David Martin-Janiak

Alexandre Pesci, President of REBELLION Corporation discusses this historic victory for the Team in FIA WEC.

Larbre Competition is delighted with its improved performance in the 2018/19 FIA World Endurance Championship, with the French squad’s all bronze-graded driver line-up finishing sixth in the LMP2 class at the 6 Hours of Silverstone (17-19 August).

The 20th anniversary of the Goodwood Revival will play host to perhaps the most expensive motor race ever held. Thirty pre-1963 GT cars, with a combined value approaching £200 million, will assemble on the Goodwood Motor Circuit for the Kinrara Trophy on the evening of Friday 7 September. Once the flag drops, they will race for 60 minutes, through sunset and into dusk.

Weiron Tan was on-track for a famous victory in last weekend’s 6 Hours of Silverstone (17-19 August) until a mid-race puncture scuppered his and his team-mates’ challenge, but the highly-rated Malaysian Chinese ace nevertheless went on to secure his maiden podium finish in the FIA World Endurance Championship – outperforming a host of seriously big names along the way.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced today that race-winning sports car veteran Bryan Sellers will complete the driver lineup for its Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY series team. Sellers will join previously-announced driver Katherine Legge for the debut season of the 10-race global series.

Aston Martin Racing made a great step forward for the 6 Hours of Silverstone, and it was really satisfying to finish fourth with Maxime Martin in the latest round of the FIA World Endurance Championship. This was only the third race for the new Aston Martin Vantage GTE, and overall, in every department, I think the whole car has taken a massive step forward. And as a team we loved the whole weekend, being at home, and being at the sharp end of the field in the GTE Pro class.

All our drivers drove our cars with their full power and the fight for victory was truly exciting for the fans so I truly feel disappointed to lose the result.

Two of Nissan’s top race-winning GT3 teams armed with the 2018 Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 are set to fight for victory on “home soil” as the famous Suzuka circuit hosts the Intercontinental GT Challenge.

The Rebellion Racing R13 Gibson of Mathias Beche, Thomas Laurent and Gustavo Menezes won the 6 Hours of Silverstone on 19 August to claim the Royal Automobile Club Tourist Trophy. The result came following the dramatic exclusion of both Toyotas, which had finished one-two on the road in front of a crowd of more than 60,000 enthusiasts as the World Endurance Championship made its annual visit to the UK.

The 3GT Racing team celebrated another class win for the Lexus RC F GT3 on Sunday when Dominik Baumann and Kyle Marcelli drove their car to victory in the IMSA series Michelin GT Challenge at the Virginia International Raceway in Virginia, USA.

Five Porsche 911 GT3 R racers will tackle the Suzuka 10 Hours on 26 August. For the first time, the 47th running of the Summer Endurance Race on Japan’s Grand Prix circuit counts towards the Intercontinental GT Challenge. Manthey-Racing, Craft-Bamboo Racing and Black Swan Racing will each field one 911 GT3 R, with D’station Racing campaigning two vehicles. All four Porsche customer teams receive support from works drivers and engineers from Weissach at the endurance highlight in Asia. Seven works drivers and one Porsche Young Professional share driving duties in the ca. 500-hp vehicles. Currently, 35 race cars are entered for the race on the 5.807-kilometre Suzuka Circuit. The field is made up predominantly of vehicles that comply with FIA GT3 regulations and cars from the GT300 class of the Japanese Super GT Series.

Carlisle’s Alex MacDowall returned to the top step of the European Le Mans Series LMGTE podium on home ground at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on Saturday, 18th August, with a dramatic final lap giving the British star and team-mates Miguel Molina and Liam Griffin their second win of 2018.

Today, nine races into the inaugural racing season of the newest BMW race car, BMW Team RLL added another entry in the record books by delivering the first victory and first double podium finish for the all-new BMW M8 GTE at the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR.

Sunday afternoon’s Michelin GT Challenge at VIRginia International Raceway proved to be a challenging race for IMSA GTD points leaders Paul Miller Racing. The Lamborghini Huracán GT3 team started in fifth and suffered contact from another car, but pressed on to finish in sixth position, keeping a thirteen point lead in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

It was a comeback weekend for Meyer Shank Racing with a podium finish following a near-win for the team’s two car Acura NSX GT3 lineup at VIR.

Wright Motorsports celebrated their second podium result of this year‘s IMSA SportsCar Championship on Sunday with Porsche works driver Patrick Long (USA) and Porsche Selected Driver Christina Nielsen (Denmark). After winning the Road America race with the Porsche 911 GT3 R, they followed up with another top result, scoring second in the GTD class at the Virginia International Raceway. At round nine of the GTLM class, Earl Bamber (New Zealand) and Laurens Vanthoor (Belgium) secured fifth place in the Porsche 911 RSR with the starting number 912. A technical defect after about an hour put an early end to the race for the sister car shared by Nick Tandy (Great Britain) and Patrick Pilet (France). 

There was a little different look at the podium ceremony following Round 8 of the Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America at VIRginia International Raceway Sunday.

Ford Chip Ganassi Racing just missed the podium on Sunday in the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR, finishing fourth with the No. 66 Ford GT after the No. 67 led from the overall pole.

Corvette Racing’s Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia moved into the lead of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) Driver’s Championship for the first time this season following Sunday’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway for the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.

In a turbulent round three of the FIA World Sports Car Championship WEC at Silverstone in Great Britain, Kévin Estre from France and Michael Christensen from Denmark finished on third place at the wheel of the 510 hp Porsche 911 RSR with the number 92. The No. 91 sister car driven by Austria’s Richard Lietz and Gianmaria Bruni from Italy initially scored second, however was subsequently disqualified due to an irregularity in the ride height. Witnessed by 60,240 spectators, ten vehicles from five manufacturers fought for victory in the GTE-Pro class this weekend. Four additional Porsche 911 RSR race cars tackled the GTE-Am class in the UK. Victory went to Dempsey Proton Racing with Porsche Young Professional Matt Campbell (AUS), Christian Ried (Germany) and Porsche Junior Julien Andlauer (F). Porsche continues to lead the manufacturers’ classification in the GTE-Pro class as well as the drivers’ classification of both the GTE-Pro and GTE-Am classes in the WEC.