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Photo: Tower Motorpsorts Sebastien Bourdais said he and DragonSpeed are hoping to “enjoy the moment” in the GTD Pro class at this weekend’s Motul Petit Le Mans amid an open future. DragonSpeed has returned to the top production-based ranks for the first time since contending for the GTD Pro title last year in a Ferrari 296 GT3, prior to its switch to GTD and the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R. Bourdais, whose primary program has been with Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA in the FIA World Endurance Championship, received the call-up from the Elton Julian-led squad to join the team’s season-long lineup of Giacomo Altoe and Casper Stevenson. “For us, it’s to enjoy the moment and try and have as solid a result as possible,” Bourdais told Sportscar365. “Keep an eye on who’s around you and what’s happening because you just don’t want to be that guy. “There’s a bit of help from Pratt Miller, so we’ll see. We don...

Photo: Sam Cobb/BMW Team WRT’s first IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship victory was a testament to the work put in by the Belgian squad in a short period of time according to BMW M Motorsport director Andreas Roos, who never second-questioned the team’s ability. Sheldon van der Linde and Dries Vanthoor came out on top in last month’s Battle on the Bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, roughly one year after the Vincent Vosse-led WRT squad was given the green light to take over the German manufacturer’s factory GTP operation and build up a new dedicated team. While having started its U.S. campaign with a podium finish in the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona, Team WRT’s foray into WeatherTech Championship competition had its ups and downs, but Roos stressed he never gave up faith. “I have to say from the beginning when we started the program with WRT, when we made the switch from RLL to WRT, the decision was taken quite late because because...

Photo: Mike Levitt/IMSA Nick Yelloly led a Meyer Shank Racing 1-2 in opening practice for this weekend’s Motul Petit Le Mans. Yelloly, in the No. 93 Acura ARX-06, recorded a best lap of 1:11.506 lap time to edge out teammate Tom Blomqvist in the No. 60 Acura by a mere 0.003 seconds. Laurens Vanthoor made a late-session improvement to end up third in the No. 6 Penske Porsche 963, ahead of GTP points leader Jack Aitken in the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R in fourth. The No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac of Ricky Taylor completed the top-five. LMP2 was led by the No. 43 Inter Europol Competition Oreca 07 Gibson of Tom Dillmann, who edged out Dane Cameron in the No. 99 AO Racing entry by six-tenths. Matias Beche was third in the No. 11 TDS Racing entry. Jack Hawksworth topped the time charts in the No. 14 Vasser Sullivan Lexus RC F GT3, in the car’s expected last IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship outing. Hawksworth was one-tenths quicker than ...

Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Tyler Maxson led the way following a pair of Porsche Carrera Cup North America practice sessions on Wednesday at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The Topp Racing driver, who enters the penultimate round of the season in the Pro class lead, reeled off a best lap of 1:20.824 in the second session to edge out Practice 1 pace-setter Jared Thomas by 0.051 seconds. Maxson’s teammate Cole Kleck was third on the the combined time sheets, thanks to a 1:21.171, followed by Maxson’s title rival, Aaron Jeansonne in the No. 24 Kellymoss Porsche 911 Cup car. JDX Racing driver Callum Hedge completed the top-five, in a time set in Practice 1. Series debutant Joel Johnson led the way in both sessions in Masters, with his 1:22.925 lap from the first session good enough for the tenth quickest time overall. The No. 53 JTR Motorsports Engineering Porsche of Rob Walker was second quickest, followed by Ruckus Racing driver Scott Blind. The only red flag came in t...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA Morgan Burkhard set the pace of the first practice session for the Fox Factory 120 at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta.  The No. 2 CSM Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evo set a time of 1:25.427 seconds in the opening quarter of the session. His lap finished 0.234 seconds ahead of Michael Cooper in the No. 44 Ibiza Farm Motorsport McLaren Artura GT4. Varun Choskey rounded out the top three in the GS class in the No. 12 RAFA Racing Toyota GR Supra GT4 EVO2 with a time 0.262 second off of the top. The championship-leading No. 27 AutoTechnic Racing BMW M4 GT4 EVO finished eighth after the 60-minute session. In the TCR category, Tyler Gonzalez set the pace as the only driver in the class to break the 1:26 barrier in the session. The No. 99 CUPRA Leon VZ TCR bested the sister No. 21 entry driven by William Tally by 0.646 seconds. Mason Filippi set the third fastest TCR time in his No. 33 Bryan Herta Autosport entry. His Hyundai Elantra N TCR can lock up the champion...

Photo: Rick Dole/IMSA Marcus Ericsson has been officially confirmed in joining Random Vandals Racing for next weekend’s Desder Indianapolis 8 Hour, teaming up his younger brother Hampus, as well as Derek DeBoer in the team’s BMW M4 GT3 EVO. The 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner was widely linked to the third seat in the Pro-Am class BMW entry for the GT World Challenge America powered by AWS and Intercontinental GT Challenge season finale, having made multiple visits to SRO America event this year to watch his brother race. It is the second IndyCar driver to be confirmed for the race following news earlier today that five-time series champion Alex Palou will return in a Lone Star Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo . The 36-year-old Swede has previous GT3 experience as recently as this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona when he drove Wayne Taylor Racing’s Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 in the Rolex 24 at Daytona. “I’m incredibly excited to join Derek and my younger brothe...

Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI Next month’s 6 Hours of Barcelona is set for an unusual-looking Saturday schedule in order to better accommodate drivers hoping to contest both the penultimate FIA World Endurance Championship race of the season and the clashing Portimao GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS season finale. According to a draft weekend timetable seen by Sportscar365, the WEC’s LMGT3 and Hypercar classes will have their own standalone Free Practice 3 sessions on Saturday in what’s believed to be a first in series history. Instead of taking place back-to-back, the two categories’ respective qualifying sessions will also be held several hours apart, in order to give LMGT3 drivers also wishing to participate at Portimao more time to travel to the Portuguese venue. The three-hour Portimao race is due to begin at 5 p.m. local time which gives the LMGT3 runners approximately five-and-a-half hours once qualifying finishes at 12:20 p.m. to make the trip ...