The 2022 season has been challenging for defending champions in many forms of racing, including the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Pipo Derani, who teamed with Felipe Nasr to win the DPi class title in 2021, has battled through a difficult campaign this year in the No. 31 Whelen Engineering Racing...

When Olivier Pla starts the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship round at Belle Isle he will have raced all four IMSA DPi cars.First was the Nissan Onroak DPi with Tequila Patron ESM. Then came the Mazda RT-24P followed by the Acura ARX-05. Now the veteran French driver is preparing to take...

Action Express Racing (AXR) has signed French driver Olivier Pla to partner Pipo Derani for the remainder of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season, starting with this weekend's Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. Tristan Nunez, who has driven the No. 31 so far this season, will remain with the team in...

The No. 60 Meyer Shank Racing Acura ARX-05c of Olivier Pla was the fastest car in the one and only practice session for the WeatherTech 240 at the Glen. Pla’s best time was 1m48.813s. Torrential rain, spins, and red flags wreaked havoc on the first half of the session, but...

Meyer Shank Racing needed just one more lap to catch and potentially pass Harry Tincknell for the win at the Sahlen’s Six Hours of Watkins Glen, Olivier Pla said after the race that saw victory stolen from their grasps after a late-race full course yellow."Dane [Cameron] gave me the car...

French sports car ace Olivier Pla is the first driver to be confirmed for a full-time role with Meyer Shank Racing’s upcoming Acura ARX-05 DPi program.Currently racing for the Multimatic-led Mazda Motorsports DPi team in IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Pla brings exceptional experience back to MSR, where he last raced...

Jarvis, Nunez and Pla record best overall finish for Mazda at Daytona in No. 77 Mazda RT24-PDAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (January 26, 2020) – Two Mazda RT24-Ps battled over 24 hours of racing at Daytona International Speedway to record the company’s best overall finish at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.The No....

Pla takes pole position in Sunday’s qualifying at Roar Before the 24Olivier Pla and the No. 77 Mazda RT24-P set the standard for the Daytona Prototype international field in Sunday’s qualifying session at the Roar Before the 24, the annual preseason test held at Daytona International Speedway for the IMSA...

Full-season drivers return and are joined by Ryan Hunter-Reay and Olivier Pla for endurance racesMazda Team Joest will feature a familiar lineup of drivers who will drive the pair of Mazda RT24-Ps in the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.Partnering for the third straight season in the No. 55 Mazda RT24-P...

Despite setbacks, team sets fast lap of the race and finishes sixthMaking it to the finish of the 12 Hours of Sebring is one of the biggest challenges in sports car racing, and despite both of its cars encountering major setbacks during the race, the cars of Mazda Team Joest...