Alexander Sims Quickest in Final Rolex 24 at Daytona Practice
Action Express Racing’s Alexander Sims was fastest in final practice for the Rolex 24 at Daytona with a lap at 134.209 mph.
Matthieu Vaxiviere
Entry List: ROAR Before The 24/Rolex 24 At Daytona
The entry list is out for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. 61 teams will do battle on the 3.56-mile road course
Alpine Wins Lightning-Shortened 1000 Miles of Sebring
Alpine’s Nicolas Lapierre, Andre Negrao and Matthieu Vaxiviere claimed the overall victory in the 1000 Miles of Sebring Friday (March 18). The race was cut short due to two red flags in the final 75 minutes due to lightning in the vicinity of the 3.74-mile road course. Vaxiviere started from the pole and quickly ran …
Entry List: Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring presented by Advance Auto Parts
For this weekend’s Mobil 1 12 Hours of Sebring, there are 38 cars entered in the difficult endurance race. Effectively, this is slightly larger than the full-time entry for the season. In Prototypes, there are 11 teams entered and a number of driver changes. Brendon Hartley is the third driver in Action Express Racing’s No. …
Wayne Taylor Racing Taps Matthieu Vaxivière for Remaining Endurance Races
Wayne Taylor Racing announced Thursday (Jan. 24) at Daytona International Speedway that they have signed Matthieu Vaxivière to drive the team’s No. 10 Cadillac DPi-V.R. at the three remaining Michelin Endurance Cup races (Sebring, Watkins Glen and Road Atlanta). The 24-year old French racer will replace Fernando Alonso and Kamui Kobayashi with the team. Neither …
ACO DQs TDS Racing’s LMP2 Entries, Assesses Additional Post-Le Mans Penalties
Monday was a very busy day for the ACO in France. It announced a series of penalties that have caused sweeping changes to the results of last weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans. The biggest announcement was the disqualification of both of the TDS Racing-entered ORECA 07-Gibsons in the LMP2 class. This includes the class-winning …
Kazuki Nakajima Improves Time, Clinches Le Mans Pole
Toyota GAZOO Racing’s Kazuki Nakajima technically didn’t need to improve his time from Wednesday night to claim the overall pole for this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans as no one beat it all day Thursday. However, he did it anyway. Nakajima turned in a lap at 156.012 mph early in Qualifying Practice No. 3 …
Ben Hanley Wins 4 Hours of Monza Pole After TDS Exclusion
TDS Racing’s Matthieu Vaxiviere was fastest in qualifying Saturday morning (May 12) for Sunday’s European Le Mans Series 4 Hours of Monza. Vaxivière lapped the 3.599-mile road course in 95.456 seconds (135.732 mph) in his ORECA 07-Gibson, the fastest lap of the weekend. However, the No. 33 ORECA 07-Gibson was found to have tape on …
Risi Competizione Out of Le Mans Due to Pierre Kaffer’s Crash
Last year, Risi Competizione finished second in GTE-Pro at Le Mans but was every bit as fast as the class winners. In 2017, we’ll never know if that is true or not since the day ended for the team prior to the one-quarter mark. Pierre Kaffer, driving the No. 82 Ferrari 488 GTE (the car …
Toyota’s Nicolas Lapierre Fastest Overall in WEC Prologue
On Sunday, the annual Prologue for the FIA World Endurance Championship wrapped up at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy. When the dust settled, it was Toyota GAZOO Racing’s Nicolas Lapierre that was fastest overall. Lapierre turned in a lap at 90.547 seconds (143.114 mph) in the final session. Saturday night was supposed to see …