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Photo: Ferrari Ferrari’s XX Program, F1 Clienti and Sport Prototipi Clienti will start its 2027 seasons in the U.S., while Club Competizioni GT will kick off in Europe before moving on to Asia and North America. The Italian manufacturer released the 2027 calendars for its non-competitive activity programs on Friday. The programs bring together Ferrari clients from around the world, offering exclusive opportunities of driving cars on track that have made history for the Maranello marque, with the support of Ferrari technicians and professional drivers. The 2027 season will get underway at The Thermal Club and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in California before continuing in Asia and Europe, with stops at Fuji Speedway (Japan), Zandvoort (The Netherlands), Le Castellet (France), Mugello (Italy) and Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium). The year will conclude, as tradition dictates, at the Finali Mondiali Ferrari, with the venue and date to be announced. The annual event, which also se...

Photo: Max van der Snel FB European Le Mans Series and Michelin Le Mans Cup LMP3 driver Max van der Snel will make his IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship debut next weekend at Road America, having been confirmed as the third driver in the returning Intersport Racing effort. The 22-year-old Dutchman will join full season drivers Jon Field and Oliver Jarvis at the wheel of the team’s Oreca 07 Gibson, which missed the most recent LMP2 round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Van der Snel replaces Seth Lucas in the lineup, with Lucas having previously been confirmed for the full Michelin Endurance Cup season. A reason for the change is not clear at this time, although van der Snel took part in a recent test with the Field-owned team at Road America ahead of his LMP2 debut. The FIA Silver-rated driver also holds experience in Prototype Cup Germany and Radical Cup Europe, having contested last year’s Radical Cup Word Finals at Virginia International Raceway. The six-hou...

Photo: Fred Hardy/SRO Toyota leads BMW by just two points at the halfway stage in the GT4 Manufacturer Ranking season following a huge swing towards the German marque. Having held a sizeable advantage as recently as three weeks ago, Toyota has experienced the full force of BMW’s fightback. Aided by a pair of weekend sweeps, the two-time defending champion rapidly transformed a 122-point deficit into an 11-point advantage. Toyota has subsequently edged back in front, but only by the narrowest of margins. This sets up a fierce battle between the Supra and the M4 during the second half of the campaign, with little to choose between the title-chasing manufacturers. The recent run of races began on June 13-14 with action from Monochrome GT4 Australia and Pirelli GT4 America. The former ran its third event of the season at Queensland Raceway, where the opening contest was staged under the lights on Saturday evening. The GWR crew of Daniel Frougas and Chris White bagged a first win ...

Photo: SUPER GT Joao Paulo de Oliveira has set his sights on another strong finish in next week’s Fuji 300km SUPER GT round after ending Kondo Racing’s losing streak at the same venue in May, even if he expects a more “challenging” event this time. Sharing the No. 56 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 with Iori Kimura, de Oliveira scored Kondo’s first lower-division win in three years during the Golden Week fixture to launch himself in contention for a third GT300 crown to add to his 2020 and ’22 successes. However, de Oliveira and Kimura, who are now fifth in the points standings, face a nominal 54 kg success handicap when SUPER GT returns to action after a recess prolonged by the cancellation of June’s Sepang round, and in much hotter weather. Those factors, combined with a shorter race distance compared to the three-hour format used last time, means de Oliveira is expecting a tougher battle this time, even if he hopes to be able to score at least a to...

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Photo: Porsche Drivers from the Porsche Motorsport North America Junior Program and Porsche Mobil 1 Female Driver Program completed the annual driver development workshop this week, spending two days at PitFit Charlotte and Team Penske, home of Porsche Penske Motorsport’s championship-winning Porsche 963 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship program. The workshop brought together rising stars from Porsche Carrera Cup North America, Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama and GT World Challenge America powered by AWS for physical testing, classroom sessions, and behind-the-scenes access to one of North America’s premier motorsport organizations. Open to all members of both the Junior Program and Mobil 1 Female Driver Program, the workshop serves as a cornerstone of the year-round development pathway within the North American Porsche Motorsport Pyramid, pairing classroom instruction and professional mentorship with hands-on learning experiences. Participants ...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GTP points-leading Cadillac V-Series.R has been hit with a hefty weight increase ahead of next weekend’s Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America. Confirmed in the release of the Balance of Performance table for the first-ever six-hour WeatherTech Championship enduro at the Wisconsin circuit, the three Cadillacs will be running 21 kg heavier than it did last time out in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen. This puts the Dallara-chassied LMDh car at a minimum weight of 1053 kg, as now the third-heaviest GTP car. It comes after back-to-back wins for the No. 31 Action Express Racing entry of Jack Aitken and Earl Bamber, who were joined by Fred Vesti for top honors at Watkins Glen. Second-place runner Laurin Heinrich, who will again be in JDC-Miller Motorsports’ 2025-spec Porsche 963, will also have some added weight in the form of 4 kg, while the factory 2026 Porsches will lose 7 kg...