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With the qualifying for the Rolex 24 at Daytona done, here is a round up from the top manufactures from their points of view. Acura Defending Rolex 24 at Daytona and series champions – Acura and Meyer Shank Racing – got their 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season off to a strong start Sunday, with driver Tom Blomqvist putting together a last-lap “flyer” in qualifying aboard his electrified Acura ARX-06 to claim the pole for next weekend’s 61st running of the 24-

The dawn of a new era in prototype racing has begun with the first ever pole position in the new GTP class going to Tom Blomqvist in the #60 Acura ARX-06 with a time of 1:34.031 today at Daytona International Speedway. In a short session, which was made even shorter when Nick Tandy in the #6 Penske Porsche crashed at the exit of the Le Mans Chicane; 0.8 seconds covered the top 8 GTP cars. With the session truncated it was down to the last 2 minutes following the red flag sto

The Andretti Autosport LMP3 team will be joined by two familiar faces at the 2023 Rolex 24 at DAYTONA. In today's announcement, the team announced that Jarett Andretti will pilot the No. With returning Andretti Autosport LMP3 drivers Gabby Chaves and Rasmus Lindh alongside Dakota Dickerson, the 36 Gallant Ligier JS P 320 will compete in the storied 24-hour endurance race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Having raced for two seasons in the IMSA WeatherTech Sport

The Rolex 24 at Daytona entry list, as it stands currently - we will update this as information arrives from teams and IMSA. Updated - 11th Jan 2023 Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) Team Car Drivers 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh Sebastian Bourdais, Renger van der Zande, Scott Dixon 02 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh Earl Bamber, Alex Lynn, Richard Westbrook 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche 963 Mathieu Jaminet, Nick Tandy, Dane Cameron 7 Porsche Penske Motorsport

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The entry list for the 61st Rolex 24 has been reissued, and so this year's Race will feature 61 cars, as fits the title. IMSA officials announced on the 5th of January, that the No. 75 SunEnergy1 Racing Mercedes-AMG has been added to the GT Daytona (GTD) entry list, bringing the class car count to 25. The car is also expected to compete in the entire IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup season in 2023, which features 57 entries for the four-race season. “Having 61 cars for the 61st r

Porsche is ready to take on the 2023 motorsport season with big plans, lots of factory commitments, and some exciting new customer racing opportunities. Porsche Penske Motorsport fields two 963 hybrid prototypes in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the North American IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in pursuit of overall victories. TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team has their sights set on winning the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with their new 99X E

At the centennial race in 2023, Action Express Racing will compete in their first Le Mans 24 Hours. On a grid of premier prototypes that will number well into double digits, the team's new full-season IMSA Cadillac V-LMDH GTP car will join the full-season grid of FIA WEC hypercars along with any prospective additions from factory teams. Cadillac Racing will only have one full-season FIA WEC car for 2023, but Chip Ganassi Racing is anticipated to ask for a second car as well,

The squad of works drivers at BMW M Motorsport for the 2023 season includes more prominent newcomers. Belgians Dries Vanthoor and Charles Weerts receive works driver contracts and join the BMW M Motorsport family. They will compete with BMW M Team WRT in the coming season, among other outings. The initial race programmes for the BMW M Motorsport teams and works drivers have also been confirmed. The squad of works drivers at BMW M Motorsport for the 2023 season includes more p

Ex-F1 and IndyCar driver to debut at 24 Hours of Daytona 2023 with Huracán GT3 EVO2 before LMDh debut in 2024. Lamborghini Squadra Corse is delighted to announce the arrival of Romain Grosjean as an official Lamborghini Factory Driver from 2023. The experienced former Formula 1 driver will also be a key cog in the development of the Lamborghini LMDh project, which will debut in 2024. The Swiss French driver, who has spent the last two seasons racing in the IndyCar Series, wil

The starting grid for the 2023 Rolex 24 At Daytona will be determined by a traditional qualifying format during the Roar Before the Rolex 24, the Jan. 20-22 test session at Daytona International Speedway. For the past two years, the grid for the iconic IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season opener at Daytona International Speedway was set by the results of a 100-minute qualifying race that took place a week prior at the Roar Before the Rolex 24. Qualifications for the

During two days of testing, Iron Lynx took its new cars to the Paul-Ricard circuit. Porsche 911 RSRs replaced Ferrari 488 GTEs on track. By switching to Lamborghini in 2024, Iron Lynx had made it hard to continue racing Ferraris in GTE and GT3. The Porsche team will participate in the WEC and ELMS with the assistance of Christian Ried's Proton Racing. For the long distance races in IMSA and the GT World Challenge Europe, Iron Lynx will be powered by Lamborghini. Two Porsche

Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) completes its 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship roster with 2022 IMSA LMP3 champion Colin Braun joining Tom Blomqvist for the team’s full-season Acura LMDh program next season. Having closed out the DPi era with a huge win in the 2022 Petit Le Mans to secure the IMSA DPi title, MSR is looking to get a quick start in 2023 as IMSA moves to the next iteration of Prototype competition with the hybrid-powered GTP Class. Braun will make his retur

The new partnership debuts next season with factory supported GT campaigns in Europe and America. Lamborghini Squadra Corse and Iron Lynx have announced that they will join forces as both entities embark on a dual assault as Lamborghini Iron Lynx in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2024. Unveiled during the Lamborghini Finals at Portimão, the partnership will begin from 2023, with Iron Lynx becoming a factory supported team in GT3 compet

The Cadillac V-LMDh completed a 24-hour continuous test at Sebring International Raceway as it approaches its debut in January. It consisted of a single car with six drivers and the equivalent of two Twelve Hours of Sebring races in Florida. IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship next year will each feature a Cadillac V-LMDh. In the same test, Action Express Racing ran a second car in a "prescribed" testing program. Since the first rollou

The two Porsche 963 from Porsche Penske Motorsport will tackle the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship flying the race numbers 6 and 7. These digits are well known to the partners, Team Penske and Porsche, from their joint effort with the RS Spyder – and are associated with many great memories for both world-class companies. The ca. 500 kW (680 PS) hybrid prototype for the newly created GTP class will be showcased to the public for the first time in the USA at the fi

It is possible to gauge the level of interest in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in a number of ways. It is evident from the growth of the field for 2022's Rolex 24 At Daytona, which exceeded 60 cars for the first time in eight years. IMSA officials are optimistic that Daytona International Speedway's pit lane, paddock, and garages will be filled with a full field of competitors in January 2023 as early returns for the 61st running of America's classic 24-hour end

Recently, Porsche completed a 36-hour test of its 963 at Sebring International Raceway, surpassing its overall mark of 6,000 miles of on-track testing of the new car. It isn’t alone. The other three manufacturers planning to enter the new Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class for the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season – Acura, BMW and Cadillac – also are well underway with on-track testing and computer simulations of the new hybrid-based LMDh car in the GTP cla

It’s an underlying theme of all motorsports, especially sports car racing. Competing against other manufacturers in front of potential buyers of production vehicles is as old as the automobile itself. How, then, is that race-to-sell dynamic expected to work with the new Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class that will debut in January in the Rolex 24 At Daytona? Just fine, if you ask the four manufacturers preparing to compete in the new top class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsC