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Stewart Signs Multi-Year Deal With CSM; Set for GS Debut
Photo: Jessica Johnk/Porsche Madeline Stewart has signed a three-year contract with Czabok-Simpson Motorsport, which will see the Porsche Mobil 1 Female Driver Program member make her IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge debut next year in one of the team’s Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsports. The Kiwi’s deal with the Indianapolis-based outfit is aimed at progressing into the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship by 2028. Stewart, 25, has competed in Porsche Carrera Cup North America for the past two seasons with JDX Racing and has spent the majority of her career within Porsche Motorsport’s pyramid, beginning with Porsche Sprint Challenge North America by Yokohama after moving Stateside in 2023. Prior to that, she was part of Earl Bamber Motorsport’s Porsche Sprint Challenge Australia program. “This partnership with CSM represents a major step forward in my career,” said Stewart. “This multi-year deal allows us to build momentum with clear intent and work towards long-term goals togeth...
Chery Outlines Out Five-Year Roadmap for Le Mans Debut
Image: Chery Chinese automaker Chery has laid out a five-year roadmap aimed to bring its premium brand EXEED to the FIA World Endurance Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans. Officials from Chery Group met with ACO President Pierre Fillon, Le Mans Endurance Management boss Frederic Lequein and ACO competition director Thierry Bouvet during the recent Asian Le Mans Series season-opener in Sepang, with the Chinese company claiming to have entered a “partnership” and “full-scale collaboration” with the ACO. The agreement, which Chery says was signed on Dec. 13, would see Chery launch a ‘Road to Le Mans’ motorsport program, through three stages, the first by establishing a domestic endurance series to “build technical capability and talent.” It will then be followed up by an entry in the Asian Le Mans Series, before fielding a factory team, under the EXEED nameplate, that would contest the WEC and become the first Chinese manufacturer to compete in the French endurance classic. Addi...
Genesis to Choose Two, Three-Driver Lineups After Qatar
Photo: Genesis Magma Racing Genesis Magma Racing sporting director Gabriele Tarquini says the team will decide after the Qatar FIA World Endurance Championship season-opener whether to adopt two- or three-driver lineups for the subsequent shorter races. Genesis is entering the WEC’s Hypercar class next year with a pair of GMR-001 Hypercars but, with the Qatar curtain-raiser being a longer ten-hour maximum event, it will field three drivers in each car. However, Tarquini says the decision over the lineups for the following six-hour Imola and Spa rounds will only be taken once Genesis can assess its performance in Qatar. The Italian says there are “positives and negatives” to slimming to two drivers per car for those events, but does not want to rush into a final decision. “Personally, I want to wait [to see] the real performance of the car and how far we are at the moment from the pace,” said Tarquini at a Genesis media event during a test at Barcelona earlier this month...
SRO America Sets Sporting Regs for New Three-Hour Format
Photo: Fabian Lagunas/SRO SRO America has published the sporting regulations for next year’s GT World Challenge America powered by AWS season, featuring notable changes amid the series’ move to a single race three-hour format. Released in a draft form last weekend, the regulations confirm the addition of a third, 30-minute practice session during events, to go along with a single 15-minute qualifying period to set the grid for the single headline race. The biggest notable change is that Driver 1 in the Pro-Am class must be the amateur (Bronze-rated) pilot. Series officially did not designate this in the last two seasons, which had famously allowed Regulator Racing to qualify its pro driver, Philip Ellis, and run on a reverse driver strategy. As has been the case, Driver 1 must qualify and start the race, meaning the Bronze-rated drivers in the Pro-Am class must now fulfill those duties. While the number of pit stops will not be mandated in the new three-hour format, teams will n...
FIA, ACO Open Tender for Hypercar Tire Supplier from 2030
Photo: Javier Jimenez/DPPI The FIA and ACO have opened a tender for the exclusive tire supply contract for the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class from 2030. Published in a 47-page document last Friday, the tender would be through at least the 2032 season, which includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Michelin, which recently signed a contract extension with IMSA to be the ‘Official Tire’ of the WeatherTech Championship through 2035, also currently serves as the WEC Hypercar tire partner, in a deal that expires at the end of the 2029 season. A new generation of Michelin Pilot Sport Endurance tires are set to launch in both championships next year . The new agreement for the WEC, meanwhile, could be extended by two years to include the 2033 and 2034 seasons for “regulatory stability of the championship” according to the document. The tire manufacturer must be able to provide an estimated allocation of 8,300 slick tires, when factoring in 18 cars per year for race and testi...
