Day: January 12, 2022

Huge 61 car field at Daytona

Jens Jensen

A huge total of 61 cars has entered this year’s Rolex 24 at Daytona, which will run on 29-30 January 2022. The field consists of 7 DPi cars, with Cadillac and two Acura cars, with top drivers in all cars. There have often been one more cars with some iffy drivers in them, but that doesn’t appear so in 2022. Cadillac Chip Ganassi Racing has two cars entered with numbers #01 and #02, while JDC Miller Motorsports Cadillac #5, Konica Minolta Wayne Taylor Racing Acura #10, Whelen Engineering Cadillac #31,…

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Closer look at FIA WEC 2022 entry list

Jens Jensen

After the announcement of the FIA World Endurance Championship 2022 entry list, we will have a deeper dive, and highlight some of what we find interesting. There are no major surprises in Hypercar, other than the Alpine no longer has the Matmut name associated with them. Toyota Gazoo racing has already announced all six drivers, while Alpine Elf Team #36, Peugeot TotalEnergies #93 and #94 plus Glickenhaus Racing #708 only announced a single driver for each car. The majority of the LMP2 field is already set. Only 7 of the…

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FIA WEC bulging in 2022

Jens Jensen

The FIA World Endurance Championship will enter the 2022 season with the largest entry list in its 10-year history. A total of 39 cars has entered the full season, but with a few that will show up at a slightly later stage in the year. The Hypercar category will consist of two cars from Toyota Gazoo Racing, one from Alpine Elf Team and a single car from Glickenhaus. In addition to those, there will be two cars from Peugeot TotalEnergies at a later point in the season, since they are…

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