championship for the past many seasons in the LMP2 category, but that category will disappear after the 2023 season, so their focus moves towards a full IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign. They have only done selected races so far, including the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours, but now they want to compete at all the rounds, that LMP2 cars are present at. The team will…

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LMP2 no longer part of FIA WEC

It has been rumoured for a long time, but it was made official today. The LMP2 category will no longer be part of the FIA World Endurance Championship, following the conclusion of the 2023 season. The category has been there from the very start of the championship back in 2012, and has been a platform for many drivers, to make a step up to the LMP1 or the current Hypercar category. The reason for the category to disappear is down to physical space for it in the FIA WEC. The…

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FIA WEC schedule 2024 announced

The FIA World Endurance Championship has announced their 2024 schedule. The series will expand from 7 to 8 race weekends, going towards the left of pre-COVID-19, which put a damper on many things. A further expansion is expected for 2025. As previous announced, the season is going to start in Qatar with the Prologue and opening round in February. That will be a race of maximum 10 hours, or 1812 kilometers. But more big changes are happening after that. The second round will be a new 6-hour race at Imola…

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Proton ready for both WEC and IMSA

Proton Competition is ready with their new Porsche 963, which they are going to race in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. The German team was very early to put in an order for the brand new LMDh car from Porsche, who will compete in the Hypercar category in the FIA WEC, and the GTP category in IMSA. The team will run with both Gianmaria Bruni and Harry Tincknell as the two drivers for both championships. A third driver will be announced for the FIA WEC…

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ByKolles makes driver swap

The ByKolles team, who is racing under the Floyd Vanwall Racing Team banner in 2023, has made some changes to their driver line-up for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. Jacques Villeneuve is no longer part of the team, after a very problematic start to the season. The Canadian Formula 1 World Champion will be replaced by Tristan Vautier, who has plenty of Prototype experience, but none with the Vanwall Vandervell 680 Hypercar so far. He will be sharing the car with Tom Dillmann and Esteban Guerrieri, who already competed…

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Rexy goes to Le Mans

The 24 Hours of Le Mans often delivers some special liveries, that maybe, maybe not will only be seen once, and are instant iconic for the future. We saw that with the Pink Pig design at Porsche in 1971, which was revived for the 2018 race – and won the GTE pro category. Another design that has already become an instant classic is Rexy. It made its first appearance with AO Racing for the 12 hours of Sebring, and was immediately a favourite amongst the fans. Their Porsche 911 GT3…

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Jakobsen official junior driver for Peugeot

Malthe Jakobsen has been named the official junior driver for Peugeot TotalEnergies. The Dane already had the first contact with the team during fall of 2022, and did the Rookietest in Bahrain for the team, where he did such an impressive job, despite it being the very first time that he was onboard such advanced material as a Hypercar. The parties have kept in touch ever since, and that has turned into an official contract with the team. Jakobsen did several seasons of Formula 4 in both his native Denmark…

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Tire ovens allowed at Le Mans

The competitors for this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans will be allowed to heat their tires after all. The FIA and ACO had originally disallowed tire ovens for the 2023 season, to save the energy that was used for all the heating, that the teams used to bring to the tracks. Since the very moment that it was announced, there were a lot of teams fearing dangerous situations, when drivers were going to exit the pit on stone-cold tires. The tires had to be stored in shade, so not…

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Porsche with special Le Mans livery

Porsche will once again run a special livery for the 2023 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The German car manufacturer has done it in previous years – including 2018, when they won with the classic “Pink Pig” livery in GTE Pro. They will compete in the Hypercar category with three works cars in total. Not only has it been 100 years since the very first 24 Hours of Le Mans, but it’s also been 75 years since Porsche made their first car, under their own brand. The…

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Lotterer: It’s a completely different animal

With the return of Porsche to the top-line category in the FIA World Endurance Championship, it also meant a return to sportscars for Andre Lotterer. The three times Le Mans Champion, and the very first FIA WEC World Champion from 2012, had a talk with Racing24-7.net, at the second round of the 2023 Championship in Portimao. First of all, good to see you back again in sportscars. Did you miss the four years away? “Yeah, for sure! The Championship changed of course, and the competition was not really there, in…

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Kvyat hired by Lamborghini

Daniil Kvyat has been hired by Lamborghini as a new factory driver, for their upcoming LMDh programme. The former Formula 1 driver started out his sportscar career at Sebring last month, being a part of the Prema Racing LMP2 outfit in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Kvyat will be part of the test- and development programme for the new Lamborghini LMDh car, which will make its race debut in 2024. He will also be one of the drivers for the IMSA and FIA WEC programmes in 2024. In addition to…

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Nasr, Tandy, and Jaminet to Le Mans for Porsche

Porsche Penske Motorsport has named their three drivers, for the extra entry at the 2023 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. That will be three of the drivers, who are also active in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, who is going to help out at the French Classic. Nick Tandy and Mathieu Jaminet usually share a Porsche 963 in the American series, but they will be joined by Felipe Nasr from the other car. In the meantime, the regular co-driver of Nasr, Matt Campbell, will be in a…

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Goodyear named tire supplier for new LMGT3 category

Goodyear has been named the official tire supplier for the new LMGT3 category in the FIA World Endurance Championship. That marks and expansion to deal already in place between the american tire manufacturer and the ACO. The deal is for three year. The official name of LMGT3, will be the new Pro/Am category, replacing the GTE Am category from 2024 onwards. GT3 cars are already part of the ACO set of regulations in the Asian Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup. It’s a super popular set of regulations,…

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Cadillac with an extra car at Spa

Cadillac Racing will run an extra car for the third round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, which will be run at Spa Francorchamps. The American team is run by Chip Ganassi Racing, who normally only runs a single FIA WEC entry, but as a warm-up for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, they will run an extra Cadillac V-Series.R. The team made its debut with the car at the Daytona 24 Hours, where they ran both their regular IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship car, and their FIA WEC. The Spa…

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