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Photo: Gruppe C Photography/Porsche Mathieu Jaminet said he has high expectations for this weekend’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa as part of the all-factory Porsche driver-crewed lineup for SSR Herberth, an effort that he played a part in putting together. Jaminet is racing alongside longtime co-driver Matt Campbell and fellow Frenchman Fred Makowiecki in the No. 92 Porsche 911 GT3 R, as one of six Pro class Porsches entered for the joint Intercontinental GT Challenge and Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup enduro. While currently campaigning Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2s in DTM, the German SSR operation has joined forces with the Robert and Alfred Renauer-led Herberth squad this weekend, rekindling a previous partnership with Porsche. “I know both teams pretty well, having raced with them in GT Masters some years ago,” Jaminet told Sportscar365. “Basically most of the team is from SSR but they needed some support because they now race Lambos full-time

Photo: Jake Galstad/IMSA I was hoping we left the crazy weather in Le Mans, but I guess it followed us to Watkins Glen this year. We entered the weekend a little further back in the points than where we’d like to be at this point in the year. With only four races to go, we’re really going to need to be fighting for wins for the rest of the season to stay in contention. After the 10 car had such a strong run at Detroit, we felt pretty confident coming into Watkins Glen. While Louis, Filipe, and I were over racing at Le Mans, Ricky was doing the hard work for us in Indianapolis at the simulator getting us prepped and ready to go for Watkins Gen. I think he even had a visit from Marcus Ericsson one afternoon to do some testing for us in the sim to give Ricky some rest between runs. We rolled off the truck with both of our Acuras in a pretty good spot on Friday. It was almost impossible to get a clear lap in practice to really see where we stacked up, but we felt like the car was p

Photo: Gruppe C Photoaraphy/SRO Phantom Global Racing is set to add the closing leg of the Intercontinental GT Challenge to its program for this year, with the Chinese squad plotting a run in the Indianapolis 8 Hour powered by AWS. It would come in addition to its international debut at the season-opening Repco Bathurst 12 Hour, where Jaxon Evans, Joel Eriksson and Bastian Buus drove their Porsche 911 GT3 R to a fourth place finish. Evans and Eriksson will be joined by reigning DTM champion Thomas Preining for this weekend’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, under the assistance of Team 75 Bernhard, which will again provide engineering and logistical support to the team. When asked by Sportscar365 if the team will travel to the U.S. for the fifth and final round of the season, Team 75 principal Timo Bernhard said: “It’s planned.” “Not 100 percent, but it’s planned,” he added. “It also depends the outcome of Spa. Let’s hope it’s going to be a good one.” Bernhard indicated that the I

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Photo: Charly Lopez/DPPI Ferrari has ruled out a near-term expansion of its 499P program, while confirming its intention to maintain a three-car FIA World Endurance Championship effort next year. The Italian marque’s global head of endurance Antonello Coletta says the focus is on “consolidating” its existing three entries for 2025 after taking the decision to field a third, satellite AF Corse entry alongside the two factory 499Ps in this year’s WEC. Ferrari factory drivers Yifei Ye and Robert Shwartzman are part of the crew for the third-string No. 83 car alongside Robert Kubica, with the trio enjoying a long spell in the lead in the early stages at Le Mans before dropping out late on with a hybrid system problem. While highlighting the benefits of the No. 83 car, Coletta said Ferrari currently has no plans to implement a fourth car. “We made a huge effort this year in order to implement a third car,” he told reporters earlier this month at Le Mans. “We made this decision in mi

Photo: JEP/SRO Andrea Caldarelli hopes Iron Lynx will be able to carry through its strong start to the Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS Endurance Cup season through to the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, although he acknowledged the Italian brand’s difficult history at the event. Caldarelli, together with Mirko Bortolotti and Matteo Cairoli, finished second in the three-hour season opener in Paul Ricard, only behind current points leaders ROWE Racing. That came after the No. 63 Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 started the race from pole and led the early stages before going on to secure the team’s first Endurance Cup podium since last year’s season opener at Monza. Caldarelli told Sportscar365 that the result in France served as a morale boost after a challenging 2023 season, with focus now turning to the centenary edition of the Belgian endurance classic. “I think Paul Ricard was definitely a good start,” Caldarelli said. “I think we really started on the good path w

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