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IMSA’s debutante ball • Pre-race doubts were dashed as the new prototype era was ushered in
Vetting process • General Motors has fulfilled its promise and produced a ground-up GT3 car for the global market. Racecar spoke to the project’s lead development engineers at its launch in Daytona
NASCAR’s gamble • The idea of a NASCAR racing at Le Mans has proved controversial on many levels. Racecar spoke to Chad Knaus, vice president of competition at Hendrick Motorsports, to find out what the thinking is behind the programme
Send in the clones • How Welsh company, MST, is building brand new versions of a classic rally car for stage, track and road, and why you must not call them Ford Escorts
A Starlet is born • By a quirk of fate, Enzo Ferrari and Aurelio Lampredi found themselves uniquely well prepared when race organisers abandoned Formula 1 for its smaller sister, Formula 2, in 1952 and ’53. This is the story of Ferrari’s Starlet
Down to the wire • Considering the increasingly complex world of motorsport wiring, and the techniques loom manufacturers are implementing to ensure reliability on track
Lighter than air • Racecar investigates the current case for Hydrogen ICE in racing, and from there into mainstream automotive
Risk management • IMSA race engineer and strategist, Jeff Braun, shares further insight into specific pre-event work that helps handle the often stressful situations that occur during an endurance race
Back to the future • Motorsport has lost its way and needs a rethink
IN BRIEF
IndyCar confirms Mahle
Vowles moves from Mercedes to Williams
John Wickham
ABB to improve Formula E efficiency
All change at NASCAR operations
FIA do the shuffle
Autosport 2023 show review
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Fence sitting in a desert • Mid-event changes on the Dakar rally set tongues wagging