Thursday, November 8, 2018

more FIA WEC news headed to Shanghai

With the 6 Hours of Shanghai approaching quickly, here's more headlines from the FIA World Endurance Championship, to keep you up to date and informed.

Session Added in Shanghai for LMP1 Tire Development
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/additional-practice-session-added-to-shanghai-for-lmp1-cars/

Glickenhaus will build a hypercar for the new FIA WEC regulations.

Glickenhaus Hypercar Could Be 'Evolution' of 003C
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/glickenhaus-hypercar-could-be-evolution-of-003c/

Corvette to Run Second-Heaviest in Shanghai
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/corvette-to-run-second-heaviest-in-shanghai/

Non-Hybrid LMP1 cars get boosted for the EoT requirements, for Shanghai.

Non-Hybrids Receive EoT Boost for Shanghai
https://sportscar365.com/lemans/wec/non-hybrids-receive-eot-boost-for-6h-shanghai/


Wednesday, November 7, 2018

6 Hours of Fuji, race broadcast

The full race broadcast of the FIA World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Fuji.


1970, A Year To Remember


A review of the 1970 sports car racing season from the perspective of John Wyre and his Gulf Oil racing team, on the FIA World Sports Car Championship circuit.


Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Brief IMSA headlines

News in brief from IMSA, including the latest Double Stint Podcast featuring an interview with Jack Hawksworth.

Magnussen, Garcia Join Short List go Winless Champions

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/magnussen-garcia-join-short-list-of-winless-in-a-season-champions/

2019 Sporting Regulations Released
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/2019-imsa-sporting-regulations-released/

Double Stint: News Recap; Jack Hawksworth Interview (11-6-18)
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/iwsc/double-stint-news-recap-jack-hawksworth-interview-11-6-18/

Stay tuned for more news and updates.


Monday, November 5, 2018

IMSA tightens up Am driver rules for LMP2, GTD

Splitting the Prototype division into DPi and LMP2 classes, along with changes to the GT Daytona class in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, has prompted IMSA to tweak its 2019 sporting regulations, particularly for amateur drivers.

https://www.motorsport.com/imsa/news/imsa-reveals-new-regs-for-2019/3207561/?nrt=207

Blancpain GT Europe, Asia, & America news

Now that Blancpain GT has split into branches based on the continents, it might be easier to integrate the news from each series.  Here are some of the recent (or not so recent), headlines from all three.

Blancpain GT Asia

A story from back in August.

Blancpain GT Series Asia Set for Korea Debut, Split Grids

https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt-asia/blancpain-gt-series-asia-set-for-2019-yeongam-race-split-grids/

Blancpain GT America

SRO America Partners with Skip Barber Racing School
 
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt-america/sro-america-partners-with-skip-barber-racing-school/

Ratel Targeting Measured Growth for World Challenge
https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/ratel-targeting-measured-growth-for-world-challenge/

Blancpain GT Europe

Strakka Planning Blancpain GT, IGTC Return with Mercedes-AMG

https://sportscar365.com/sro/blancpain-gt/leventis-strakka-planning-repeat-blancpain-gt-igtc-program/