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Porsche 963
The Porsche 963 (Type 9R0) is an LMDh sports prototype racing car designed by Porsche and built by Multimatic, to compete in the Hypercar and GTP (Grand Touring Prototype) classes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship, respectively. The 963 name draws inspiration from the Porsche 956 and Porsche 962 that raced in the 1980s, which also competed in American and European racing series. The car was revealed at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed, with a traditional red, white, and black livery. The official race debut of the 963 was at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona, the season-opening round of the 2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship. The car was originally slated for a non-competitive dress rehearsal at the 2022 8 Hours of Bahrain, however, Porsche decided later that they would not race at Bahrain in favour of more private testing time. Porsche later announced that the first customer 963s would not be delivered until April 2023 due to delays caused by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Team Penske
Team Penske (formerly Penske Racing) is an American professional auto racing organization, competing in the IndyCar Series, NASCAR Cup Series, IMSA SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship. Debuting at the 1966 24 Hours of Daytona, the organization has also competed in various other types of professional racing such as Formula One, Can-Am, Trans-Am Series, Trans Am, and Australia's Supercars Championship. Altogether, Team Penske has earned over 500 victories and over 40 championships in all of auto racing. Team Penske is a division of Penske Corporation, and is owned and chaired by Roger Penske. IndyCar Series Team Penske currently fields three cars: the No. 2 Hitachi Dallara/Chevrolet for Josef Newgarden, the No. 3 Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Scott McLaughlin (racing driver), Scott McLaughlin, and the No. 12 Verizon Dallara/Chevrolet driven by Will Power. Notable past drivers include 4-time Indianapolis 500 winners Al Unser, Rick Mears, and Helio Castroneves. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2024 6 Hours Of Spa-Francorchamps
The 2024 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps (formally known as the 2024 TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps) was an endurance sportscar racing event held on 11 May 2024, as the third of eight rounds of the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship. It was the 58th running of the event, and the 13th running of the event as part of the World Endurance Championship. Background The event was announced on 9 June 2023, during the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend. With the Italian round being moved from July to April, there is only a three-week period between the round at Imola, and the round at Spa. Entry list The entry list was revealed on 24 April 2024, with 37 entries: 19 in the Hypercar category, and 18 in the LMGT3 category. Multiple Hypercar crews ran only two drivers for the event: the No. 2 Cadillac Racing entry ran with the same two drivers as in Imola, whilst the No. 12 Hertz Team Jota, No. 93 Peugeot TotalEnergies, and No. 94 Peugeot TotalEnergies entries ran witho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mathieu Jaminet
Mathieu Jaminet (born 24 October 1994) is a French racing driver. He is currently employed by Porsche as a factory driver and participates primarily in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Career Jaminet originally began pursuing a career in formula racing, participating in the F4 Eurocup 1.6 championship in 2010 and the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship in 2011. Following this, he moved between several racing series over the next years before entering the Porsche Carrera Cup France championship in 2015. After finishing second in his debut season there, he was named a Porsche Junior Driver for the 2016 season. Jaminet won the Carrera Cup championship in 2016 and took third in the Porsche Supercup championship, prompting Porsche to promote him to a "Young Professional." For 2017, Jaminet participated primarily in ADAC GT Masters, driving for KÜS TEAM75 Bernhard. He, along with teammate Michael Ammermüller, finished eight in the championship, including a win at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Neel Jani
Neel Jani (born 8 December 1983) is a Swiss people, Swiss professional racing driver. He achieved his greatest success winning the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2016 after first joining Porsche 919 Hybrid, Porsche's Le Mans Prototype, LMP1 programme for the 2014 season driving in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Previously, Jani drove for A1 Team Switzerland in A1 Grand Prix, helping them win the 2007–08 A1 Grand Prix season, 2007–2008 title and finishing runner-up in 2005–06 A1 Grand Prix season, 2005–06 and 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix season, 2008–09. He raced for KV Racing Technology, PKV Racing in the North American 2007 Champ Car season, Champ Car series in 2007. He is also a GP2 Series race-winner and former Formula One test driver. He joined Formula E's Dragon Racing, Faraday Future Dragon Racing squad for the 2017–18 Formula E season, 2017/2018 season but left the team after one weekend. For the 2019-20 Formula E season, he returned with his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Harry Tincknell
Harry William Tincknell (born 29 October 1991 in Exeter, Devon) is a British professional racing driver currently racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Aston Martin THOR Team. He won the LMP2 class on his Le Mans 24 Hour race debut in 2014 and again in LMGTE Pro in 2020, the first driver in the race's history to win in both LMP2 and LMGTE Pro. Other notable victories include the 2016 European Le Mans Series title and the overall win at the 2020 12 Hours of Sebring. Career Karting Tincknell made his karting début in 2001, finishing in the top five of both the Dunkeswell Club Championship and the South West British Championship series. After competing in Cadets in 2002, Tincknell moved up to TKM karts in 2003, winning the Winter Series at the Shenington kart circuit in Oxfordshire. He continued at that level in 2004, winning a round at Larkhall and finished in 27th place in the championship for Connaught Racing. Tincknell moved into the ICA Junior Belgian Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gianmaria Bruni
Gianmaria "Gimmi" Bruni (born 30 May 1981) is an Italian Porsche factory auto racing driver who drove in the 2004 Formula One World Championship for Minardi. He is a GP2 Series race winner and is now racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, in which he gained the 2013 and 2014 GT Drivers' Titles whilst driving as a factory Ferrari driver. He won the 2008 FIA GT Championship, 2011 Le Mans Series and 2012 International GT Open and took three class victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 2008, 2012 and 2014. He also was successful at the 2009 and 2015 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, 2010 12 Hours of Sebring and 2011 Petit Le Mans. Career First wins in single-seaters Born in Rome, at age ten Bruni lied about his age to the director of ''La Pista d'Oro'', a Go kart track in Italy, in order to begin an amateur Karting career (twelve was the minimum age to compete). His first experience with racing cars was in the Italian Formula Renault Campus in 1997; he won the Tit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Jota. Button competed in Formula One from to , and won the World Drivers' Championship in with Brawn; he won 15 Grands Prix across 18 seasons. Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship. He first drove in F1 with Williams for the 2000 season. The following year he switched to Benetton, which at the start of the 2002 season became the Renault team, and then for the 2003 season he moved to BAR. He finished third in the 2004 World Drivers' Championship, before falling to ninth in the 2005 championship. BAR was subsequently renamed and became the Honda team for the 2006 season, during which Button won his first Grand Prix at the , after 113 races. Following the withdrawal of Honda from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tijmen Van Der Helm
Tijmen van der Helm (born 26 January 2004) is a Dutch people, Dutch racing driver currently competing in the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship, IMSA SportsCar Championship with JDC-Miller MotorSports in a Porsche 963. Personal life Van Der Helm was born on 26 January 2004 in Delft, and grew up in nearby Den Hoorn, South Holland. His career was influenced by his father Gerard, who raced in the Dutch Volkswagen Endurance Cup. Early career Karting Having started karting in 2013, Van Der Helm's notable karting successes include third place in the 2013 Chrono Karting Winter Series - Micromax, second in the 2017 CIK-FIA Karting Academy Trophy and a victory in the 2017 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals in the junior category. Lower formulae Van Der Helm made his single seater debut in the 2019 Formula 4 UAE Championship with Xcel Motorsport. He finished the series 10th in the standings with a win and 3 podiums to his name. Later that year he would race in the 2019 F4 Spanish Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mike Rockenfeller
Mike Rockenfeller (born 31 October 1983), nicknamed "Rocky", is a German professional racing driver and was an Audi factory driver competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, DTM and the FIA World Endurance Championship. He won his first DTM title in 2013 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season, 2013, driving for Audi, Audi Sport Phoenix Racing (Germany), Team Phoenix. He also won the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans. Career Early career Rockenfeller began racing karts in 1995 aged 11, winning the Bambini North state championship. He competed in various local and national karting series in the 1990s. In 2002, he won the Jörg van Ommen Kart Cup Super Series. Porsche Supercup and Le Mans championship In 2001, Rockenfeller moved to cars, and finished 4th in the Formula König championship, winning one race. In 2002, he joined the Porsche Junior team and raced in the German Carrera Cup, finishing 10th, and in a partial Porsche Supercup season. In 2003, he finished 2nd in the German Carrera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Will Stevens
William Jonathan Richard Stevens (born 28 June 1991) is a British racing driver, who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Jota Sport, Jota. Stevens competed in Formula One from to . In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Stevens won the 2022 FIA World Endurance Championship in the LMP2 class with Jota. Stevens formerly competed in the Formula Renault Eurocup, Toyota Racing Series and British Formula Renault. In Formula One, he made his debut at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Caterham F1, Caterham, replacing Marcus Ericsson for the double points race. During , he competed with Marussia F1, Marussia. In 2016, he competed in the 2016 Blancpain GT Series, Blancpain GT Series and the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship, FIA World Endurance Championship (LMP2) while in 2017, Stevens continues to race for W Racing Team, Belgian Audi Club Team WRT racing an Audi R8 (road car)#Audi R8 LMS ultra, Audi R8 LMS in the Blancpain GT Series’ Sprint and En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
António Félix Da Costa
António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born 31 August 1991) is a Portugal, Portuguese professional racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team and the 2019–20 Formula E Championship, 2019–20 Formula E Drivers' Champion. He won the Macau Grand Prix invitational Formula Three race in 2012 Macau Grand Prix, 2012 and 2016, as well as the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup in 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC season, 2009. After progressing through various levels of the junior formulae motorsport ladder, Félix da Costa's breakthrough year came during the 2012 season. Having started the season driving for the Carlin Motorsport, Carlin team in the 2012 GP3 Series season, GP3 Series, Félix da Costa was selected to join the Red Bull Junior Team, replacing 2012 Formula Renault 3.5 Series season, Formula Renault 3.5 Series driver Lewis Williamson, who had failed to score a point in the first three meetings of the season. Félix da Costa a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yifei Ye
Yifei Ye ( zh, s=叶一飞; born 16 June 2000) is a Chinese racing driver who competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship for AF Corse. He is the 2021 European Le Mans Series and Asian Le Mans Series champion and previously competed in single-seater racing, winning the French F4 championship in 2016 and the Euroformula Open title in 2020. Ye is a former member of the Renault Sport Academy and drove for Porsche Motorsport Asia Pacific as a Selected Driver from 2021 until 2023. He has driven for Ferrari since 2024 and currently competes with the #83 Ferrari 499P in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship, alongside Robert Kubica and Phil Hanson. Ye and his teammates won the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans, making him the first Chinese driver to take an overall victory in the event. Early career Born in Xi'an, the capital city of Shaanxi Province, Ye began his professional racing career in karting in 2010 at the age of ten, and would go on to win the China Karting Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
