2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Felipe Nasr has stated that he was “smiling all the time” during his first test in an IndyCar on Monday at Mid-Ohio. Nasr drove James Hinchcliffe’s #5 Arrow SPM Honda in the test.

Felipe Nasr will drive an IndyCar for the first time next week in an evaluation test with Arrow Schmidt Peterson. The Brazilian will drive for the team at Mid-Ohio on Monday.

Porsche GT Team will run special liveries for the 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the WEC cars running a ‘Champion’ livery and the IMSA cars running the ‘Brumos Racing’ livery.

For their final 24 Hours of Le Mans outing, Ford will run four retro/champion liveries on their GTE Pro cars.

BMW brings World Endurance programme to an end with 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans marking their final race.

After some debate as to whether or not the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship would share the 12 Hours of Sebring with the FIA World Endurance Championship again, it has been confirmed that the 1,000 Miles of Sebring will return to the 2019/20 calendar.

At the end of the 2019 racing year, Ford Performance will seize their GTE programs in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship.

At the 2019 FIA World Endurance Championship, it was stated that the confirmation of the race returning in 2020 would come quickly. Now, over two weeks after the race, the fact no announcement has been made could be seen as a cause for concern when looking at the 2019/20 calendar.

The final 14 24 Hours of Le Mans entries have been announced ahead of the race occurring in three months time.

Acura will take over sponsorship of the Grand Prix of Long Beach later this year. The event, which will see action from both the NTT IndyCar Series and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, was previously sponsored by Toyota.

After entering the FIA World Endurance Championship LM GTE Pro at the start of the ‘Super Season’ last May, BMW Team MTEK may be walking away from the world series with doubt over their 2019/20 return.

Tom Blomqvist will miss the Rolex 24 at Daytona after delays in securing a Visa, with Augusto Farfus being drafted in as his replacement.

Trent Hindman is eyeing victory in the GT Daytona class in this month’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, and he gives credit to his experienced team-mates for keeping his feet on the ground.

Ford Chip Ganassi Racing head into the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona aiming for a third consecutive victory, with Richard Westbrook insisting confidence is high that they can do just that.

The Qualifying session to determine Pit and Garage allocation for the Rolex 24 at Daytona saw Meyer Shank Racing take top spot after the deletion of times from P1 Motorsports for using an illegal gold-rated driver.