David Martin-Janiak

Michael Dunlop has thrown down the gauntlet ahead of tomorrow’s RST Superbike race at the 2017 Isle of Man TT Races, fuelled by Monster Energy, with a lap of 131.062mph in Saturday morning’s qualifying session.

Known as the Vauxhall VXR8 GTS-R, the new model is powered by an evolution of the current GTS’s supercharged 6.2-litre V8 engine, producing 595PS (up from 576PS) and 740Nm of torque, making it Vauxhall’s most powerful car in the company’s 114-year history.

To comply with the new rules no changes on existing parts can be made and no extra parts can be added to the car to create an aerodynamic advantage, hence costly wind tunnel testing has become unnecessary.

The 2017 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship reaches its halfway point next weekend (10/11 June) as the series' pilgrimage around the best of the UK's motor racing venues reaches North Yorkshire's Croft Circuit for Rounds 13, 14 and 15 of the campaign.

“I am delighted to have the opportunity to race a NSX-GT at the prestigious Suzuka 1000km. Last year in December, I really enjoyed driving the NSX Concept GT at Honda Racing Thanks Day,

“It was very satisfying to get the first WEC win out of the way, especially in the dress rehearsal for Le Mans," said Lynn

Six FIA World Touring Car Championship drivers were racing on the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife for the first time when WTCC Race of Germany took place last weekend. Find out how they fared from left to right.

Gordon Shedden and Halfords Yuasa Racing travel to Croft next weekend (10/11 June) at the head of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship table – with both driver and team firmly focussed on maintaining their advantage as the series speeds towards its mid-season break.

Hyundai Motorsport continued with the testing schedule for the New Generation i30 TCR earlier this week (May 30-June 1), successfully completing three days at the Circuit de Valencia.

The championship-leading Volkswagen Andretti Rallycross team aims to return to its winning ways at the first doubleheader of the 2017 Red Bull Global Rallycross championship at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Connecticut.

His time of 1m 52.299s earning him second overall as Tuesday’s running came to a close.

The duo are looking to replicate (or improve upon) that performance this weekend in Detroit aboard the No. 2 Nissan-powered Onroak DPI.

All is set at the Misano World Circuit for the second round of the Italian GT Championship 2017. A total of 33 lineups will get on track for the three racing days by the Adriatico sea to challenge each other in the five classes of the event.

Continuing a strong 2017 that has featured podium finishes at every event weekend of the Pirelli World Challenge, Global Motorsports Group (GMG) would enjoy yet another podium result during this weekend’s festivities at the historic Lime Rock Park.

Following an hour of hard driving and clever strategy at the historic Lime Rock Park, the Magnus Racing No. 4 Audi Tire Center Audi R8 LMS of Spencer Pumpelly and Dane Cameron would take their debut victory during Saturday’s sixth round of the Pirelli World Challenge SprintX Championship.

Next weekend he returns to Bentley Motorsport for the latest Blancpain Sprint round at Zolder in Belgium.

The journey of Ferrari.com to discover the Prancing Horse crews competing at Le Mans starts with the GTE-Am class, and specifically with car #61 of Clearwater Racing.

An historic win at an historic race: Sebastian Vettel took the victory ahead of Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari triumphed in Monaco. This was the Scuderia’s 227th world championship win, the 44th of Seb’s career and his sixth with the Reds. Vettel now leads the championship on 129 points, while Kimi is fourth on 67. This was the 82nd one-two finish in the Scuderia’s history.

After a successful start to the Blancpain GT Series season, Jimmy Eriksson heads to Belgium this weekend as the championship hits its halfway mark.

The highly-competitive and entertaining Touring Car division of the Pirelli World Challenge will return next month (June 23-25) as part of the KOHLER Grand Prix with the Verizon IndyCar Series at the legendary Road America four-mile road circuit.