2026 Sportscar Thread (WEC, IMSA, NLS, GT World Challenge)

[bergclimber34]

Never seen her do much to be honest.

[itsallyellow]

Agreed.

I dont think there has been a better female driver over in the states than Danica.

It will be interesting to see how the women GT drivers advance now the iron dames project is effectively done. Doriane Pin and Lilou Wadoux are the most impressive out there at the moment imo.

[marcosgt]

I'd have to put Catherine Legge in there, myself.

Not been the same since her big Indycar crash, but still got decent pace.

Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 24th February 09:33

[bergclimber34]

Most of the Iron Dames lasses are very decent aswell, but that program seems to have imploded for some reason.

Jamie for me is a step ahead of most, she makes the right career decisions. Doriane gave up sportscars to chase the F1 dream but will never be strong enough, she is tiny. But man she was quick in GT cars, Lilou is superb, very unassuming and very keen to stay out of the spotlight, a very, very rare thing for most female racers, which makes her my favourite!!

[The Hypno-Toad]

bergclimber34 said:

Most of the Iron Dames lasses are very decent aswell, but that program seems to have imploded for some reason.

Can't understand that either. When I was at Imola last year for the WEC race, their merchandise was flying off the shelves. At some points they had people queuing and only Rossi had more people lined up for signing autographs during the pitlane walkabout.

Plus I collect 1/43rd models and its pretty obvious that they have been some of the most in demand models in recent years. Odd how it all went south.

[Truckosaurus]

There never seemed to be any major sponsorship on the cars, so I suspect selling a few pink hats isn't going to fund all the series they'd entered (WEC, ELMS, IMSA, Road to Le Mans, etc).

[bergclimber34]

They clearly did far too much for a few years, seems like ELMS is it for now. Plus I think driver rankings hurt them, especially Bovy, who was one of the best bronzes at the time

[df76]

bergclimber34 said:

They clearly did far too much for a few years, seems like ELMS is it for now. Plus I think driver rankings hurt them, especially Bovy, who was one of the best bronzes at the time

There’s no iron dames in ELMS this year. Presumably the founder is having to balance the books a bit, and perhaps finding horses more interesting.

[FredericRobinson]

Something to do with money seems to have gone on, possibly involving whatever has caused Prema to pull out of racing? Although Iron Lynx are continuing.

[bergclimber34]

They were chucking it about all over the place, did the owner not race in WEC, or wobble round

[FredericRobinson]

3 weeks until the WEC prologue/ 4 weeks until the first race in, er, Qatar, bet the phones are busy in Le Mans this morning

[FredericRobinson]

Qatar postponed, inevitably

[bergclimber34]

Wait until you hear the new Cup 911

it is basically completely silent.

I dont know what is going on with modern GT cars but the aim seems to be to make them as quiet as possible. Count me out from paying to EVER watch any of this stuff

[MikeGTi]

Hearing via Twitter and RSL that NLS 1 today is cancelled due to bad weather

[airbusA346]

Racing the HWA Restomod EVO.R at this years Nürburgring 24H will be a one off BMW M3 Touring (M4 GT3 Evo with a Touring body), driven by Jens Klingmann, Ugo de Wilde, Connor De Phillippi and Neil Verhagen.

The car is also entered in this weekends NLS2 race.



https://www.dailysportscar.com/2026/03/16/bmw-m3-t...

[FredericRobinson]

Sebring this weekend, support classes on YouTube today, more and IMSA qualy tomorrow, race Saturday 14.05 GMT

[TopspeedPT]

Verstappen stripped of Nurburgring win
https://www.the-race.com/endurance/verstappen-stri...


Max Verstappen's crew has been disqualified from this Saturday's Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie race after winning on the road.

But they were swiftly found to have used seven sets of tyres during race day instead of the permitted six.



Ops!

[moffspeed]

No mention of Sebring here.

All credit to Penske, not only for the win but also for the stunning GT-1 inspired livery.

Hypercars don’t all have to have bland red/white liveries :

[bergclimber34]

Sadly imsa is getting a bit WEC utterly dominated by one team routinely, loses me a bit sadly

[moffspeed]

bergclimber34 said:

Sadly imsa is getting a bit WEC utterly dominated by one team routinely, loses me a bit sadly

Maybe Roger could change his mind, abandon IMSA and bring the 963's back to (where they belong) Le Mans in that livery. After all we already have an Ecurie Francorchamps-liveried Ferrari.

Going back to Penske, he's always been pretty handy with the paint pot :