French sports car manufacturer Alpine has revealed that four-time Le Mans class winner Nicolas Lapierre will take up a new role as sporting director for the Alpine Endurance Team next year, following the news on Wednesday that the Frenchman has stepped back from professional driving.In this new role, which Lapierre...

Alpine’s FIA WEC-bound A424 Hypercar, which was revealed at Le Mans in June, has completed its first major test, completing over 1000 kilometers of running over four-days at French circuit Paul Ricard.This test follows the ORECA-based LMDh car’s initial fire-up and simulator tests in July, and its first low-speed run...

Simon Pagenaud will make his return to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class with COOL Racing / CLX Motorsport.The Frenchman, who finished second overall in his last start at the world’s biggest endurance race in 2011 as a member of the factory Peugeot Sport LMP1 team,...

We’re two hours from the halfway mark now, and the race continues to be disrupted by clumsy errors and incidents. Normally a period where drivers dig in for the night and the times tumble, the use of the safety car and slow zones has seemed constant.During this hour the No....

This week's show opens with CORE autosport race engineer Jeff Braun, who explains the use of four- and seven-post shaker rigs.Braun is followed by FIA WEC/ELMS CEO Gerard Neveu, Carlin Racing/Mazda Team Joest driver Harry Tincknell, Cool Racing driver Nicolas Lapierre, and Goodyear Racing Europe director Ben Crawley.[protected-iframe id="8ac3ece6c7f8c3931ba27cb828a0d97a-139854255-134618127" info="https://www.podbean.com/media/player/vhn9b-b9251d?from=yiiadmin&download=1&version=1"...

It could be another week before the FIA Court of Appeal reaches a decision over G-Drive Racing/TDS Racing’s appeal against its exclusion from the class win at the 2018 Le Mans 24 Hours.Following yesterday’s hearing, French media reports indicate that lawyers for Signatech Alpine, which inherited the win after the...

Tequila Patron ESM Racing celebrates as Pipo Derani, Nicolas Lapierre and Johannes van Overbeek drive the No. 22 Nissan Onroak DPi to a 12-second win at the 2018 12 hours of Sebring.

Two years ago, Brazilian driver Pipo Derani achieved superstar status in the world of sports car racing, winning the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona and following it up with a victory in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts with Tequila...

Tequila Patron ESM has signed Nicolas Lapierre and Olivier Pla to fill its vacancies for IMSA's longest WeatherTech SportsCar Championship races. The two Frenchmen replace the outgoing Brendon Hartley and Bruno Senna in the team's Nissan Onroak DPis."We're excited about bringing them on board," ESM co-owner/driver Scott Sharp told RACER....

Sport newsTimo Bernhard No2 Porsche LMP Team - Porsche 919 Hybrid “We knew it was going to be hot because it was starting in daytime so we knew it was to be a little different because of that. We thought in qualifying that they (Toyota) would be much closer to...