All News: Prototypes

Ferrari 499P

December 10th, 2024 by

Sports car racing fans from around the world rejoiced when Ferrari unveiled its 499P prototype in late 2022. After all, it ended a 50-year absence of factory-backed Ferrari prototypes competing at the sport’s highest level—and the brand celebrated its return by adopting 50 as its flagship car number in the process. The 499P quickly established … Read the Rest »

Porsche 963 GTP

September 6th, 2023 by

After a five-year hiatus from top-level prototype racing, Porsche returned to the discipline in 2023 with the all-new 963 for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s GTP class. Partnering with Multimatic to construct the chassis, the 963 made its racing debut at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona with Porsche Penske Motorsport, and more teams have … Read the Rest »

Acura ARX-06 GTP

September 6th, 2023 by

Built to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s new GTP regulations, the Acura ARX-06 debuted at the 2023 24 Hours of Daytona as a replacement for the ARX-05 that had run for five years under the previous DPi rule set. Acura continued its previous relationship with constructor Oreca to build the new car, which would debut … Read the Rest »

Ligier JS P320

May 22nd, 2023 by

Ligier’s latest design to compete under global LMP3 regulations, the Ligier JS P320 launched in the summer of 2019. The JS P320 succeeded the JS P3 that had been running since 2015, scoring hundreds of wins and multiple championships across global and international series. It represented major changes from its predecessor in bodywork and suspension, … Read the Rest »

Cadillac V-Series.R GTP

May 22nd, 2023 by

The Cadillac V-Series.R is General Motors’ latest top-level prototype entry for global sports car competition. Built to the universal Le Mans Daytona h regulations that made their debut for the 2023 season, the V-Series.R was launched in both the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with entries from Chip Ganassi Racing and Action Express Racing, and internationally … Read the Rest »

BMW M Hybrid V8

December 6th, 2022 by

BMW’s long-awaited return to the highest ranks of prototype racing comes in 2023, as the German manufacturer teams up with chassis partner Dallara and team partner Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing to bring the BMW M Hybrid V8 to the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Built to a new set of global prototype regulations, two M Hybrid … Read the Rest »

Radical SR10

May 26th, 2022 by

Founded in 1997, the British manufacturer Radical Motorsport set out to create a whole new niche in the world of motorsport, to which ‘Nothing Compares’. The Company has evolved to become the UK’s largest producer of race and track cars, selling over 2,700 cars globally in past two decades. To sell that many racing cars … Read the Rest »

Dallara P217 LMP2

August 4th, 2020 by

Dallara’s return to prototype racing for the first time since the original Audi R18 TDI, the P217 made its debut in 2017. The car competes in the LMP2 class in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series, while a Daytona Prototype International-spec version of the car raced at the top level … Read the Rest »

Porsche 919 LMP1

February 22nd, 2018 by

The Porsche 919 Hybrid marked Porsche’s return to prototype racing after a successful program with the RS Spyder ended in 2011. The 919 made its debut at the World Endurance Championship (WEC) 6 Hours of Silverstone in 2014 and ultimately finished the season championship in third. In 2015, Porsche would return to its winning ways … Read the Rest »

Audi R18 LMP1

February 22nd, 2018 by

The R18 etron quattro is a diesel Hybrid LMP1 prototype racecar that competed at the Le Mans 24 hour race and in the World Endurance Championship. It began its life as simple the R18 TDI – a diesel-powered prototype racer, in 2011. As the rules of the series changed so to did the R18. The … Read the Rest »