#LMDh race car

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Lamborghini SC63, 2023. The Goodwood Festival of Speed has been used by Lamborghini Squadra Corse to unveil their new  LMDh race car. It will compete in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship. It is powered by an all-new twin-turbo 3.8-litre V8 engine designed specifically for racing, paired to a hybrid system with total output limited to 671 hp (500 kW / 680 PS) by regulations.

#Lamborghini #Lamborghini SC63 #race car #track car #LMDh race car #endurance racing #new cars #Goodwood Festival of Speed #V8 #hybrid

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#bmw #bmw m #hybrid #v8 #hybrid v8 #race car #motorsport #lmdh #endurance racing #car #cars #fast car

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soon

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First Look: The BMW M Hybrid V8

Ahead of the testing phase for the LMDh prototype for the 2023 season in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, BMW M Motorsport announces the name, the design, and an exciting camouflage livery for the car. The BMW M Hybrid V8 will sport a look designed by BMW Group Designworks, and celebrates the history of BMW M Motorsport in North America while defining a dynamic hybrid electric future.

#BMW M Hybrid V8 #LMDh #cars #racing #bmw #imsa #BMW M Motorsport #first look

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What to Expect in Forza Motorsport 2023

With Fall just around the corner, lots of people are excited for the new racing game to come from the Forza series! Forza announced their new triple A racing game back in 2020 at the Xbox showcase and have announced that the official release date will be October 10th of this year.

Forza Motorsports career mode this time will be showcased as their Builders cup. The Builders Cup will be a multi staged career with different stages of cars such as starting with lower performance like the VW golf and going all the way up to super car classics like the 2017 Ford GT. This career mode teaches you about the mechanics of the game as well such as how to tune your car and upgrade it during your mini series that you participate in as well as how to change the weather during your practice modes to get the most practice before the big race.

Forza Motorsport will add in their multiplayer system a number of new experiences for the driver to get acclimated to. The introduction of Driver and Safety ratings is a long awaited system that people have been asking for ever because the skill based match making was never the best, but with these new introductions, Forza can make a system that will allow players to find others in the same skill setting as themselves. Forza has taken inspiration from some other games such as IRacing to have scheduled events for drivers to test their limits in. Two of the main racing series that will always be available will be the GT and Touring cars series. Along with these two main series, there will be rotating series that will offer a look into other spec racing divisions.

The local mode and private multiplayer will still be similar to other Forza games, but the new motorsport has some extra features. Car modification and customization will be a new feature in the private and local multiplayer systems that will offer people to test their kitted out cars against their friends and have some 1 on 1 action against each other.

Forza Motorsport is one of my most anticipated games for this year and I could not be more thrilled about how its looking to be when it launches. 500+ cars will be available at launch and have full customization options for them, which means we can make a racing series of the PEEL P50 with spoilers and splitters!!!!! I cannot contain my excitement for this game and I will 100% burn a hole in the side of my computer to make this game run. Can't wait to see you all on track!

#Forza #forza motorsport #racing #cars #classic car #formula 1 #f1 #le mans #lmdh #video games #simulation

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SHAKEDOWN

from....this year ;)

#my art #synthwave #psychdelic #lmdh #le mans #racecar #castle #retrowave #racing #le mans prototype #fake car series #artists on tumblr

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Lamborghini Hypercar presented

This week Lamborghini presented render pictures of his new LMDh Hypercar for the 2024 season of the WEC and IMSA Sports Car Championship. The car is called the Lamborghini SC63 and will be the first LMDh that is built on the Ligier chassis. It will race the complete WEC season and all endurance races of the IMSA Sports Car Championship except for the 24h of Daytona, because the car won't be ready that early in the year. The team that will be responsible for it will be the Iron Lynx team that is currently racing with Porsche in the GTE category.

The name SC63 is hinting at the year Lamborghini was founded (1963), the car will have a 3,8 liter V8 twin turbo engine, the turbochargers will be placed outside the motor block.

#motorsport news #motorsport #motorsports #fia wec #wec #world endurance championship #imsa sports car championship #24 hours of le mans #le mans #racing #imsa #endurance racing #endurance #car racing #car presentation #hypercars #hypercar #lmdh #lmh #new hypercar #new hypercars #lamborghini #lamborghini racing #lamborghini hypercar #lamborghini lmdh #lamborghini lmh #iron lynx #v8power #cars #v8

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Lamborghini's Hybrid Race Car and Hypercar Concept to Make Public Debut at Goodwood

Lamborghini is set to make a big splash at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, with the reveal of its LMDh race car and the Revuelto hypercar concept. The LMDh race car is a hybrid-powered prototype that will compete in the 2024 FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Championship Endurance Cup. It will be powered by a twin-turbocharged V8 engine and an electric…

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#auto news #Automobile #goodwood festival #goodwood festival of speed 2023 #Lamborghini LMDh race car #NEWS

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New Video (that isn't about fishes this time)

If you couldn't tell from the name I have a small YouTube channel. Here's the latest video:

#lmp2 #le mans #imsa #riley #multimatic #race car #car go vroom #lmdh #hypercar #Youtube

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What speaks for a Le Mans start?

Sebastian Vettel could compete in Le Mans with Porsche as early as 2024. The former Formula 1 world champion impressed in the first test. There are increasing signs of a racing comeback for the German. Porsche has postponed the planned announcement of the driver pairing of the third car for Le Mans.

Sebastian Vettel was abstinent for fifteen months. Apart from a few demonstration laps in a Williams FW14B at Silverstone and a Red Bull RB7 at the Nürburgring, the four-time world champion stayed away from the race track, but the thoroughbred racing driver regularly admitted that he misses racing. That's why his name was mentioned again and again when an attractive door opened-or seemed to open-in Formula 1, just like at Mercedes next year. The transfer of Lewis Hamilton to Ferrari frees up a cockpit at Mercedes, and of course Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff and Vettel were already in contact. The Heppenheimer also has his eye on the World Endurance Championship (WEC) with Porsche. On March 21st, Vettel took part in the roll-out test of the third Le Mans car in Weissach. The 36-year-old shared the cockpit with Porsche works driver Laurens Vanthoor. The Belgian drove two stints of twenty laps each, after which Vettel took over the Porsche hypercar for several runs between ten and fifteen laps.

Vettel fast straight away

According to information from our sister magazine, Motorsport aktuell, Vettel was on the same lap time level as Vanthoor after just fifteen laps. First conclusion: Vettel was immediately competitive at raw speed, and he also impressed with good feedback. The second stage of the test plan was then initiated: Vettel and five other works drivers will take part in a 36-hour test at the Spanish Motorland Aragón racetrack from March 25th to 27th, which was planned as preparation for Le Mans. The test is intended to evaluate how the 53-time GP winner copes with the 700 hp LMDh car in the dark. Vettel wants to use the test to find out whether the LMDh class cars will rekindle the fire in him. With a curb weight of 1,030 kilograms, the hybrid racers are significantly heavier than a Formula 1 car and have less power, but with hybrid technology and biofuel, they fit into the green world view of the man in the cockpit. The first impression behind the wheel of the Porsche 963 already left a clear mark on the thoroughbred racing driver from Heppenheim: "I'm looking forward to testing the Porsche and have already had the opportunity to get to know the car a little in Weissach. I've always had other racing series, and my curiosity for long distances encouraged me to just give it a try. Now I'm excited about the endurance run in Aragón and am looking forward to my time behind the wheel. It will definitely take some adjustment and some getting used to, but the whole team is very open and helps me with that. We'll see what happens next. At the moment there are no further plans for the future."

Porsche postpones driver announcement

After that, at the latest, a decision must be made as to whether Vettel will be included in Porsche's Le Mans squad. The Penske team will compete at Le Mans in 2024 with three cars: the two WEC cars plus an additional 963, which so far only has Mathieu Jaminet named. The original plan was for Jaminet to share the Porsche with Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy. The trio should have been confirmed this week on Thursday, March 28, but that announcement was postponed. This suggests that there is a real chance that Vettel could still jump on the Le Mans bandwagon. The Heppenheimer is still keeping the ball low: "We'll see how things continue. At the moment there are no further plans for the future." Theoretically, it would be possible for Vettel to contest one of the two World Championship races in Imola or Spa, although not with the works cars, but with the two customer teams, Proton Competition or Jota Hertz Racing. Vettel would obviously like to drive a test race because this is the only way to optimally prepare for a race at Le Mans. As expected, there is no doubt about Vettel in terms of driving, but a test race would allow him to get a feel for the demanding traffic situation in endurance racing, where the fast hypercar top cars share the track with the much slower GT3 cars.

Further Porsche tests possible

Because of the great competition in the field, the sports prototypes are now the second most attractive racing series in the world. In Aragon, Vettel also gets to know the competition straight away. It's not just Porsche that is preparing for Le Mans. Alpine with Mick Schumacher has also registered on the Spanish route. If everything goes well, Vettel could complete a third test soon: Porsche will drive in Spa on April 5th and 6th, and there is also the possibility of another 36-hour test on April 10th and 11th at the French track Le Castellet, even if Porsche has not yet officially registered for the test. The decision on a Le Mans start must be made by mid-April at the latest. The Porsche board is said to be enthusiastic about the idea of ​​Vettel driving with Porsche at Le Mans as early as 2024.

Porsche against seven manufacturers

The Stuttgart team won the first race of the season in Qatar with the 963. The WEC is enjoying particular attention this year because eight manufacturers are represented: Porsche, Ferrari, Toyota, Peugeot, BMW, Cadillac, Alpine and Lamborghini. The 24 Hours of Le Mans is even more than usual one of the big motorsport highlights of the year. Another large car company, Aston Martin, is expected to join in 2025. There are persistent rumors about a McLaren entry. For Porsche, Vettel's testing is a prestigious experience. The example of Alonso at Toyota and Hülkenberg at Porsche shows what advertising value the deployment of a Formula 1 driver on foreign terrain can have. Thomas Laudenbach, Head of Porsche Motorsport, is pleased that the former champion is showing interest in Porsche's long-distance activities: "There was no question for us that we would be happy to support his request for a test opportunity and provide him with extensive preparation and sufficient time. We can certainly learn a lot from his valuable feedback. Our 36-hour endurance run with our factory drivers in Motorland Aragón offers a perfect environment for this."

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Porsche 963, 2023, by Porsche Penske Motorsport. The Goodwood Festival of Speed has seen the presentation of Porsche’s new LMDh-spec prototype. For 2023 Porsche Penske Motorsport will field two cars each in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

#Porsche #Porsche 963 #2023 #Porsche Penske Motorsport #Goodwood Festival of Speed #race car #endurance racing #LMDh-spec #hybrid sports car #new cars

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#porsche 963 #963 #jota 963 #porsche #autosport #race car #auto racing #motorsport #world endurance championship #wec #lmdh #porsche LMDH

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#bmw #bmw m #hybrid #v8 #hybrid v8 #race car #motorsport #lmdh #endurance racing #car #cars #fast car

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Schumacher's attitude a 'positive surprise', says WEC team-mate Lapierre

Sportscar racing veteran Nicolas Lapierre says he was "positively surprised" by Alpine team-mate Mick Schumachers attitude from the first day the German stepped into a World Endurance Championship hypercar.

Former Haas Formula 1 racer and current Mercedes reserve Schumacher showed a desire to adjust himself to the multi-driver format of sportscar racing instead of going out for individual glory, according to four-time Le Mans 24 Hours class winner Lapierre. "When Mick came to his first test, it was in Jerez," said Schumacher’s Alpine teammate, Lapierre. "For me, when drivers come in from single-seaters, even more Formula 1, there are two options. Either he wants to be a real sportscar driver, share the car and work with his teammates, or he just wants to shine. I was very positively surprised with Mick since day one. He really wanted to work as a team, and it suits him quite good, as well. And his pace was straight away very fast. This we knew [already]; we had no doubt about this. The only thing now is to have a little bit of traffic management and this kind of stuff, because this is very new [to him]." Schumacher first got a chance to test the Alpine A424 LMDh last October and impressed the French manufacturer enough to earn a seat in its line-up for the 2024 season, joining team stalwarts Lapierre and Matthieu Vaxiviere aboard the #36 car. Prior to his Hypercar move, the German driver spent two seasons competing in F1 with Haas from 2021-22, scoring a best finish of sixth on his second visit to the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix. He remains on Mercedes' books in a reserve role in 2024 and, if required, can be called in by the Brackley-based squad even on WEC race weekends. Lapierre believes Schumacher's experience of working with the title-winning Mercedes F1 squad helps bring a new perspective to the Signatech-run Alpine team. "He is bringing some good stuff from Formula 1 because he is working with one of the best teams on the Formula 1 grid," he said, "so this brings us some fresh ideas, some new feedback, which has also been very helpful in this project." Schumacher spent the 2023 season on the sidelines after being dropped by Haas in 2023 in favour of countryman Nico Hulkenberg, electing not to compete in any other category during his first year out of F1. The German driver reiterated that he is looking for comeback opportunities in grand prix racing, but made it clear his current focus is on his Hypercar programme with Alpine. "I'm here now. What the future holds is quite difficult to predict and foresee," said the 24-year-old. "Obviously my focus for now is WEC, but I would be lying if I would say that I don't have an eye on Formula 1. There are a lot of things happening right now. Who knows what opportunities are presented to myself in a couple of months' time. I will deal with that when it's time." Schumacher, Lapierre and Vaxiviere finished twelfth overall in Saturday's opening round of WEC in Qatar, three laps down on the winning #6 Porsche Penske LMDh of Laurens Vanthoor, Kevin Estre and Andre Lotterer. Alpine stable-mates Paul-Loup Chatin, Ferdinand Habsburg and Charles Milesi scored points in eighth place aboard the #5 Alpine A424 to lead a successful return to Hypercar for the French manufacturer. "We had the pace to fight for the points, which was a bit unexpected, so we can be happy about it and proud of ourselves," said Schumacher. "It’s great the sister car managed to score."

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Mark Webber: Understanding for Sebastian Vettel / Formula 1

Mark Webber says of Sebastian Vettel's announced Formula One departure: "He won't regret the move"

Mark Webber can understand why his former team-mate Sebastian Vettel is retiring from Formula One after the current season. He is sure: "It was the right time for him, the timing was right."

Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were teammates at Red Bull Racing for five years (2009 to 2013), during which the German became world champion four times and the Australian third three times. So they know each other very well. That's why the retirement of his 35-year-old former colleague announced the previous week was no sensation for Webber.

"I was not at all surprised by Sebastian's decision, even though he announced it in the middle of the season. It was obvious. It was the right time for him, the timing was right. He will not regret the move," the 45-year-old explained.

As to whether it was a mistake for Vettel to switch to Aston Martin instead of retiring as a Ferrari driver, the World Endurance Champion with Porsche (2015) says: "Maybe. I'm not a gambler, I can't say. When he signed with Aston Martin, I don't think he was ready to quit. After all, he was only 32 at the time."

Still, Webber doubts that Vettel will break with motorsport altogether: "I wouldn't be surprised if he started something else in motorsport." And with a smirk, "Formula E would be perfect for him! No, kidding."

Webber adds, "Sebastian will spend a lot of time with the family as advertised, that's very understandable. He'll see what it's like not to be trapped in the treadmill anymore and to be able to do something else. He'll have time to think. And he's an incredibly successful guy, very wealthy, he has a choice and all the options."

On the current Formula 1 - where he is Oscar Piastri's manager amid the turmoil surrounding his compatriot - Webber says: "Ferrari is incredibly fast, the performance potential is beyond doubt, is enormous. But the implementation and the stableness are very frustrating. With the new regulations, the cars have to be tuned even more sensitively to the track characteristics, which doesn't make things easy. When you lose points and top places because of stability problems, as a driver you want to make up the lost points, and that usually drives you into your own mistakes. If you've now lost 50 points because of technology, then you're under a lot of pressure as a driver."

Webber is not involved in Porsche's new endurance project. Will he test the new LMDh prototype? "Hmmm. I was very happy to be able to drive the 919." Is there any intention of being involved in the Red Bull Porsche project for 2026? "No, no, way too far away." No exclusive announcement now? "No, certainly not," he says with a laugh.

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