With maximum of 75 applications, the provisional first draft of the entry list for the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans has been revealed. 62 cars will fill the grid, with 10 remaining on the reserve list.
2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
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Alice Powell has secured a drive in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with Heinricher Racing, following on from her victory in the W Series.
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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.
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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.
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For their final 24 Hours of Le Mans outing, Ford will run four retro/champion liveries on their GTE Pro cars.
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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.
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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.
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The final 14 24 Hours of Le Mans entries have been announced ahead of the race occurring in three months time.
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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.
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Tom Blomqvist will miss the Rolex 24 at Daytona after delays in securing a Visa, with Augusto Farfus being drafted in as his replacement.
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IMSA
Experience of Team-mates Helping Hindman Deal with Rolex 24 Pressure
by Paul Hensbyby Paul HensbyTrent 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.
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.
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BMW announces WEC exit as it focuses on Formula E, DTM, IMSA, customer racing and sim racing
by Vince Pettit
by Vince Pettit
BMW brings World Endurance programme to an end with 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans marking their final race.
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.
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.
IMSA
“Confidence is going to be really high to try to defend our crown” – Westbrook
by Paul Hensby
by Paul Hensby
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.