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Photo: Julien Delfosse/DPPI Toyota Racing technical director David Floury says Akkodis ASP Lexus FIA World Endurance Championship driver Hadrien David is on its radar for a future Hypercar seat as it begins to consider options beyond current prime candidate Esteban Masson. The Japanese marque has yet to finalize its 2027 WEC driver plans amid the Haas Formula 1 team’s delay in naming a replacement for Esteban Ocon, as that decision will directly impact the futures of both Ryo Hirakawa and Masson. If Hirakawa gets the nod for F1, Masson is highly likely to succeed him, while Kevin Estre is poised to replace the soon-to-retire Mike Conway next season regardless. However, with current Akkodis ASP racer and European Le Mans Series champion Masson likely to step up no later than 2028 regardless, attention has already started to turn towards which driver could be groomed to follow in his footsteps. Ben Barnicoat and Sacha Fenestraz both tested the previous-generation GR010 Hybrid...

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Photo: SRO Defending champion BMW has pulled out a sizable advantage at the top of the GT4 Manufacturer Ranking table and is close to seeing off the challenge of Toyota as the season enters its final phase. The Japanese marque appeared set to push the defending champion all the way, but its title assault has faltered during recent weeks. While not yet beyond reach, BMW is very much on course to retain the title that it won in 2024 and 2025, albeit without the remarkable dominance it enjoyed last term. Toyota might yet come under threat for second in the standings as Porsche continues to bank good points across the globe, while McLaren is also on an upwards trajectory after a run of excellent results – including an unprecedented quartet of victories during a single weekend. The level of change over the past few months is underlined by the fact that Toyota still led the standings when the recent run of races began with a triple-header on July 25-26. In Monochrome GT4 Australia, McL...

Photo: James Armas/TRD Spike Kohlbecker and Jeremy Fletcher are set for a Toyota GR Cup North America title showdown this weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with only 13 points separating the two drivers entering the final two races of the season. Both drivers ended the most recent event at Barber Motorsports Park with the same margin as they entered the weekend, following a win apiece and third place finishes for the No. 15 TechSport Racing Toyota GR 86 Cup and No. 22 Copeland Motorsports entry. The Race 1 victory for Kohlbecker marked his first win since Road America, which has kept him marginally ahead of Fletcher, in what’s been a season-long battle between the two drivers and teams. The fight for third place in the standings will go down to RVA Graphics Motorsports by Speed Syndicate drivers Will Robusto and Max Schweid, who are just separated by five points entering the weekend. Parker DeLong sits fifth in the title race in his TechSport entry. Among the notable ...

Photo: Eric Le Galliot/MPS Agency United Autosports trio Ben Hanley, Gregoire Saucy and Griffin Peebles head the 47-car field into this weekend’s European Le Mans Series finale at Portimao as one of only two crews that can win the outright title. The drivers of the No. 22 Oreca 07 Gibson enjoy a 13-point lead at the head of the standings after an ultra-consistent campaign in which they have finished every race inside the top-four and have only once been off the podium. Only the No. 29 Forestier Racing by Panis entry of reigning champions Esteban Masson and Oliver Gray, alongside Louis Rousset, can stop the United Autosports racers from taking the title. The Forestier crew have scored two wins so far this year but a costly retirement at Paul Ricard — when a sensor issue struck — has dented their chances of another crown. However, it is much closer in each of the other three classes, including in the LMP2 Pro-Am division, where the top-four crews are separated by just six poin...

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Image: WRT Anthony McIntosh’s No. 69 Team WRT BMW M4 GT3 Evo will pay tribute to the iconic BASF ‘Cassette Tape’ BMW design from the early 1980s in next weekend’s FIA World Endurance Championship round in Barcelona. Revealed by the Belgian team on Monday, the LMGT3 entry will feature the famous red-and-white design which ran on the BMW M1 Procar and Group 4/5 racers. The livery’s distinctive circles were designed to mimic the spiral mechanics of a cassette tape. As usual, McIntosh will be joined by Parker Thompson and Dan Harper. The trip currently sit eighth in the championship coming off a sixth place class finish in last month’s 6 Hours of Fuji. McIntosh has run special liveries, linked to previous BMWs or BMW-powered cars, in all WEC races this season. Source: Sports Car 365