Ferrari secures home pole at WEC season finale
Ferrari will start the 6 Hours of Monza from pole position while the the Lexus RC F will start its final WEC race at the head of the LMGT3 field thanks to the No. 78 Akkodis ASP entry.
Ferrari will start the 6 Hours of Monza from pole position while the the Lexus RC F will start its final WEC race at the head of the LMGT3 field thanks to the No. 78 Akkodis ASP entry.
Fortescue Zero Racing unveiled its car for the upcoming Formula E season at a lavish event in London on Friday, setting the stall out for its first season in the all-electric series.
Masaaki Bandoh, Chairman of the GT Association, has been a fixture of Japanese motorsport for the last 50 years. RJ O'Connell sat down with him to discuss the future of Super GT and its endeavors to develop further international interest in the series.
Other potential qualifying tweaks include doing one round of single-car qualifying at superspeedways and an All-Star qualifying format including a pit stop for select events.
“I think I have reached 100 percent happiness more this year and last year. It just feels like a natural habitat for me with Manthey in LMGT3, says Porsche lifer Richard Lietz ahead of his 100th FIA WEC start. “It’s not that I was unhappy when I was with a factory team, but now I realize I can be much happier and now I’m at the age where you should be happy if you wake up in the morning.”
On a weekend when McLaren is the only team running upgrades, Norris pipped Kimi Antonelli – the man who replaced him as world champion last week in Mexico City – to the fastest time. There were just 0.082s between the lead McLaren and Mercedes, in a session when the majority of drivers completed a low fuel soft tire lap in case of wet weather in FP2.
NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell dismissed the idea of a eighth-generation car coming to the Cup Series anytime soon, saying the focus remains on any modifications to the current model.
McLaren is the only team to bring any new components to the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, according to the FIA’s submission sheet for the final race of a tripleheader of consecutive race weekends.
Robert Kubica topped Free Practice 2 for the 6 Hours of Monza, as wet conditions continued to feature during preparations for the FIA World Endurance Championship season finale.
After the remaining FIA WEC titles are decided in Sunday’s season finale at Monza, the biggest talking point behind closed doors will be the finalization of the 2030 Hypercar regulations.
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