Nicky Catsburg joins CrowdStrike APR for 24H Le Mans 🤝

The GTE Am winner from 2023 will race in prototypes at the French enduro for the first time as the APR-operated team look to defend their Pro-Am class win.

Catsburg joins regular pairing Colin Braun and George Kurtz.

Ritomo Miyata to replace Kelvin van der Linde at Spa 🔄

Miyata will join the #78 Akkodis ASP Lexus in LMGT3, as Van der Linde drives in Formula E at Berlin.

The 24-year-old made his WEC debut at Fuji last year, and recently drove the Lexus at the Daytona 24.

Ritomo Miyata 宮田莉朋 | #WEC

So when does the 'Lets keep WEC at Imola and not go back to Monza' petition officially open? 🫢👀

🇮🇹 TEAM WRT SCORE 1-2 IN LMGT3 🥇🥈

After surviving the wet on slicks, WRT take a hard-fought 1-2.

🟧31 Team WRT BMW - 187 Laps
🇧🇷 A. Farfus
🇮🇩 S. Gelael
🇬🇧 D. Leung

WRT - W Racing Team | #WEC #6HImola

🇮🇹 TOYOTA WIN IN IMOLA 🏆

Kobayashi keeps Estre at bay, handing Toyota their first in in 2024.

🟥7 Toyota GR - 205 Laps
🇬🇧M. Conway
🇳🇱N. De Vries
🇯🇵K. Kobayashi

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WEC | #WEC #6HImola

🚫 PENALTY - 46 BMW! 😭

The former LMGT3 race-leader gets a drive-through for 'not respecting VSC procedures...'

...but Martin emerges from pitlane still in second place!

🥇🟧31 Team WRT (FAR) 168 Laps
🥈🟧46 Team WRT (MAR) +34s
🥉🟧92 Manthey (BAC) +1m

⏰32:15| #WEC #6HImola

TRACK. IS. DECLARED. WET. ☔️

Reports of rain around the circuit, and race control declare the circuit wet.

VSC turns to SC as we prepare to go green.

⏰2:27:59 | #WEC #6HImola

🟡 FCY - ISOTTA IN THE WALL 💥

Bennett runs off at the Variante Alta, skimming through the gravel and into the wall…

…and it looks like rain is coming 😳

⏰ 3:34:59 | #WEC #6HImola

FERRARI 🆚 FERRARI

Calado fresh out the pits with new right side tyres puts up a robust defence against teammate Molina!

The Bahrain flashbacks were real…

⏰ 3:04:53 | #WEC #6HImola

After the second stops, here’s the top ten in Hypercar:

1️⃣🟥51 Ferrari 77L
2️⃣🟥50 Ferrari +4.9 🔺
3️⃣🟥7 Toyota +10.6
4️⃣🟥6 Porsche +24.7
5️⃣🟥8 Toyota +40.7🔺
6️⃣🟥5 Porsche +44.8
7️⃣🟥83 Ferrari +50.7🔺
8️⃣🟥12 JOTA +53.3
9️⃣🟥20 BMW WRT +1:02
🔟🟥38 JOTA +1:11

⏰ 3:51:47 | #WEC

Interesting pitstop method…

With broken air-jacks on the #94, the Peugeot crew use an inflatable pillow to lift the nose of the car!

These guys are prepared for anything 😅

Peugeot Sport | #WEC #6HImola

❌ IRON DAMES OUT ❌

Heartbreak again for the Iron Dames Lamborghini as it retires from the race – damage at the start has lead to electrical issues.

Bovy managed 33 laps, albeit after pitting in the first ten minutes and tumbling down the order.

🕰4:27:30 | #WEC #6HImola

🚫 PENALTY - 83 FERRARI! 🫢

Kubica handed a drive-through penalty for breaking the FCY procedure.

Most likely taking too long to slow down to the 80kph limit, or accelerating too early.

4️⃣🟥83 AF Corse (KUB) +19.1s

#WEC #6HImola

🤯 PITSTOP SHUFFLE!

After the first stops, the Hypercar field has been massively reordered - all based on who pitted when.

🔺🟥51 Ferrari
🔺🟥6 Porsche
🔺🟥7 Toyota
⬇️🟥83 AF Corse
🔺🟥5 Porsche
⬇️🟥50 Ferrari
🔺🟥20 BMW WRT

⏰4:57:12 | #WEC #6HImola