#IMSA Race Series

[drrus]

Slow Down, Go Faster

Another race weekend has arrived at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. This weekend the IMSA Car Series is here for the Chevrolet Grand Prix. One of the things I love about this series are the very colorful cars. While race cars are usually full of color, it’s almost like specialized artists work on these cars. This is more than a race, it’s designed for full color…

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[kosite]

one of my favorite motorsport events of the year is almost here! the 24 hours of daytona starts january 27th, so i’ve assembled a list of some names i recognize who will be competing!

full entry list | how to watch

in the GTP Class

01 scott dixon, alex palou (with Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande)

7 felipe nasr, josef newgarden (with Frederic Makowiecki, Dane Cameron)

10 brendon hartley, marcus ericsson (with Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque)

31 jack aitken, tom blomqvist (with Pipo Derani)

40 louis deletraz, colton herta, jenson button (with Jordan Taylor)

in the LMP2 Class

2 pato o’ward (with ben hanley, ben keating, nico pino)

8 scott mclaughlin (with John Farano, Michael Dinan, Ferdinand Habsburg)

22 felix rosenqvist, paul di resta (with Dan Goldburg, Bijoy Garg)

52 clement novalak (with Jakub Smiechowski, Tom Dilmann, Nick Boulle)

74 felipe massa (with Gar Robinson, Felipe Fraga, Josh Burdon)

in the GT Daytona Pro Class

1 sheldon van der linde (with Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers, Neil Verhagen)

3 alexander sims (with Antonio Garcia, Dani Juncadella)

9 james hinchcliffe, alex rossi (with Oliver Jarvis, Marvin Kirchhofer)

14 kyle kirkwood (with Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat, Mike Conway)

in the GT Daytona Class

13 alex lynn (with Orey Fidani, Matt Bell, Lars Kern)

32 maximilian götz (with Mike Skeen, Mikael Grenier, Kenton Koch)

60 romain grosjean (with Claudio Schiavoni, Matteo Cressoni, Matteo Cairoli)

66 katherine legge, tatiana calderon (with Sheena Monk, Stevan McAleer)

83 iron dames - rahel frey, sarah nový, michelle gatting

[viper-motorsports]

Failing just one position short on Saturday, Manthey Racing returned to the Nürburgring DE on Sunday for the 2024 NLS2 ADAC Reinoldus-Langstreckenrennen where their N°911 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992) proved a deserving victor.

[motorsportverso]

Lista de campeões Endurance racing & GT Racing 2024

Fia WEC-Hypercar-Marks

Toyota Gazzo Racing

Fia WEC-Hypercar-Drivers

Loterer\L.Vanthorn\Estre-Porsche 963-Porsche Penske

Fia WEC-Hypercar Trophy

Hertz Team Jota #38-Porsche 963-Button\Hansson\Rassmusen

Fia WEC-LMGT3

Manthey Pure RX-Porsche 992 GT3 R-Malykhin\Bachler\Sturm

IMSA

GTP

Nasr\Cameron-Porsche 963-Porsche Penske

LMP2

Dilmann\Boule-Oreca-Euro Interopol

GTD Pró

Lauren Heinrich-Porsche 992 GT3 R-AO Racing

GTD

Russel\Ellis-Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo-Winward Racing

DTM

Mirko Bortolotti-Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2-SSR

ELMS

LMP2

AO by TF-Kubica\Deletraz\Edgar-Oreca

LMP2 Pro-AM

AF Corse-Perrodo\Rovera\Vaxiviere-Oreca

LMP3

RLR MSPORT-Jensen\Adock\Gael-Ligier

LMGT3

Iron Lynx-Andrea Calderelli\Axcil Jefferis\Hiroshi Hamaguchi-Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2

Endurance Brasil

P1

Xandinho Negrão\Marcos Gomes-Ligier- A Matheis Motorsport

GT3

Ricardo Babtista\Rafael Suzuki-Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo-Team RC

GT4

Jacques Quartiero\Allan Helmeister-Porsche Cayman GT4-Sttugart Motorsport

Endurance Gaucho

P2

Jindra Kraucher-Sigma G4-Tech Force

P3

Aldoir Sette-MRX-Motorcar

P4

Roberto Melo-Vottore-Metalmoro

GT1

Alberto Jr-Fiat Linea

GT2

Roberto Mello\Mauro Weck-Audi A3 DTCC

GT

DIE KIPAO-Celta

AMG CUP BRASIL-GT4

Enzo Gianfratti

GT2 European Series

Pro-AM

Martn Koch\Reinhard Kofler-KTM X-BOW GT2-MZR Motorsport reid

AM

Philippe Prette-Maceratti MC20 GT2-LP Racing

[racing-is-passion]

No guarantee for posting more about it, I just want to know more about your interests and what I maybe should post more about. F1 will always have the top priority, but I don't want this to be a F1 only blog.

If you would like to see more about more than one of the above series, or about one that isn't listed there, please write it as a comment/reply, or in a reblog. I'll read it, promised.

[stone-cold-groove]

Nissan Grand Prix - 1989.

[yuki-tsunodas]

the way i went from "nah im not gonna watch imsa this week" to "well i guess i'm watching imsa this week" is so funny but its even funnier because i was in and out of sleep the entire race LOL i cant even tell you when things happened because i'd wake up and be confused about why shit hit the fan LMAO

i think i should also just be banned from watching american racing series in general because the moment i watch a race my faves do so badly 😭

[cafedeotocom]

Mercedes Padok Hikayeleri

[chasingseb]

“Sebastian Vettel set to race the 24 Hours of Le Mans ?

Sebastian Vettel enters new terrain with this test drive: for the first time, the four-time Formula 1 world champion will gain experience in the cockpit of a hypercar prototype.

Since 2023, the Porsche Penske Motorsport works team and private teams have campaigned the Porsche 963 in the North American IMSA sports car series and the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC. After winning three IMSA races last year, Porsche Penske Motorsport succeeded in kicking off the 2024 season with a win in both championships.”

📸24heuresdumans

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Genesis GMR-001 Hypercar Concept, 2024. A prototype endurance racing car developed at Genesis Design Europe under the guidance of Luc Donckerwolke. The hypercar, was revealed alongside the announcement of Genesis Magma Racing who plan to race at Le Mans in 2026 and in the US IMSA series the following year.

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The Backdoor Deals that Make Motorsport Go Round

This is going to be a bit of a different blogpost.

First things first, last weekend during the Las Vegas Grand Prix, we started hearing about the Andretti Cadillac to F1 story being resolved, at least on the Cadillac side. Today, we got confirmation, with the Cadillac F1 team confirmed to join for 2026. So far, we know this: Dan Towriss will be CEO, Mario Andretti (not Michael) will serve on the board, and Cadillac will initially use a Ferrari power unit while Cadillac develops their own unit in Michigan.

We also know that the team will retain all of Andretti's hires so far - Pat Symonds chief among them - and that the team will be based in Fishers, Indiana (where Andretti's new base will be) with a sort of forward operating base in Silverstone.

So...it's Andretti with the serial numbers filed off.

And I think this has been in the works for a long time.

Let me talk about a few things, and then we'll weave all these little threads together to show a bigger picture.

First things first, Michael Andretti launches Andretti Aquisition Corporation I - a Special-Purpose Acquisition Corporation, which is a public company that exists for the whole purpose of buying out a private company, merging with that private company, and using that to make the private company public in a streamlined manner - to merge into an AI company called Zapata.

Zapata starts trading at $10 a share, it almost immediately drops to $2.95 a share, and it keeps dropping. As of November 25th, 2024, Zapata AI stock is trading at $0.02 a share. That is quite literally two cents a share.

I don't need an economics degree to tell you that was a shitshow of a stock.

Second of all, at the Miami Grand Prix, Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei reportedly promised to do everything in his power to keep the Andretti name out of Formula One.

Third of all, in response, Mario Andretti goes to his friends on Capitol Hill - Mario is the big political donor of the family - and petitions Congress to begin an antitrust probe into Formula One and Liberty Media.

Fourth of all, at the end of the 2024 NTT Indycar Series, Michael Andretti announces his decision to step down from the day-to-day running of Andretti Global. Dan Towriss, co-owner and the man who brought in Group 1001 (and its Gainbridge and Delaware Life subsidiaries) to the team, has been taken control. Michael is still a strategic advisor and maintains that he will still be connected to this team, but...it's a change.

And for whatever it's worth, there are whispers that Michael Andretti stepping down wasn't entirely his own decision.

Fifth of all, two weeks ago, Greg Maffei announced he is stepping down from his role at Formula One and Liberty Media at the end of the year.

Finally, like I said, it has now been confirmed that Cadillac will enter Formula One as its eleventh team. Mario is on the board, Dan Towriss is in charge, and the team will be run on Cadillac's behalf by Towriss' TWG Global.

TWG Global is said to be the owner of Andretti Global in Indycar, Wayne Taylor Racing in IMSA, and Spire Motorsports in NASCAR. That last one is particularly notable because, while there have been rumors about Andretti buying into Spire and Towriss' companies consistently sponsor the Spire cars, this is the first time we've actually heard about him owning a piece of Spire.

I guess Dan Towriss' thing is quietly acquiring racing teams without putting his name on them.

In any case, after all that, Cadillac is going to be in F1, the Andretti organization is going to run the team, but the Andretti name - particularly Michael Andretti - is not going to be attached to this project.

To illustrate that point, today, Michael Andretti tweeted about how proud he is about an American team entering Formula One and that he'll be cheering them on from the outside.

So...what has happened?

I think Michael Andretti got burnt bad on the Zapata stock, and I think it's possible that he might have been playing with some of Dan Towriss' money while doing so. So, Andretti now owes Towriss money, Towriss sees Formula One as a more lucrative return on investment than Indycar, and Michael Andretti has rubbed people the wrong way in Formula One.

Liberty Media and Formula One don't want Michael Andretti in Formula One.

Cadillac and Towriss want to be in F1.

Mario Andretti is a World Champion, so his name carries weight in Europe, but Michael Andretti's name does not. People in Europe either don't know who Michael is or remember him for that disastrous McLaren stint.

They don't care that Michael's bad 1993 was sandwiched either side by challenging for the championship in CART.

So...I think Michael Andretti had to get out of the way.

I think Greg Maffei had to get out of the way as well.

Cadillac is a big money name, Dan Towriss is a big money guy, and Formula One wants the American market, so an American manufacturer is an immense resource in that regard. So, in the name of the money, they got rid of the two big egos holding the deal up, and they got the team on the grid.

Now, I'm not a news source or anything, I'm just speculating on the bits and pieces of this that we know are public, but I find it hard to believe it's a complete coincidence that Michael steps down, Maffei announces his retirement, and then suddenly a Cadillac team is accepted with Andretti in more of a background role.

To me, it screams of a background deal for the greater good of the money people.

Liberty Media and Formula One don't want the Department of Justice sniffing around their business. Towriss and Cadillac want a piece of that Formula One pie. Mario Andretti wants to see his family's team in Formula One before he dies.

As for Michael, well...Andretti Global was his team, but he brought in investors, he started hiring people, he started building facilities in Indiana and in Motorsport Valley. The ball was already rolling, and Michael Andretti was the only thing holding it up.

Was he forced out? Maybe, but I think it's more likely that he was given a light push and a retirement package so that he can sit on his couch with his granddaughter and watch his team put a car on the Formula One grid.

Just without his name on it.

[cuzikan]

This is the Mosler Consulier GTP,built in Riviera Beach FL, it’s a car that was so quick it went on to dominate IMSA racing for six years before being banned. It would later dominate the Longest Day of Nelson 24-Hour Race before being banned, and would then be banned for being too successful in Car and Driver magazine’s One Lap of America series.

[russilton]

FREDDO’S MOVING TO IMSA!

One race and he gets picked up by one of the best teams in the series, that’s my boy

[blorbocedes]

andretti is a huge name in motorsport, especially american motorsport!! mario andretti was f1 champion in 1978 and the family has highly successful teams in multiple different series (including indycar, formula e, imsa, etc.). the dream for them has been to get into f1, and their application (which was the approved by the FIA!) included proof of funding, sponsorship, factory and engine support from cadillac/general motors, and an already-established headquarters. they've also made a lot of headway on the car itself. so it seems like they had everything they needed right? WRONG. formula one management (aka FOM, different to the FIA) rejected it because they didn't believe andretti could add enough to the sport and are assuming they wouldn't be competitive. to a lot of people, this seems like an excuse— FOM and the other teams simply don't want to share the profit that they earn with an extra team. and it's like, if they rejected andretti, then they're basically going to reject everyone. meaning we're never going to get an 11th team. hugely disappointing because i think everyone wants to see more teams in f1, especially a team with as strong a racing heritage as andretti.

thank you for the explainer! @ prev anon this is for you

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Novidades no Fia WEC,IMSA,ELMS e Ásia Le Mans Series na GTD,GTD PRÓ e LMGT3 em 2025

A LMGT3 terá fundo de identificação na cor verde a partir de 2025 no Fia WEC e ELMS

Porsche

A Iron Dames que na temporada de 2024 foi cliente da Lamborghini em acordo com a Iron Lynx deve trocar para Porsche (o que já acontece no ELMS) em acordo com a Manthey , ficando no lugar da Pure RX como cliente da Porsche e Manthey, que provavelmente não vai fazer o campeonato do Fia WEC em 2025, a equipe em 2025 só confirmada a participação na Asia Le Mans Series 2024-25 na LMP2

Uma outra mudança será que a Belga Sarah Bovy  passou a ter a graduação prata  da Fia em 2025 então ela poderia  estar fora do trio  , só se trocarem a pilota bronze e mantida como prata, más tem a real possibilidade dela ser mantida como prata do trio já que a Rahel Frey provavelmente não vai competir no Fia WEC, foi confirmada que a pilota Bronze será a pilota Francesa Celia Martin que a Sarah Bovy foi mantida como prata para 2025, na temporada do Asia Le Mans Series 2024-25 , o carro vai ser operado pela Proton Competition como foi no ELMS.

BMW

A BMW vai estar com a evolução da M4 GT3 com a Team WRT

Corvette

A TF Sport vai continuar competindo com dois modelos C8 Z06 GT3 R com numero #81 e #33 , essa segunda entrada poderia ser para o Ben Keating , que ja correu com Aston Martin da TF Sport em 2021 e 2022 e em 2023 com o Corvette C8.R , na LMGTE AM com operação de fabrica , seria possível porque por mais que le tenha dito que "não gostava da pilotagem do GT3 por causa do controle de ABS" em entrevistas no final de 2023 , ele esteve correndo as 6h de Austin na LMGT3 com o Ford Mustang GT3 #88.

Mercedes-AMG  

A marca Alemã está tentando entrar no grid em 2025 na LMGT3 , com o Mercedes AMG GT3 Evo, que até já está com grande possibilidade em 2027 podendo estar na Hypercar no Fia WEC e no IMSA na GTP , onde ela já está presente na GTD desde 2016 e desde 2021 na GTD Pró , inclusive a equipe tradicional das 24h Nurburgring, DTM e GT Word Challenge Europe a Getspeed estará nas 24h Daytona na GTD Pró.

Inicialmente  teve especulações que as equipe Winward Racing e Getspeed seriam as equipes representantes da marca no Fia WEC , mas foi confirmado que a Iron lynx vai ser a equipe da Mercedes na LMGT3

Aston Martin

A equipe Japonesa  D’Station Racing cliente da Aston Martin  por questões financeiras e logísticas principalmente não vai fazer o campeonato do Fia WEC em 2025.

A  Racing Spirit of Léman , pode provavelmente vai ocupar essa vaga como segundo Aston Martin na LMGT3 , já que  a Heart Of Racing vai continuar correndo na LMGT3 mesmo operando o Valkyrie LMH na Hypercar.

No Fia WEC teremos Dudu Barrichelo , filho de Rubens Barrichelo, falou-se no Lexus por ele correr de Toyota na Stock Car e a marca ser a divisão de luxo , em dos modelos RC F GT3 na LMGT3 da equipe Akka ASP., mas ele correra pela Racing Spirit Of Le Mans com a Aston Martin.

IMSA

Ford

A Gradiant Racing trocou o Acura NSX GT3 Evo 22 por um Ford Mustang GT3 na GTD

Corvette

A DXDT Racing vai estrear com Corvette C8 Z06 GT3 R na GTD e Bryan Sellers que já foi campeão da GTD varias vezes e competiu no carro #8 no GT Word Challenge America  na categoria Pró-Am se aposentou e vai assumir posição de estrategista na equipe, poderá ter a presença de Pipo Derani nesse carro , talvez até em Daytona, ja que ele testou o Corvette da equipe durante os testes do IMSA em novembro na pista na Florida, isso se a Hyundai deixar já que ele piloto contratado para o programa Genesis do Fia WEC e IMSA.

Ferrari

A Inception Racing trocou a Mclaren 720s GT3 Evo por Ferrari 296 GT3 já no final da temporada de 2024

Dragonspeed retorna ao IMSA na GTD com Ferrari 296 GT3

Elms

Corvette

A TF Sport inscreveu Corvette  C8 Z06 GT3 R com o mesmo trio #82 do Fia WEC, será o retorno da marca Norte-Americana ao campeonato desde 2017.

Mclaren

A�� marca Britânica  inscreveu uma 720s GT3 Evo em acordo com a United Autoesports , retorno ao campeonato desde 2014.

Mercedes-AMG

A Mercedes-AMG em acordo com a Iron Lynx  como no Fia WEC , será a estreia da marca Alemã no ELMS, que vai estar nas 24h Le Mans provavelmente com um terceiro carro

Asia Le Mans Series

A Manthey , estará com dois carros #70 como ela mesma dita e o #92 como no Fia WEC , inscrição para o Ryan Wardwick, como “Manthey EMA” 

A Prime Speed Sport inscreveu a única  Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo 2 ,  e como a Lamborghini não participa no Fia WEC em 2025 na LMGT3 , por causa disso não poderá ter convite automático com o titulo , só  se for com outro carro das marcas que participam do Fia WEC , no caso: Porsche;Corvette;Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG; Aston Martin;BMW; Ford, Mclaren, Lexus.