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Photo: Marcel Wulf/European Le Mans Series The European Le Mans Series has signed an extension with Goodyear for the brand to continue to act as the single tire supplier for the LMP2 and LMGT3 divisions until the 2029 season. The news follows confirmation last month that the tire manufacturer would also supply rubber for the LMGT3 class of the FIA World Endurance Championship for the same period . The ELMS deal includes Goodyear providing tires for the next generation of LMP2 machinery, which is due to be introduced for 2028. The company has supplied tires to LMGT3 competitors ever since the class was introduced in 2024, while its exclusive LMP2 arrangement dates back to 2021. “Extending our partnership with the ACO and the European Le Mans Series through 2029 is a strong statement of our long-term commitment to endurance racing,” said Xavier Fraipont, Vice President, Goodyear Racing. “LMP2 and LMGT3 classes are two pillars of the sport, and we are proud to continue supporting bo...

Photo: Porsche Carrera Cup Asia Amna Al Qubaisi has declared that racing in Porsche Carrera Cup Asia has allowed to her to ‘fall in love’ with racing again, saying it has allowed her to focus on becoming a better driver instead of fighting against inferior equipment. The 26-year-old Emirati racer, daughter of erstwhile 24 Hours of Le Mans and FIA World Endurance Championship regular Khaled Al Qubaisi, was selected as one of six newcomers to the one-make series through its Talent Pool initiative . At the halfway point of the season, which resumes at the Bangsaen street circuit in Thailand this weekend, Al Qubaisi sits tenth in the standings. The Team Jebsen driver says she has relished the chance to return to single-driver competition after a season in the Ligier European Series, where he shared a Ligier JS P4 with her younger sister Hamda, as she set out a desire to stay within the Carrera Cup ecosystem beyond the end of the current season. “My goal is to stick with Por...

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Photo: Jamey Price/Lamborghini Christopher Tasca has been declared the LB Cup class winner in last weekend’s second Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America race at Watkins Glen, which was impacted by a red flag and race-ending full-course caution. Confirmed in the release of the provisional results on Wednesday morning , a ten-second post-race time penalty was added to the No. 99 Topp Racing Lamborghini Huracan Super Trofeo EVO2 of Rocky T Bolduc “for not maintaining the proper gap to the checker flag while under FCY.” Bolduc had initially won the race in class, despite having had a 0.207-second time penalty added to his car for having a short pit stop. The unofficial results confirmed there was an initially adjusted 0.871-second gap between Bolduc and the car directly in front of him, the Am class No. 57 XONINE Racing Lamborghini of Nick Goat, at the checkered flag under safety car conditions. Without the first penalty, it was a 1.078-second gap on the road. For ...

Inside Goodyear's commitments to LMP2, LMGT3, future aspirations in ACO-rules racing... Source: Sports Car 365

Photo: Charly Lopez/DPPI Romain Dumas has described his eponymous RD Limited team’s first outing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans as “very important” but admitted uncertainty about the team’s short-term plans, as it continues to push for a European Le Mans Series berth. The two-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner made his first outing at the Circuit de la Sarthe as a driver since he last raced for Glickenhaus in 2023 as he shared RD’s No. 48 Oreca 07 Gibson with Tristian Vautier and Fred Poordad in LMP2 Pro-Am. It follows the team being selected to race in the FIA World Endurance Championship blue riband event off the back of its success in the Asian Le Mans Series, even if it missed out on earning an automatic invitation for winning that series’ LMP2 title. “For us it was very important to get this entry,” Dumas told Sportscar365. “We pushed hard for it and we are all very happy to be here, very proud. We were the only new team besides G...

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