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Dillmann Aiming for Continued ‘Good Execution’ in LMP2
Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Tom Dillmann is hopeful of continuing his recent top form with Inter Europol Competition this weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, as the French driver seeks back-to-back overall wins in the Chevrolet Grand Prix. Dillmmann and then co-driver Nick Boulle came out on top in the LMP2 headline race last year in their Inter Europol by PR1/Mathiasen-run Oreca 07 Gibson, which helped propel them to the drivers’ championship. Twelve months later, Dillmann is coming off LMP2 class victory in last month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, as well as a runner-up finish in last weekend’s European Le Mans Series round at Imola, both with the Polish squad. Add to that, the team also took LMP2 class honors in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in March. “I think the team has been [filled with momentum] every weekend,” said Dillmann. “Actually, we were we kind of joking yesterday that every race that we had no technical issue we won, or we finished second this year. “We had ...
Sims Hoping to Get Back to “Winning Ways” at CTMP
Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA Alexander Sims said he’s hoping to get back to “winning ways” this weekend at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, site of Corvette Racing by Pratt Miller Motorsports’ first — and only to date — GTD Pro win with the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Sims and fellow Corvette factory driver Antonio Garcia celebrated victory one year ago in the Chevrolet Grand Prix and ended the season third in the class championship standings. The No. 3 Corvette duo, meanwhile, took over the lead of this year’s GTD Pro points race last time out at Watkins Glen International with a runner-up finish. Sims and Garcia, who have three second-place class results so far this season, have only been off the podium once, showcasing an incredible amount of consistency in their 2025 campaign. When asked by Sportscar365 if he’s been surprised by not yet returning to victory lane since the team’s breakthrough win, Sims said: “I don’t know about surprised.” He added: “We obviously go into every ...
Abiteboul: Genesis Taking Wide Approach to Driver Recruitment
Photo: MPS Agency Genesis Magma Racing is taking a wide approach when it comes to recruiting drivers for its LMDh program, with team principal Cyril Abiteboul explaining that the Korean brand is looking at various racing disciplines in order to form its lineup. Genesis is working towards its first FIA World Endurance Championship season, debuting with a two-car Hypercar effort with its ORECA-chassised GMR-001 next year. Thus far, the brand has publicly named two drivers as Pipo Derani and Andre Lotterer were both confirmed to be spearheading the car’s development last year, with both also expected to take up racing roles for the team’s debut season. Additionally, Mathys Jaubert, Jamie Chadwick and Daniel Juncadella pilot a Genesis-backed IDEC Sport Oreca 07 Gibson in the European Le Mans Series as part of a driver trajectory program, having taken two class victories in the series already. Although no further names have yet been officially revealed, Abiteboul hinted during an o...
Ebrahim Joins New-Look No. 31 BMW for Sao Paulo
Image: Team WRT Team WRT has announced Pedro Ebrahim will join the lineup for the No. 31 BMW M4 GT3 EVO for this weekend’s Sao Paulo round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. Brazilian driver Ebrahim, 25, will join fellow countryman Augusto Farfus and Yasser Shahin at the wheel of the No. 31 car as he makes his WEC debut in his home race in place of Timur Boguslavskiy, who has been forced to withdraw due to illness. Ebrahim’s main program this season is in the GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup, where he drives an M4 GT3 Evo for Paradine Competition. Last year he raced in the GT4 European Series and the Italian GT Championship in BMW machinery, winning the GT3 Pro-Am Sprint title in the latter series. WRT has also revealed a special one-off livery that will adorn the No. 31 car for the Sao Paulo round featuring the colors of the Brazilian flag. The No. 31 crew heads to Brazil hoping for a change of fortunes, having finishing on the podium in the season...
New GTDX Class Gaining Steam, Set for CTMP Debut
Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA The presence of GT3-specification cars in the new GTDX class has been a welcome addition to the IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge series. Through six races, their pace has been close to the pacesetting LMP3 class and the championship battle is the closest among any IMSA-sanctioned class heading into July as the series heads to Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The GTDX battle sees Adam Adelson (No. 24 Wright Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R) and AJ Muss (No. 66 Af Corse Ferrari 296 GT3) tied with 1900 points apiece. Adelson holds the tiebreaker, for now, with three wins. “Right now, it’s difficult to be competitive in the dry, but the wet is a great equalizer,” Adelson said after his third win of 2025, in the rain at Wright’s home race of the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Muss has been the model of consistency with six podiums in six races but is yet to win. “Six races, six podiums is good, but a lot of second places. I’m kind of tired of it!” Muss laughed. “At ...