Hiroshi Hamaguchi will be driving alongside Marino Sato and a driver yet to be announced when the #95 United Autosports McLaren 720S LMGT3 Evo contests the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. Hamaguchi will replace Josh Caygill who is the regular pilot of the #95 McLaren alongside Sato and Nicolás Pino. The 47-year-old […]
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Benoît Tréluyer Launches New Team for Ligier JS Cup
Benoît Tréluyer, three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Audi, has announced that he is to launch his own team. Trajectus Motorsport, named after Tréluyer’s luxury car concierge service based in the Luberon area of France, north of Marseille, has announced two programmes for the new team. Two Ligier JS2 Rs will […]
2024 – Could this be Sportscar Racing’s greatest year?
For the last decade, and certainly since the high point of the FIA WEC’s LMP1 class with Toyota, Porsche and Audi competing for 24 Hours of Le Mans glory, commentators have been saying we are living in a ‘Golden Age’ for sportscar racing. Removing the considerable challenges of the COVID years, there is no doubt […]
Jenson Button completes Hertz Team JOTA driver line-ups for 2024 WEC
2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button will be joining Hertz Team JOTA for the upcoming FIA World Endurance Championship, Sam Hignett’s Frant-based team has announced today. Button will be joining Phil Hanson and Oliver Rasmussen in the iconic “Mighty #38” in the now-California-based driver’s first season in WEC since 2018 when he drove the […]
“I believe both of our driver line-ups are among the best in the Hypercar field!” – Hertz Team JOTA’s Sam Hignett discusses 2024 drivers and his thoughts on Jota’s journey to the top of the WEC grid
Frant-based Hertz Team JOTA is already a team of legend in the sportscar racing world. JOTA, owned by Sam Hignett and David Clark, has finished on the podium of the 24 Hours of Le Mans ten times in the last ten years, including an extraordinary race in 2017 when Jackie Chan DC Racing, as the […]
Ferrari Hypercars quickest in Wednesday Qualifying
The two Ferrari 499Ps entered by Ferrari AF Corse topped the time sheets in Wednesday’s red-flag interrupted 60-minute qualifying session to set the grid for the centenary edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and establish the eight quickest cars from each class who will fight it out in the Hyper pole session on […]