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2023 12 Hours Of Sebring
The 2023 12 Hours of Sebring (formally known as the 71st Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Presented by Advance Auto Parts) was an Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance Sports car racing, sports car race held at Sebring International Raceway near Sebring, Florida from 15 to 18 March 2023. It was the second round of both the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship and the IMSA SportsCar Championship, Michelin Endurance Cup. Chip Ganassi Racing, Cadillac Racing entered as the defending overall winners of the 12-hour event, albeit in the new-for-2023 LMDh, GTP class rather than Daytona Prototype International, DPi. The race was won by the #31 Action Express Racing, Whelen Engineering Racing entry, driven by Pipo Derani, Jack Aitken, and Alexander Sims (racing driver), Alexander Sims, after a late accident eliminated the top three GTP-class cars. Background IMSA, International Motor Sports Association's (IMSA) president John Doonan confirmed the race was part of the schedule for the 2023 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebring International Raceway
Sebring International Raceway is a road course auto racing facility in the southeastern United States, located near Sebring, Florida. Sebring Raceway is one of the oldest continuously operating race tracks in the U.S., its first race being run in 1950. Sebring is one of the classic race tracks in North American sports car racing, and plays host to the 12 Hours of Sebring. The raceway occupies a portion of Sebring Regional Airport (an active airport for private and commercial traffic that was originally built as Hendricks Army Airfield, which was a World War II training base for the United States Army Air Forces). History Sebring Raceway occupies the site of Hendricks Army Airfield (a training base for B-17 pilots in operation from 1941 to 1946). After the war, Russian-American aeronautical engineer Alec Ulmann was seeking sites for converting military aircraft to civilian use when he discovered potential in Hendricks' runways and service roads to stage a sports car endurance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acura ARX-06
The Acura ARX-06 is a sports prototype racing car designed by Honda Performance Development and built by Oreca. It is designed to the Le Mans Daytona h regulations, and will compete in the GTP class in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. The ARX-06 debuted alongside the BMW M Hybrid V8, Cadillac V-LMDh and Porsche 963 at the 2023 season opener of the IMSA SportsCar Championship at the Daytona International Speedway. Racing results Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) Races in bold indicates pole position In a motorsports race, the pole position is usually the best and "statistically the most advantageous" starting position on the track. The pole position is usually earned by the driver with the best qualifying times in the trials before the rac .... Races in ''italics'' indicates fastest lap. * Season still in progress. References Acura vehicles IMSA GTP cars Hybrid electric cars Sports prototypes Le Mans Daytona h cars {{sportscar-autoracing-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dane Cameron
Dane Cameron (born October 18, 1988) is an American racing driver from Glen Ellen, California. He won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship overall in 2016 and 2019, and also in the GTD class in 2014. Racing career After karting, Cameron began his auto racing career in 2005 in the Jim Russell Racing School and Formula Russell where he won the championship.Dane Cameron – Career Detail ''Driver Database'', Retrieved 2011-08-10 In 2006 he competed in the and finished runner-up to J. R. Hildebrand. That fall Cameron won a Team USA Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Group GT3
Group GT3, known technically as Cup Grand Touring Cars and commonly referred to as simply GT3, is a set of regulations maintained by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for grand tourer racing cars designed for use in various auto racing series throughout the world. The GT3 category was initially created in 2005 by the SRO Group as a third rung in the ladder of grand touring motorsport, below the Group GT1 and Group GT2 categories which were utilized in the SRO's FIA GT Championship, and launched its own series in 2006 called the FIA GT3 European Championship. Since then, Group GT3 has expanded to become the de facto category for many national and international grand touring series, although some series modify the ruleset from the FIA standard. By 2013, nearly 20 automobile manufacturers have built or been represented with GT3 machines. Group GT3 allows for a wide variety of car types to be homologated with almost no limit on engine sizes and configurations o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 1000 Miles Of Sebring
The 2023 1000 Miles of Sebring was an Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance Sports car racing, sportscar racing event held at the Sebring International Raceway, Florida, United States on 17 March 2023, as the opening round of the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the third running of the 1000 Miles of Sebring, event. Background The 1000 Miles of Sebring was the first race for new and returning manufacturers to the top class of endurance racing: Porsche, Ferrari, Cadillac and Vanwall Racing Team, Vanwall entered cars in the Hypercar category for the race. They joined returning manufacturers Toyota, Peugeot and Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, Glickenhaus. Automobiles Alpine, Alpine was forced to leave the Hypercar class for a 1-year hiatus, with plans of returning for the 2024 season. Customer teams also joined the Hypercar grid. Both Proton Competition and Jota Sport will receive a Porsche 963 later in the year. Unfortunately, these cars will not be delivered to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LM GTE
Grand Touring Endurance, shortened to GTE, is a set of regulations maintained by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and IMSA for grand tourer racing cars used in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Daytona, 24 hours of Daytona GTLM, and its associated series. The class was formerly known as simply Group GT (Group N-GT in the FIA GT Championship) between 1999 and 2004, and later referred to as Group GT2 between 2005 and 2011. SRO GT2, The GT2 name has since been revived for a different set of regulations. History The class, derived from the former 'GT3' class in 1998, debuted in 1999 under the name of 'GT' in 24 Hours of Le Mans, American Le Mans Series and European Le Mans Series, and as 'N-GT' in the FIA GT Championship. In 2005, the class was renamed GT2, below the faster GT1 class (formerly known as GT). Originally, it was dominated by the Porsche 911 GT3 in its R, RS and RSR versions, but the Ferrari 360 Modena, Ferrari F430 and Panoz Esperante were also successful, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Bovy
Sarah Bovy (born 15 May 1989 in Liège) is a Belgian female racing driver. She has recently competed with the Iron Dames team in multiple series, including the FIA World Endurance Championship and at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Biography Following two years in karting, Bovy began her racing career as a Formula Renault Academy driver in Formula Renault 1.6 Belgium. Former Formula One driver Thierry Boutsen took her under his wing as part of his team, and began an association with the Boutsen-Ginion squad that saw her race in GT, touring car and silhouette racing disciplines before taking a year's break in 2014 due to a lack of funding and undertook a Bachelor of Marketing course. Bovy returned to the sport in 2015, gaining the funding to complete a full season in the Renault Sport Trophy. She yielded a podium in her home race at Spa-Francorchamps before falling back into a part-time endurance campaign in 2016. The next two seasons would see her align with Lamborghini, contesti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahel Frey
Rahel Frey (born 23 February 1986 in Niederbipp, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss Audi factory racing driver. She has competed in such series as Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0, International Formula Master and the German Formula Three Championship. Frey competed in the LMGT1 category of 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. She shared #61 Matech Competition Ford GT with fellow Swiss female drivers Natacha Gachnang and Cyndie Allemann. All three participating Fords were forced to retire from the race. Frey then joined the Audi DTM squad and replaced Katherine Legge in 2011. Then decided she did not wish to carry on with her DTM career and left at the start of the 2013 season. In 2019 she joined the all female Kessell team with Manuela Gostner and Michelle Gatting for the European Le Mans Series. They were the first all-woman team to finish since 1977 and they were 39th and ninth in their class. Racing record Career summary † As Frey was a guest driver, she was ineligible for points. * Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Gatting
Michelle Sophie Gatting Brændstrup (born 21 December 1993 in Århus) is a racing driver from Denmark. She currently competes in the European Le Mans Series. Racing record Career summary † As Gatting was aguest driver she was ineligible for a championship position. Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Complete TCR Denmark Touring Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) † Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance. Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...) (Races in bold indicate pole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Lynx
Iron Lynx Motorsport Lab is an Italian auto racing team founded by Andrea Piccini, Deborah Mayer, Claudio Schiavoni and Sergio Pianezzola. The team is based in Cesena, Emilia-Romagna. They currently operate Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo 2 sports cars in the IMSA SportsCar Championship and GT World Challenge Europe. History 2019 In 2019, Iron Lynx began the "Iron Dames" project, focused on supporting and promoting women in motorsport. 2020 At the 2020 24 Hours of Le Mans, Iron Lynx entered two cars, including an all-female line-up in the #85 Ferrari, driven by Rahel Frey, Manuela Gostner and Michelle Gatting. In October 2020, Rino Mastronardi won the GT3 Drivers Championship for Iron Lynx in the Michelin Le Mans Cup to earn an automatic invitation to the 2021 24 Hours of Le Mans. 2021 In 2021, Iron Lynx entered the FIA World Endurance Championship for the first time. In September 2021, it was confirmed that Iron Lynx will be collaborating with Prema Powerteam to en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyn St
Ubisoft Montpellier is a French video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Castelnau-le-Lez. Founded in 1994 as Ubi Pictures, it is best known for developing the '' Rayman'' and ''Beyond Good & Evil'' series. At 350 employees as of September 2019, Ubisoft Montpellier is led by co-founder Frédéric Houde as technical director. History Ubisoft Montpellier was founded by Michel Ancel and Frédéric Houde, two French video game designers. Houde, after obtaining a Brevet de technicien supérieur at the in Montpellier, first met Ancel (at the time still a high school student) in 1987 at Informatique 2000, a local technology store. They co-operated on the development of video games, sometimes spending multiple hours at a time in front of their computers. Houde later went on to serve his military service, while Ancel was hired by French video game company Ubisoft (then named Ubi Soft) to work at its Montreuil-based studio as a developer. After Houde finished his service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Taylor Racing
Wayne Taylor Racing is a sports car racing team that competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship Daytona Prototype International class. The team campaigns the No. 10 Konica Minolta sponsored Acura ARX-05 full-time for Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor. History The team was founded in 2004 as the Riley Technologies factory team, with title sponsorship from bank holding company SunTrust. The lineup of Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli finished second in the Daytona Prototype teams championship in 2004 and won the Daytona Prototype team and driver championships in 2005. For the 2007 season, Riley and Wayne Taylor split ways and Wayne Taylor Racing began to run the #10 SunTrust Racing entry. - Motor Racing Network, 26 May 2006 Wayne Taylor retired a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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