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NBC Sports
5 days ago
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How to watch 2025 IMSA Detroit on Peacock: Streaming info, start times and daily schedules
The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will return to the streets of Detroit for the second (and last) 100-minute race on a street course this season. Porsche Penske Motorsport won the Long Beach Grand Prix last month with its third consecutive victory by the No. 7 963. At Laguna Seca three weeks ago, the team's No. 6 963 made it four consecutive wins for PPM this year. Detroit will be an opportunity for Acura, BMW (which has started on the pole position in all four races this season) and Cadillac to end the Porsche Penske Motorsport streak to start the 2025 season. Last year, the Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque won at Detroit in an Acura but return with the same confidence in the No. 10 Cadillac V-Series.R for Wayne Taylor Racing. 'It's nice always to come to Detroit,' Taylor said. 'It's such an iconic event, especially when you come here with a GM product, and to be racing in Cadillac is always a little bit of pressure, but secondly, a big opportunity to win on home soil. It's a big weekend for GM and for the team. 'So, we're really excited. The track is challenging. We had a great race last year, but so many things can happen here in just 100 minutes. But we'll try to repeat the success we had last year.' Said team owner Wayne Taylor: 'We've had four races this year, which I can tell you have been absolutely terrible. And given the fact that I got the offer to come back to GM last year in October ... I was more excited about this year than I've been about any years. I'm not getting any younger, but the way it's gone so far has been out of our hands and just been extremely difficult to accept because we are not used to not being up front. However, we have to be positive and move forward, and I think we might see some changes and I think we might get our competitive edge back when we get to Detroit.' Acura Meyer Shank No. 93 ARX-06 driver Nick Yelloly, who raced in a BMW at Detroit last year, also is optimistic about ending Porsche's run in the second IMSA race on the downtown circuit. 'I tend to like street circuits,' Yelloly said. 'Last year, the first time for IMSA there and for the GTP class, it was very, very bumpy, difficult to pass. It's very, very narrow as well, so easy to make a mistake and clip a wall, particularly with the cars being relatively long for such a tight and twisty circuit.' Porsche also is on a two-race winning streak with AO Racing in the GTD Pro category. Here are the start times, daily schedules and streaming info for the 2025 IMSA Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix: 2025 IMSA Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix WHEN: Saturday, May 31 at 3:40 p.m. DISTANCE: A 100-minute race on the nine-turn, 1.654-mile street course in Detroit, Michigan. FORECAST: According to Weather Underground, it's expected to be 74 degrees with a 12% chance of rain at the green flag. ENTRY LIST: Click here to see the 22-car field in the GTP and GTD Pro categories for the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix. How to Watch IMSA at Detroit TV/STREAMING: The Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix streamed on Peacock from flag to flag beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 31. The NBC Sports broadcast will feature announcers Leigh Diffey and Calvin Fish. Brian Till and Kevin Lee are the pit reporters. RADIO: All sessions live on SiriusXM live race coverage begins May 31 at 3:30 p.m. (SiriusXM channel 206, Web/App 996) IMSA Detroit Grand Prix schedule, start times Here's a rundown of the IMSA schedule this week on the streets of downtown Detroit (all times are ET): 8-9:30 a.m.: IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 4:50-5:30 p.m.: IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship qualifying 10:35-10:55 a.m.: IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship practice 3:40 p.m.: Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic 2025 SEASON RECAPS ROUND 1: Porsche Penske's Felipe Nasr closes Rolex 24 at Daytona win for second conseuctive year ROUND 2: Porsche Penske Motorsport sweeps top two spots at Twelve Hours of Sebring ROUND 3: Nasr, Tandy stay perfect with Porsche in victory at Long Beach ROUND 4: The other Porsche Penske 963 wins at Laguna Seca
NBC Sports
11-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
IMSA Laguna Seca results, points: Porsche Penske wins again but with the No. 6 963 this time
Porsche Penske Motorsport remained unbeaten in the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar championship season but with a twist at Laguna Seca Raceway. The No. 6 Porsche 963 earned its first Grand Touring Prototype victory this year as Mathieu Jaminet and Matt Campbell beat teammates Felipe Nasr and Nick Tandy in the No. 7 963 that had won the first three races. It's the third consecutive 1-2 finish for Porsche Penske Motorsport. The No. 24 BMW, which started from the pole position for the fourth consecutive race, finished third despite going off course from contact with Tandy on the 124th and final lap of the Monterey SportsCar Championship. The Porsche Penske Motorsport No. 6 rallied after dropping from second to fifth from early contact with a GT car. Jaminet was able to hold off a charging Tandy by 1.692 seconds on the famous 12-turn, 2.238-mile road course. IMSA LAGUNA SECA MONTEREY GP RESULTS: Click here for overall l By class 'It was a crazy race,' Jaminet told NBC Sports' Dave Burns. 'Obviously, we didn't have a perfect start with a small contact. I think a GT didn't see Matt on the inside. That was unfortunate. We lost some time there, dropped to fifth and then yeah it was pretty much flat out from start to finish after that. 'Trying to manage energy, tires, but at the same time really putting in qualifying laps. At the end, it was really tight, there was the sister car, the BMW behind, the traffic, the lapped cars. Not an easy one but the best of IMSA racing today.' Through four of nine races, Nasr and Tandy maintain a 91-point lead on Jaminet and Campbell as the No. 7 team defends its 2024 GTP championship. The winners in the GT categories were the No. 77 AO Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R (GTD Pro) and No. 57 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 (GTD). With drivers Laurin Heinrich and Klaus Bachler, AO Racing won its third consecutive race (GTD Pro at Sebring and Laguna Seca, GTD at Long Beach) by beating the No. 81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3 and No. 3 Corvette Racing Z06 GT3.R. In GTD, Philip Ellis and Russell Ward in the No. 57 Mercedes-AMG beat Jack Hawksworth and Parker Thompson in the No. 12 Vasser Sullivan Racing Lexus RC F GT3. The . Conquest Racing No. 34 Ferrari 296 GT3 was third. 'Definitely a clean day,' Ellis told NBC Sports' Chris Wilner. 'An absolutely flawless day by the team, also by Russell in the first stint. I'll say the race was just as we needed it. I think especially against the Lexus. We had a long green stint, so I think they were stronger than us early in the stint, then we were better than them late out of the stint, so it was exactly what we needed to stay out of trouble. Amazing pit stops by the team. That's how you win the championship.' In the GTD Pro standings, Heinrich and Blachler extended their points lead, and Ellis and Ward also built on their championship lead in GTD. IMSA LAGUNA SECA MONTEREY GP RESULTS Race results Results by class Fastest laps by driver Fastest laps by driver after race (over the weekend) Fastest laps by driver and class after race Lap chart Best sector times Leader sequence Race distance and average speed Fastest lap sequence Race analysis by lap Stint analysis Time cards Pit stop time cards Flag analysis Weather report NEXT RACE The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship will race Saturday, May 31 on the streets of downtown Detroit (3:30 p.m. ET, Peacock). Philip Ellis calls Laguna Seca a "flawless" race for his team and extends Winward Racing's championship lead in GTD.
NBC Sports
11-05-2025
- Automotive
- NBC Sports
2025 IMSA Laguna Seca starting lineup: Vanthoor, BMW stay perfect on the pole
Dries Vanthoor remained perfect in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship qualifying this season, putting the No. 24 BMW M Team RLL BMW M Hybrid V8 on pole position for the fourth consecutive race. In starting first for Sunday's two-hour, 40-minute race (3 p.m., NBC and Peacock), Vanthoor became the first with four consecutive poles since 2011 (when Ricky Taylor qualified first in six consecutive events). 'For sure I'm very happy to have four consecutive poles,' said Vanthoor, who co-drives with Philipp Eng. 'A bit sad that I don't have any wins out of them, but we have a chance now to make that happen tomorrow. It's important that we put that behind us and come away from here answering a different question than: 'When are we going to win?' ' STARTING GRIDS: Click here for the Laguna Seca starting lineup l Lineup by row l Lineup by car number The first three races of the season have ended with the same winner in the Grand Touring Prototype category as the No. 7 963 of Porsche Penske Motorsport is unbeaten this year. Vanthoor and Eng finished a season-best third in the Grand Prix of Long Beach last month. 'We're very motivated and we are going to push hard tomorrow in every area and every aspect,' Vanthoor said after turning his pole lap of 1 minute, 12.854 seconds. 'Hopefully, we will get the result we deserve. ... 'It's much needed from our side, because I think it's obvious we haven't been executing flawless races. Too many mistakes, but I think we've been really working hard since the last race to come here fully prepared.' Nate Ryan, Matt Campbell qualified second in the No. 6 Porsche Penske Motorsport 963, followed by teammate Felipe Nasr in the No. 7 963. The 11 hybrid prototypes in GTP were separated by 0.864 seconds on the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course in Monterey, California. Here are the pole-sitters in other categories for the endurance race classic on the 17-turn, 3.74-mile road course: GTD Pro: Giacamo Altoè, No. 81 DragonSpeed Ferrari 296 GT3, 1:20.731 GTD: Kenton Koch, No. 32 Korthoff Competition Motors Mercedes-AMG GT3, 1:20.810 LAGUNA SECA QUALIFYING ROUNDUP Starting lineup Lineup by row Lineup by car number Results Results by class Fastest lap by driver after qualifying Fastest lap by driver and class after qualifying Best sector times Fastest lap sequence Time cards Weather report PRACTICE RESULTS: Session I l Session II Watch qualifying highlights for the IMSA Monterey SportsCar Championship at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Yahoo
26-04-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
WEC set for another Hypercar rules extension until 2032
The existing Hypercar World Endurance Championship rule book appears set for a further extension that could allow the current generation of cars to race until the end of 2032. Series boss Frederic Lequien has revealed to that a follow up on the two-year extension to the end of 2029 announced last summer is on the table. Advertisement 'The only thing I can say is that we must be realistic,' he said. 'We have something that is working so well, and we will soon be welcoming more manufacturers [Hyundai, Ford and McLaren]. 'To not think about extending the homologation would be a mistake. I am not saying we are going to do it, but we are thinking about it.' Lequien did not mention how long the existing rules might be prolonged for, but it appears that three years is the option being most strongly considered. The Le Mans Hypercar rules came into force in 2021, with the second route into Hypercar, LMDh, opening up for 2023. #51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi #51 Ferrari AF Corse Ferrari 499P: Alessandro Pier Guidi, James Calado, Antonio Giovinazzi Paul Foster Paul Foster Advertisement At that point the initial five-year rules cycle for LMH was prolonged by two years until the end of 2027 to bring it in line with LMDh. The further extension was announced on the eve of last year's Le Mans 24 Hours when WEC rule makers the FIA and the Automobile Club de l'Ouest firmed up plans for the introduction of hydrogen-powered cars in 2028. The vision outlined by the governing bodies called for these cars to be able to compete with the next-generation of conventionally-fuelled Hypercar machinery from 2030. The idea of pushing back the end date for the current rules in both the WEC and the IMSA SportsCar Championship in North America has been welcomed by the manufacturers. Advertisement Urs Kuratle, who heads up the LMDh programme at Porsche, said: 'We would be in favour of it: it would be a good thing, good for the manufacturers in both championships. 'It is something we know is being discussed but as a manufacturer we are not yet involved in those discussions, but from our point of view it would make sense.' Urs Kuratle, boss of 963 programme at Porsche Penske Motorsport Urs Kuratle, boss of 963 programme at Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche Penske Motorsport Porsche Penske Motorsport Peugeot Sport technical director Olivier Jansonnie echoed Kuratle's viewpoint. 'There are new manufacturers entering the WEC in 2027 and them having only three years of racing to try to create some value from the investment they are making is a bit short, so it would all make a lot of sense,' he said. Advertisement 'The conditions of the extension have not been discussed with us: now we are waiting to see what the ACO and the FIA wants to do officially.' What is not clear is whether there will be attempts to bring the LMH and LMDh rules together during any extension period. But the manufacturers appear unanimous in a belief that there should only be one platform when the next rules cycle comes into force. 'No one likes having two platforms,' said Kuratle. 'If everyone sits around the table, and I can see that happening in the future, and discusses openly for the good of the sport, and says 'let's take this from LMH and that from LMDh', we could make a common ruleset or platform.' #93 Peugeot Totalenergies Peugeot 9X8: Paul Di Resta, Mikkel Jensen, Jean-Éric Vergne #93 Peugeot Totalenergies Peugeot 9X8: Paul Di Resta, Mikkel Jensen, Jean-Éric Vergne JEP / Motorsport Images JEP / Motorsport Images Advertisement Jansonnie stressed the importance to Peugeot of being able to develop its own chassis and the hybrid element of the powertrain, an option allowed to its LMH. That is not the case in LMDh where manufacturers develop their machinery around a so-called spine supplied by one of four licensed constructors and have to run an off-the-shelf energy-retrieval system. He affirmed that a move away from a front-axle hybrid drive would not be a sticking point for the French manufacturer. 'If tomorrow the regulations have to change saying we have to do two-wheel-drive, but with the way the LMH regulations are done where you are in control of the complete design of your car, it would be fine for us,' said Jansonnie. Advertisement It is also unclear if the hydrogen class, which would allow both internal combustion and fuel cell cars, will come into force in 2028 as planned. There are no hydrogen regulations as yet and Toyota, which confirmed its interest in running the alternative fuel in the WEC at Le Mans in 2023 by showing its the GR H2 concept, has stressed the difficulties in being ready to race in '28. Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe technical director David Floury said that having a car ready for the current start date would be 'extremely challenging' given the absence of regulations. Read Also: Pascal Wehrlein could join Porsche for Spa 6 Hours ahead of Le Mans debut To read more articles visit our website.
Forbes
26-04-2025
- Automotive
- Forbes
Did Porsche Just Tease Street-Legal Version Of Its 963 Le Mans Racer?
GOTEMBA, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 13: The #06 Porsche Penske Motorsport, Porsche 963 of Kevin Estre, Andre ... More Lotterer, and Laurens Vanthoor in action during practice at the Six Hours of Fuji on September 13, 2024 in Gotemba, Japan. (Photo by James) Converting race cars for road use is nothing new, and in decades gone by was especially common among closed-wheel endurance racers that compete at events like Le Mans. It isn't unusual to see GT racers from the 1950s and 60s used on the public road, and even more modern machines from the end of 1990s, like the McLaren F1 GTR, can be converted to meet street safety laws, usually by way of fitting turn signals, wipers, treated tires and license plates. Porsche reminded us all this week how a 1975 example of its legendary 917 race car was made road legal, complete with a tan leather interior commissioned from Hermès, a suede roof lining, and Alabama license plates. Featured in the video below, the car was originally owned by Italian businessman and Martini heir Gregorio Rossi di Montelera (better known simply as Count Rossi). In recent years it has been enjoyed by its France-based owner and is occasionally spotted on the streets of central London. Bringing this car to attention isn't particularly unusual. Porsche has an extensive heritage collection and frequently covers its history on the pages of its own Newsroom website. But a short video showcasing the street-legal 917, published on 25 April, ended with a shock. It closes with the words 'What if?', followed by a close-up shot of the drive mode selector of Porsche's current endurance racer, the 963, and a brief glimpse of that car, side-on, and covered by shadow. The snapshot of the car is enough to identify it as the 963, but it's not possible to see whether it's wearing license plates or street-legal tires. Conveniently, it's also impossible to tell whether the car's sharp front and rear aero structures – extremely unlikely to pass any pedestrian safety test or make their way onto a street-legal car – are still present, or have been toned down. The video also states 'June 2025', which is the month in which the 24 Hours of Le Mans takes place. Perhaps this is also when Porsche will share more about what on Earth is going on here. Porsche hasn't produced a roadgoing hypercar since the 918 Spyder back in 2014. That car sparred with the LaFerrari and McLaren P1, but a followup to compete with the new Ferrari F80 and McLaren W1 is yet to materialize. Porsche had previously suggested its next hypercar would be a production version of the electric Mission X, but little has been said about that car since it was revealed in 2023. Porsche video shows a side profile of its 963 racer While rivals like Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Aston Martin have all produced limited-run, high-priced, track-only hypercars for their most loyal customers, Porsche has sat on the sidelines. Those cars, like the McLaren Solus GT, Bugatti Bolide, Aston Martin Valkyrie and various members of Ferrari's FXX programme have all relieved millions of dollars from the pockets of billionaire gear-heads, Porsche has lacked a true hypercar, street-legal or otherwise. Will this year's Le Mans see Porsche reveal a version of its endurance racer available to the public? Perhaps a (slightly) toned down evolution of the 963, in the same vein as the track-only Ferrari's 499P Modificata? Porsche teased the idea of a street-legal variant of its all-conquering 919 race car a few years ago, called the 919 Street. That never materialized, but perhaps now Porsche has a plan for sharing its endurance racing successes with its most loyal, and wealthy, customers.
