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Photo: JEP/SRO Porsche’s win in the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa and points lead in the Intercontinental GT Challenge doesn’t change its strategy for the final two rounds of the globe-trotting GT3 series according to Porsche Motorsport boss Thomas Laudenbach. The German manufacturer scored its first triumph in the Belgian endurance classic since 2020, when Thomas Preining, Bastian Buus and Ricardo Feller — all three of its DTM drivers — teamed for victory in Lionspeed GP’s Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo. It marked the ninth outright victory for Porsche in the 24 Hours of Spa, but more importantly vaulted the brand to the top of the IGTC manufacturers’ standings ahead of next month’s Suzuka 1000km. Reflecting on its achievements in Spa, Laudenbach said they felt like there were a number of Porsche customer teams that were in contention, including the Schumacher CLRT and Boutsen VDS examples, which also finished in the top-ten. “The nice thing...

Photo: Ford Racing Ford Hypercar program manager Dan Sayers has described ensuring effective communication between the different bases and companies involved in the project around the world as one of the “biggest challenges” in developing the car. The yet-to-be-named LMDh machine is understood to have recently completed its initial shakedown ahead of the start of on-track testing for its FIA World Endurance Championship debut next year. The car’s bespoke 5.4-liter Coyote V8 engine has been designed and built at Ford’s global headquarters in Dearborn, Mich., while simulation work has been ongoing at Ford Racing’s technical center in Concord, N.C. The car itself features an ORECA chassis and it has therefore been constructed at the company’s French facility close to Paul Ricard, while the cars will be run out of Venture Engineering’s UK base in Oxfordshire. “We have ORECA in the south of France, we have a UK base, we’ve got two U...

Photo: Racingpixels/Creventic The Michelin 24H European Series is set to return to the Red Bull Ring next year, according to its 2027 race calendar. The Creventic-owned series last visited the Austrian circuit a decade ago, in 2017. The Michelin 12H Red Bull Ring will take the place on May 14-16 as the third race on the five-round calendar. This slot was previously held by a 12-hour race at Paul Ricard, but this event has been pushed back in next year’s schedule to June. Paul Ricard will now be the fourth race of the year. This fourth round was held at the Nürburgring this year, in the 24H Series’ debut at the German circuit. However, this appears to have been a one-time affair as the Nürburgring is the only circuit not to return in the 2027 calendar. The season-opening 12H Mugello will kick off the championship on the same weekend in late March. A regular fixture on the 24H Series calendar, the 12H Spa-Francorchamps will also return in 2027 as the second race of the y...

Photo: Lamborghini Mirko Bortolotti and Grasser Racing Team have been stripped of their victory in the second DTM race of the weekend at Oschersleben, nearly three weeks after it was presumed to have been the first win in global competition for the Lamborghini Temerario GT3. Issued in a decision by the ADAC on Thursday afternoon ahead of this weekend’s rounds at the Nürburgring, the No. 63 Lamborghini’s wheel bearing was found to not have been in compliance with the DTM homologation of the Temerario GT3. “The stewards received a report from the technical delegate concerning the wheel bearing of car No. 63 was dismounted together with the wheel hub after Race 2 of DTM Oschersleben for further inspection after the event,” a statement from the ADAC read. “The inspection showed that the wheel bearing of car No. 63 is not in compliance with the DTM Homologation 2026 of the Lamborghini Temerario: DTM GT3 Homologation – DTM-GT3-059/6.3 Wheel bearing ...

Photo: IGTC A provisional entry list for the Suzuka 1000km round of the Intercontinental GT Challenge has been revealed featuring a total of 28 cars. Published on Thursday , exactly a month before the fourth and penultimate race of the IGTC season on Sept. 13, the entry is down five cars on the 33-car grid that the race attracted on its return to the calendar last year. However, it features one extra manufacturer compared to 2025, with both Lexus and Ford joining to bring the total up to eight, with only Audi not returning of last year’s marques, and of those seven have at least one entry in the nine-strong Pro class. The Bronze class is the best supported with 12 entries, while the Pro-Am division has six cars and the Am class just one car. There are no Silver entries this time. Similarly to last year, Porsche remains the most prolific manufacturer with 10 examples of its 911 GT3 R Evo on the grid — double the number of the next-best represented brand, Ferrari, whic...

Photo: CSM Czabok-Simpson Motorsport has made the switch from Porsche to Aston Martin GT4 machinery for the remainder of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season, while adding a second GS class entry in the process. The Indianapolis-based team, which has long been affiliated with running Porsches, will field two Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Evos beginning with next weekend’s round at Virginia International Raceway. While Gordon Scully and Morgan Burkhard will remain together in the No. 2 entry, Ayrton Houk as Ismaeel Ellahi will team up in the No. 3 Aston Martin for a three-race Pilot Challenge program. The shift to the British manufacturer is being billed as a “strategic move” according to a team statement, in order to get a jump start on the 2027 season. Sportscar365 understands CSM acquired one of Rebel Rock Racing’s Astons that it previously ran in the series. “Moving both cars to the Aston Martin now is an important step in our preparation for 2027,...

Photo: Brandon Badraoui/IMSA A total of 23 entries are set for next weekend’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway, in the one-and-only GTD Pro and GTD headline race of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. Released on Wednesday , the list is comprised of ten GTD Pro entries and 13 GTD cars, marking the third consecutive year the race is set to feature 23 cars. The most notable change since the last round at Road America comes with YRB Racing returning to the top production-based ranks, after most recently running in the GTD class in the six-hour Michelin Endurance Cup race. Aston Martin factory driver Marco Sorensen will make his debut with the ‘Car Blanche’ squad, joining Valentin Hasse-Clot in the No. 68 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo. It is the only notable change to the lineups across both classes since the last sprint round at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, a race that did see Tom Gamble replaced by Roman De Angelis in the GTD...