#lilou wadoux

[dailyfe]

Drivers participating in the women's test during Pre-Season Testing at Jarama (08/11/24) by Simon Galloway

[robinfrinjs]

9 Women are competing in the 24H of Daytona next weekend.

#83 (GTD) - Iron Dames: Doriane Pin, Rahel Frey, Sarah Bovy & Michelle Gatting

#66 (GTD) - Sheena Monk, Katherine Legge & Tatiana Calderón

#45 (GTD) - Ashton Harrison

#88 (LMP2) - Lilou Wadoux

This weekend we can already see a preview of what's about to go on with the roar before the 24. Practice has been going on since yesterday, where Katherine Legge topped the times in GTD during the second session.

Today practice continues and tomorrow Qualifying takes places. We won't see Doriane Pin until next week as she competes in F4 UAE this weekend.

The Daytona 24H is free to watch on IMSA.TV and in the US you can watch the race on Peacock

Also of note Taylor Hagler will be competing in the Michelin Pilot Challenge race. A series she is already a two time champion in.

[maranello]

BELGIUM, 2023 — With the victory of the #83 Richard Mille AF Corse Ferrari 488 GTE Evo in the LMGTE Am class, Lilou Wadoux becomes the first ever female driver to climb onto the top step of the podium in the FIA World Endurance Championship since the championship was established in 2012. (Photo by Joao Filipe/DPPI)

[ryo-hirakawa]

holy shit lilou in a jag. this is an INSANE crossover for me personally

[mafiatsunafish]

History Maker

[phoenixnull11]

Jev and Andrè in race of champions when? I need them there. Jev could partner with Lilou Wadoux and Andrè could terrorise/partner Nico Rosberg for off the charts, choose your -ILF dynamics. Robin Frijns and Beitske Vissier could be the Dutch entry. Webber and Piastri for the Aussies. I'm so bored of seeing sodding DC pop up everywhere.

[chussyracing]

what has been happening in the world of motorsports lately?

The actual news

Checo confirmed he is out of Red Bull

Liam confirmed he will pair up with Max in Red Bull for 2025

Isack Hadjar got confirmed as VCARB driver for 2025

Valtteri got confirmed as Mercedes reserve driver (with potential that if Kimi underperforms they have a stable experienced driver ready)

Bianca Bustamante is moving to GB3 for 2025 with Elite Motorsport

Sophia Flörsch is joining HMD Motorsports in Indy NXT for 2025

Lilou Wadoux is joining Richard Mille AF Corse in ELMS for 2025 WEC series

Gina Schumacher (she is not a Schumacher anymore is she? But it counts) is expecting a baby girl awwww

This happened some time back already but Mike Crack said that Lance and Fernando are almost the same and the gap between them is really small

Also Domenicali has been speaking more about Lewis to Ferrari and (besides saying they love each other a lot now with Charles) he said Lewis should learn Italian (be so real)

[or not only news, this is unconfirmed as of now] Carlos is supposed to get F1-75 as a car he won his first race with (unfairly :))

since Mercedes had a deal with Monster and they are moving to McLaren and also because of the Celsius deal Ferrari has, Lewis will be parting ways with Monster (there is more to say about sponsors, with UniCredit bank and IBM being added to Ferrari’s portfolio or ByBit leaving Red Bull but getting Ava Trade or Castor leaving Alpine)

Fred confirmed the Ferrari for 2025 will be 99% new (he also brushed away all the headlines they tried to pull out of him about Lewis being washed or whatever they try to get every time)

Lewis started following Ferrari and Ferrari started following Lewis AND Roscoe

He also changed his profile picture and posted on LinkedIn about how he cannot wait for the new champter in red and andiamooo

Briatore (please do not trust a word he says but i will cover it anyway) teased that Jack will START the season with Alpine and then they will evaluate both drivers – what kinda snowballed to it is a rumour about Jack only having 5 races contract for now on

Similarly to this Horner went on about Liam and how he shouldn’t try to beat Max but they expect him to be withing 3 tenths off him

Racing Bulls moved another part of the team to Milton Keynes (do we still even call them Italian team)

Marcus Ericsson is working on Cadillac’s sim, also Pat Symmonds officially started working for Cadillac on 1st of January

Enrico Cardile started working for Aston Martin

Ferrari passed the 2025 crash test (and there are rumours they started working on their car sooner than others for 2025)

Tag Heuer is officially new F1’s time keeper (but i already covered this previously, didn’t i? rip)

Btw i didn’t find any confirmation for this so take it as my theory only but Moet could replace Ferrari Trento on the podiums (Moet is Champagne, Trento is sparkling wine, Moet is part of LVMH which is the umbrella behind Tag Heuer as well)

Senna’s statue in Imola was a target of vandalism not once but TWICE this December

Martin Brundle is on the list to get OBE from King Charles for his service to motorsport broadcast coverage

If you watched some pics from the post season test in Abu Dhabi the tiddy accentualizing fireproofs Charles wore were a part of the new cooling kit which will be used when heat hazard is claimed by FIA during a race weekend

Oh and Dakar started btw do not forget to watch!!

The gossip my comms couldn’t help sharing

Liam to RBR was set up months ago as per Yuki’s manager, so any of his great performances at the end of the season had any influence on it and before he did the after season test with RBR, everyone already knew

Horner explained his decision to the team that Liam has „a higher ceiling“ than Yuki (caugh racism), so although Yuki was better in all statistics than any of his teammates this year (besides race head to head with Daniel where they were equal 9/9), they will give the chance to Liam

Also yes there was a very nasty mention about how Liam is not afraid to be aggressive which is something they criticized Yuki for MERCILESSLY

Also they insisted Isack is faster than Yuki in the Red Bull based on their tests (which is objectively a lie with the different running plans but okay)

Horner has also been very sus about what will happen with Yuki next saying after 5 years in a junior team you have to let a driver go or „think differently“??

Red Bull is using an older wind tunnel of Toyota which Haas also uses and Haas also uses part of Ferrari facilities and shares some info with them as a part of their engine deal (not like. confidental stuff okay)

James Vowles asked FIA to take the few last crashes out of their budget cap, but FIA answered why would they do that because all teams cover their drivers‘ crashes out of the set up budget cap

Flavio Briatore promised Renault CEO Luca de Meo that Alpine will be winning in three years time „or something like that“

Jack is only appointed for the first few races and then it remains to be seen based on his results

Some fun facts

Alpine ended up p6 in the championship which is equal worst result in the constructors of the team under this branding and scored 55 points less than last year which just goes to show the freaking recency bias in this sport (or any sport at that point)

The fact about Pierre costing his team 0 in damage cost is pretty much bullshit but it spread all over the even most credible media, under the „destruction championship“ all costs on the car are counted – even when the drain cover damaged Charles‘ car on the first day of testing, his damage got rambed up like a quarter of a million in costs (notably if you wanna look deeper into it: Pierre’s biggest damage this year stemms from Monaco, Japan and Vegas when he got into collision with Esteban, then he also got into collision with Esteban and then his engine blew out and left a huge gaping hole in his side pod)

McLaren was the first team with no classified DNFs (because lando was classified in Austria)

Oscar completed every racing lap (although he almost got lapped by Lando in Abu Dhabi) as the 4th driver in history after lewis, michael and max

What everyone has been doing during the break

Charles was at some grand opening in Monaco with Prince dickpiercing name

Valtteri got his hair a bit blonder again

Lando and George went skiing

Charles took the other route and went to play golf with both brothers in Mexico where the whole family spent the holidays

Franco received silver Olympia award and then randomly admitted to having sex in the car

Oscar and Logan are allegedly both in the UK

Este got Playstation 5 for Christmas

Nando drove Senna’s McLaren

Daniel had some wine?? Idk i don’t really follow many Daniel blogs (also he deleted some Red Bull related posts from Instagram)

Max was preparing for Chrismas in Monaco (and apparently was just a few meters away from Carlos because Monaco is as big as my flat) but he was also testing GT cars at Portimao (going p1… unexpected)

Carlos also had a fake mustache and piercings applied for a prank (or something. The concept was to surprise someone, do you even call that a prank nowadays?)

Liam cut his hair and he has been giving some controversial interviews

Pierre arguably got even worse haircut (he is bald but not fully bald, go look for it)

[opelman]

Ferrari 296 GT3 / Manuel FRANCO / USA / Lilou WADOUX / FRA / Cedric SBIRRAZZUOLI / MCO / AF Corse by Artes Max Via Flickr: Festival de la Velocidad de Barcelona-Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe powered by AWS 2023 / Circuit de Barcelona

[itracing]

Ferrari 499P at Rookie Testing in Bahrain

The Sakhir circuit in Bahrain hosted the rookie tests that traditionally wrap up the FIA World Endurance Championship season after the final race. Ferrari official drivers Lilou Wadoux and Robert Shwartzman had their first chance to climb on board the 499P that competed in the world championship, test-driving the Prancing Horse’s Le Mans Hypercar on the track. At the end of the day, which also saw Alessandro Pier Guidi enter the cockpit, Ferrari set the fastest time with Shwartzman.

Wadoux completed her first season as an official driver for the Maranello manufacturer by trying out the 499P number 51, the car that triumphed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Pier Guidi-Calado-Giovinazzi. It was a positive test for the 22-year-old Frenchwoman, who made motor racing history this year with her victory in the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps – in the LMGTE Am class of the World Endurance Championship, with the Ferrari 488 GTE shared with Alessio Rovera and Louis Perez-Companc – a first win for a female driver in the FIA WEC era, which opened in 2012.

Both drivers completed a total of 30 laps: Wadoux managed to stop the clock in 1'49''488, while Shwartzman completed a lap in 1'48''559.

[fireessie]

"We're going to be talking about her a lot over the season and not because she's a fast female driver but because she's a fast teenage driver"

I am absolutely loving the hype for Lilou Wadoux

[robinfrinjs]

Lilou Wadoux during Free Practice 3 for the 8H of Bahrain (03.11.23)

[maranello]

BELGIUM, 2023 — Portrait of Lilou Wadoux, #83 Richard Mille AF Corse, Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, during the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. (Photo by Joao Filipe/DPPI)

[ryo-hirakawa]

LILOU IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A WEC RACE‼️🥳💗

[racewinner]

watching wec and this commentator just said 'remember this face, remember this name, she's 19' she's 22. it's lilou wadoux. doriane is 19

[motorsportverso]

IMSA Petit Le Mans 2024 

 A pole na geral em GTP foi do Cadillac #31  E na LMP2 United Autoesports na GTD Pro do Ford Mustang GT3  #65 e na GTD da Ferrari 296 GT3 da Cetilar Racing

Que foi a despedida da Chip Ganassi Racing em parceria com a Cadillac e a Wayne Taylor Andretti com a Acura que assume os carros da GM e da marca esportiva da Honda pela Meyer Shank Racing que retorna a categoria em 2025.

Na largada o Cadillac #31 se manteve na frente

Momento em que o Cadillac #01 (que estava com uma pintura rocha  especial na etapa)  teve que fazer uma parada extra nos boxes .

A escapada da Mercedes #80 da GTD  com o Australiano Scott Andrews que trouxe uma bandeira amarela .

Na relargada o lider  era o Acura #40

A escapada do LMP2 #2 da United Autoesports, que trouxe uma uma bandeira amarela

Que provavelmente teve um toque com o Corvette #4 da GTD Pró.

Momento em que o Cadillac #31 com Jacky Aitken passava o Acura #40 com Jordan Taylor

Quando o Acura NSX GT3 da Gradiant Racing rodou, modelo que fez sua despedida na categoria, que trouxe bandeira amarela na pista inteira.

Momento em que o Porsche #5 da Mustang Simpling-Proton assumia a liderança

Escapada do LMP2 #74 da Riley

O toque que teve entre o Lamborghini #45 da WTTR Andretti e o LMP2 da TDS Racing

A rodada da Ferrari #70 da Inception Racing

A rodada do BMW #24

A ultrapassagem do Cadillac #01 sobre o Lamborghini SC63

Nesse momento o líder na LMP2 era #88 da AF Corse , teve pela primeira vez uma mulher liderando uma parte da corrida com a Francesa Lilou Wadoux.

Com 5h de corridas completas o Porsche #7 era o campeão da GTP com a dupla Felipe Nasr e Dane Cameron.

A disputa entre os carros da GTD entre a Ferrari #62 da Risi Competizone e o Porsche #77 da AO Racing

O Lamborghini da GTP estava na 9ª posição

A batida do Ford Mustang GT3 da GTD da Próton Competition  com o Porsche 992 GT3 R da Wright Motorsport que trouxe bandeira amarela na pista inteira

A batida também envolveu o Acura #10 que estava em terceiro

Chassis que vai ser aposentado já que a Honda e a Acura entregaram chassis novos a Meyer Shank para a temporada de 2025.

A liderança era do Porsche #6 com o Cadillac #01 na 2ª posição

Momento do toque entre o BMW #24 com o Philippe Eng  com o Porsche #7 com Felipe Nasr na relargada.

A disputa da liderança da GTD  estava entre a Ferrari #35 da Conquest Racing e a Lamborghini #78 da Forte Racing.

A disputa da GTD Pró entre a Lamborghini #19 da Iron Lynx , a Ferrari #62 da Risi Competizone e o Aston Martin #23 da Heart Of Racing.

Momento em que o Cadillac #01 passou o Porsche #6 e assumia a liderança

O problema que os faróis do Cadillac estavam em curto então ele estava apagando e acendendo e de noite fica complicado .

Más isso não tirou a vitória da Cadillac e da Chip Ganassi Racing que terminam a parceria com uma vitória.

[firebirdman]

AF Corse Oreca 07 | 🇩🇰 Nicklas Nielsen 🇦🇷 Luis Pérez Companc 🇫🇷 Lilou Wadoux | P6 LMP2 | Watkins Glen 2023