IMSA is introducing a new approach to gathering Balance of Performance (BoP) data for its large field of cars in its GTD and GTD Pro classes.Having assembled a full assortment of GT models for this week’s pre-season test at Daytona International Speedway, the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship is engaging with each...

The FIA and ACO have revealed the Balance of Performance for the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship season at Sebring next Friday. This is a significant moment for the Hypercar category, as the first big test for the convergence process between the LMH and LMDh categories.For...

IMSA has enlarged the intake restrictors for both the 992 Porsche 911 GT3 R and the Lamborghini Huracán Evo2 for the upcoming Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the second round of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Both cars suffered for lack of pace at the Rolex 24 At Daytona in...

In light of the Balance of Performance issues in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona classes at the Rolex 24 At Daytona that rankled some competitors, particularly in the Porsche camp, IMSA president John Doonan has re-affirmed the series' commitment to finding parity among the GTD manufacturers.“We are currently...

After failing to post competitive times, the teams campaigning the new 992-generation Porsche are grumbling about the Balance of Performance in the GTD categories, and apparently with good reason.The cars have consistently been at the bottom of the time sheets for the sessions run so far in the Roar Before...

With the GTD Pro No. 3 Chevrolet Corvette looking at a pace deficit in the Thursday practice sessions at Sebring -- much like it did at Daytona -- IMSA gave the car a small gift before qualifying, granting it a 1mm larger engine air restrictor, now up to 42mm in...

Brendon Hartley continued the Toyota Gazoo Racing clean sweep of top slots in every session so far at the FIA World Endurance Championship season-ending doubleheader at Bahrain International Circuit with fastest time in Thursday evening’s 90-minute Free Practice session in the No. 8 Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010.The Kiwi ex F1...

The Balance of Performance has been revised for GTE Pro and Am ahead of the FIA World Endurance Championship season finale this weekend, handing AF Corse and the other Ferrari customer teams a performance break after a challenging meeting at the Sakhir circuit last weekend.The revision reverses approximately 50 percent...

Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus owner Jim Glickenhaus is calling for a more even Balance of Performance in the Le Mans Hypercar category ahead of the final two races of the current FIA WEC campaign at Bahrain and the 2022 season.After a solid performance for the team's new 007s at Le Mans...

IMSA’s technical department had an interesting challenge on its hands with developing the Balance of Performance tables for this weekend’s WeatherTech 240 race at Daytona International Speedway.Ten years have passed since sports cars raced at DIS on the Fourth of July weekend, and in that last instance, it was a...