Ford Racing has announced three key appointments for its 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship Hypercar program with an ORECA-based, V8-powered LMDh.

Race engineer Leena Gade has been appointed as the new president of the FIA GT Commission.Having joined Canada’s Multimatic firm following wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Audi, and stints with Bentley and the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar team, the Briton helped Mazda Team Joest to earn...

“The car doesn’t know the difference.”It’s a phrase first coined by IMSA driver Katherine Legge in response to media questions about what it’s like to be a female race car driver.It’s a phrase that pays for accomplished race engineer Leena Gade as well as she and the world celebrate International...

Former Schmidt Peterson Motorsports race engineer Leena Gade has met with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing regarding a position within its team.With RLLR’s Verizon IndyCar Series program for Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato, and its factory BMW Team RLL IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship effort for the German manufacturer, an engineer with...

Sports car reporters Marshall Pruett and Graham Goodwin have developments with the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Leena Gade's unexpected availability and more to discuss, plus listener Q&A to fill the latest edition of the Week In Sports Cars podcast.[protected-iframe id="b8404160b7367dc9443c8f473e86b7f2-139854255-134414717" info="https://www.podbean.com/media/player/3eif4-91f754?from=yiiadmin" width="100%" height="100" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"]

Le Mans-winning race engineer Leena Gade is no longer part of the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar team.The Briton, who joined the Indianapolis-based outfit during the offseason, left the team on Wednesday morning.Her exit comes after five events as James Hinchcliffe’s engineer on the No. 5 Honda. Gade’s experience, forged primarily...

The infectious enthusiasm found within Aaron Telitz after his first Verizon IndyCar Series test could benefit the young American if and when he gets the opportunity to race in the big leagues.The Belardi Racing Indy Lights driver spent part of Friday in James Hinchcliffe's No. 5 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda...

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports race engineer Leena Gade visits with RACER's Marshall Pruett to discuss her new challenge in the Verizon IndyCar Series after reaching the top of her profession in sports cars with the Le Mans-winning Audi Sport LMP1 team."There was a bit of a feeling of been there, done...

IndyCar veteran and cancer survivor John Andretti joins Marshall Pruett for the Week In IndyCar podcast in one of the most inspirational episodes to date. The two cover the news of Danica Patrick's struggles to find an Indy 500 seat, the appointment of Leena Gade as James Hinchcliffe's engineer, and...

James Hinchcliffe will have plenty of adjustments to make this season with all the changes taking place at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports.The first for the charismatic Canadian could come with his new race engineer Leena Gade, who brings a sizable international fanbase to the program after her multiple wins at the...