Renger van der Zande says the number of open seats in the top class of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship could be a limiting factor in what’s already shaping up to be one of the biggest driver markets in modern day prototype history.

Stephane Ratel said he’s not concerned about the latest “evolution” of new-breed GT3 machinery, which have been designed for the race track before being developed as a production car.

Six-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Genesis Magma Racing advisor Jacky Ickx has recently sampled the team’s GMR-001 Hypercar for the first time.

Matteo Cairoli and BMW factory ace Kelvin van der Linde shared the DTM victories in the second event of the season at Zandvoort last weekend, but it was Mercedes-AMG pilot Maro Engel who maintained his points lead.

David Haueter samples the Porsche 911 Carrera S in Sportscar365's latest 'Test Drive' series.

IMSA has issued a ‘corrected’ version of its Balance of Performance table one day after issuing the original figures for next weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic.

Ford Racing Hypercar program manager Dan Sayers says he is ‘not losing sleep’ over fellow 2027 FIA World Endurance Championship entrant McLaren beginning track testing at least three months earlier than the American manufacturer.

GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS series has made a late change to its schedule with its Chinese round next month moving from the Shanghai International Circuit to instead be held at Ningbo.

SRO and LMEM, co-promoters of the Asian Le Mans Series, are working on “contingency plans” for the upcoming season according to Stephane Ratel, who hinted the currently scheduled Middle Eastern rounds could be rescheduled “closer” to Europe rather than in Southeast Asia.

Both versions of the Porsche 963 will contest next weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic with additional weight, with the 2026-spec Porsche Penske Motorsport entries returning to its 1,100 kg weight from Long Beach.

Inter Europol Competition’s No. 43 Oreca 07 Gibson LMP2 entry will sport an art car livery in next month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the Polish squad revealing the color scheme created by Polish designers Aleksandra and Gustaw Lange.

Daytona International Speedway today announced a transformative, venue-wide LED lighting project that will introduce the next generation of lighting technology to the ‘World Center of Racing,’ marking the next step in how motorsports are experienced by fans, competitors and viewers around the world.

Kelvin van der Linde says the DTM “throws curve balls every weekend” and is therefore “not particularly worried” about his tricky start to the season at the Red Bull Ring opener last month.

United Autosports’ decision to split up its two cars on pit lane proved to be a pivotal factor in the team’s success in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship according to its CEO Richard Dean.

A total of 21 cars are set for next weekend’s Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic, in the second IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship street race of the season.

Stephane Ratel has reaffirmed SRO Motorsports Group’s commitment to keep the Nürburgring 24 on the Intercontinental GT Challenge calendar, amid its shift away from the globe-trotting GT3 series’ original ethos.

A 70-car entry list has been revealed for this year’s CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa, representing an additional 11 cars compared to the regular GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup powered by AWS field, while a new qualifying format has also been announced.

Factory Honda driver Kaku Ohta has landed a last-minute 24 Hours of Le Mans drive with the Proton Competition LMP2 team as part of a tie-up with Seven x Seven Racing.

Porsche-contracted driver Alessandro Ghiretti will contest this year’s Thailand Super Series with B-Quik Absolute Racing at the wheel of a Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo.

The 24H Series championship lead will be up for grabs at the Michelin 12H Paul Ricard next month, with three teams currently tied at the top of the standings.

McLaren is set to enter the “next stage” in its testing program with the MCL-HY according to McLaren Endurance Racing executive director James Barclay, who has already earmarked a full calendar for on-track development of the LMDh-based prototype.

Porsche Mobil 1 Female Driver Program member Therese Lahlouh files her latest Sportscar365 column following a "sweaty, hard-earned, and emotionally confusing" GT World Challenge America powered by AWS race at Sebring.

Louis Deletraz will tackle this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans in a Hertz Team JOTA Cadillac V-Series.R after Alex Lynn’s neck surgery was postponed.

AO by TF will not only head into next month’s 24 Hours of Le Mans with a new driver but also a new livery for its Oreca 07 Gibson LMP2 Pro-Am entry as it looks to defend its class victory in the French endurance classic.

Longtime Ferrari driver Manny Franco dropped into Ferrari Challenge last weekend at COTA, and showed his expertise with a Trofeo Pirelli class win on Sunday.

Check out John Dagys' news, notes, stats, reactions and more from last weekend's 54th ADAC Ravenol 24h Nürburgring.

BMW M Motorsport director Andreas Roos has hailed the top-five overall finish for the BMW M3 Touring 24H as a ‘better than expected’ result for the one-off race car that started as an April Fools joke less than 14 months ago.

Mattia Drudi says he never expected “underdogs” Aston Martin to score a first-ever overall Nürburgring 24 podium in this year’s race, a contest he described as “crazy.”

Mirko Bortolotti described the closing stages of the Nürburgring 24 as “insane” when he narrowly overcame a late-race penalty to pip Mattia Drudi’s Aston Martin to the runner-up spot.

Maro Engel said helping guide Mercedes-AMG back to the top step of the podium at the Nürburgring 24 after a ten-year win drought takes the “weight off all our shoulders.”

Mercedes-AMG scored a dominant first Nürburgring 24 win in a decade thanks to the No. 80 Winward Racing machine of Maro Engel, Fabian Schiller, Maxime Martin and Luca Stolz that triumphed after the Verstappen Racing sister car retired from the lead with three hours to go.

Dani Juncadella said he felt victory in the Nürburgring 24 “was meant to be” until late-race heartbreak that took their Verstappen Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo out of the race.

The Nürburgring 24 race-leading Verstappen Racing Mercedes-AMG of Dani Juncadella was taken to the garage with mechanical troubles, handing the lead to its sister Winward-run entry with less than four hours to go.

The pair of Winward Racing-run Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evos continue to have held firm control of the Nürburgring 24 heading into the final six hours of the race.

Max Verstappen collided with Winward Racing stablemate Maro Engel as the battle for the Nürburgring 24 lead intensified between the two Mercedes-AMGs as the race reached half-distance, with the Formula 1 champion maintaining top spot.

The Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evos continued their private battle for the lead of the Nürburgring 24 as nine hours of the race were completed, while more top contenders were forced out.

The Winward Racing Mercedes-AMGs battled for the lead of the Nürburgring 24 as it reached one-quarter distance, with Lucas Auer retaking first place in the Verstappen Racing entry approaching the six-hour mark, when rain arrived.

The Manthey ‘Grello’ Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo of Kevin Estre that had been closing on the lead of the Nürburgring 24 crashed out in the fourth hour of the race, shortly before Arjun Maini had a sizeable shunt at the same Brunnchen corner.

Max Verstappen stormed into the lead of the Nürburgring 24 after three hours aboard the No. 3 Winward Racing-run Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo, while a host of front-running contenders hit trouble.

The No. 911 Manthey Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo of Thomas Preining led at the end of a frantic opening hour of the Nürburgring 24 that saw a jump-start penalty for the No. 130 ABT Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2 and a puncture for the sister pole-sitting machine.

Maxime Martin set the pace in Warm-Up ahead of the Nürburgring 24 in the repaired No. 80 Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo but the No. 24 Lionspeed GP Porsche was in strife as Laurin Heinrich collided with a BMW 318Ti.

The BMW M4 GT3 EVO will head into this afternoon’s start of the Nürburgring 24 with a 10 kg weight increase, as the GT3 manufacturer being the hardest hit with a series of pre-race Balance of Performance adjustments by race organizer ADAC.

Kevin Estre said he’s expecting a “much closer” race between multiple manufacturers in this weekend’s Nürburgring 24 but believes top honors could come again come down to the “three or four” teams that typically execute perfect races on the Nordschleife.

Check out John Dagys' final news and notes package prior to the start of the 54th Nürburgring 24.

Nürburgring 24 pole-sitter Luca Engstler believes that “huge steps” made by the ABT Lamborghini Huracan squad over the winter were key to the team securing a 1-2 on the grid for Saturday’s race.

Luca Engstler led a front row lockout for ABT and Lamborghini for this weekend’s Nürburgring 24.

The grids for the eclectic mix of cars in the other classes of the Nürburgring 24 have been set after a flurry of improvements in the final Qualifying 3 session.

The 12 cars that will take part in this afternoon’s Top Qualifying 3 pole shootout for the Nürburgring 24 has been set following a dramatic Top Qualifying 2 session that saw Maro Engel have a brush with the barriers and be eliminated from his car having a chance of overall pole.

Porsche factory driver Julien Andlauer says it is “great” that the Nürburgring 24 still allows teams free tire use, believing “you would have much less cars” with a single brand mandated.

Check out John Dagys' news and notes package from the Nordschleife following the opening track session of the weekend for the Nürburgring 24.